UK officials learnt of the ‘kill ratio’ in a briefing on Kyiv’s efforts to regain the key city
  • towerful@programming.dev
    122·
    3 days ago

    27:1 kd would be accused of cheating in video games.

    Because this stat isn’t really a stat and isn’t hyped or published, I’m going by DDG AI assist which suggests US k:d in Iraq is 44:1

    The U.S. military suffered approximately 4,492 deaths and around 32,292 wounded during the Iraq War, while estimates suggest around 200,000 Iraqi civilians were killed. This results in a rough kill-to-death ratio of about 44:1, favoring U.S. forces, though this does not account for all combatants and the complexities of the conflict.

    Considering that Ukraine isn’t killing civilians… Classic AI bullshit uselessness.
    If I killed 27 enemy aggressors while defending my country, I would die happy. I don’t ever want to be in that position, I don’t think anyone should ever be in that position. But that is an achievement, under the circumstances, to be proud of

    • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      The Iraq war was a very one sided war technologically, the reason it was a slog is because it was an occupation.

      During the actual fighting the ratio was even higher

      Ukraine turned out to be a near peer to Russia whereas Iraq never was.