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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Not being shot by a riflemen like most people would think.

But I think there's some true to it that not that many soldiers even got within firing range of the enemy.

You may want to sign in to YouTube because it is age restricted, but have you seen the video footage from France24 reporter getting into the midst of a firefight with the FARC in Colombia? You can't actually see where the bullets are from. You hear the general direction of where the shot is from, but not specifically where. Fortunately, the crew survived after being taken hostage and then later freed.

Unlike in movies where they could pinpoint where the shooter is, in the footage no one can see where the shots are coming from. Real life combat is precisely like that. No wonder you'd call in artillery to smoke out enemies and drones to simply remotely do the killing.