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Wounds recorded in "The Illiad":

Spears: 72.1% (80% mortality)

Swords: 11.5% (100% mortality)

Slings: 8.2% (42% mortality)

Arrows: 8.2% (66% mortality)

Source: William Pietrzak, "Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration", 2008, p. 7


Medieval Japanese wounds recorded in "Records of Loyal Military Service" (exact date unstated):

Arrows: 73%

Swords: 25%

Spears: 2%

Another smaller study (with 173 records instead of 1,000+ as in the above) stated:

Arrows: 87%

Swords and naginata: 8%

Rocks: 3%

Spears: 1%

Source: Karl Friday, "Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan", 2004, p. 132


14th century Japanese wounds recorded in "Records of Loyal Military Service":

Arrows: 68.6%

Other projectiles (e.g. rocks): ~22%

8% swords

2% other

Source: Peter Haskel, "Sword of Zen: Master Takuan and His Writings on Immovable Wisdom and the Sword Taie", 2012, p. 22


16th-17th century Japanese wounds recorded in "Records of Loyal Military Service":

Firearms: 44%

Swords: 3.8%

(others not listed, though the author does note that spears and rocks, in that order, were both much higher on the list than swords)

Source: Ibid


Wounds among officers and NCOs in a selection of French companies at the Siege of Rouen in 1562:

Firearms: 59%

Rocks: 33%

Pikes: 6%

Artillery: 2%

Source: J.B.Wood, "The King's Army: Warfare, Soldiers and Society during the Wars of Rel1igion in France", 1996, p. 115-116


Wounds among French soldiers in two companies in 1567:

Swords: 53.6%

Firearms: 30.7%

Rocks: 10.2%

Pikes: 3.9%

Arrows: 1.6%

Source: Ibid


1715 Paris Invalides records for wounded men:

Infantry small arms: 71.4%

Swords: 15.8%

Artillery: 10%

Bayonets: 2.8%

Source: John Lynn, "Giant of the Grand Siecle: The French Army, 1610–1715", 1997, p. 489


1762 Paris Invalides records for wounded men:

Infantry small arms: 68.8%

Swords: 14.7%

Artillery: 13.4%

Bayonets: 2.4%

Source: John Muir, "Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon", 1996, p. 46 (both this and Lynn's seem to reference the same source, Corvisier)


American Civil War casualties:

Infantry small arms: 94%

Artillery: 5.5%

Edged weapons: 0.4%

Source: Ibid


European and American casualties in wars from 1800 to 1850:

Infantry small arms: 30-40%

Artillery: 40-50%

Edged weapons: 15-20%

In wars from 1850 to 1900:

Infantry small arms: 85-90%

Artillery: 8-10%

Edged weapons: 4-6%

Source: Trevor Dupuy, "Handbook on Ground Forces Attrition in Modern Warfare", 1986, p. 55


British and German casualties in World War I:

British wounded:

Artillery: 58.5%

Infantry small arms: 39%

Grenades: 2.2%

Edged weapons: 0.3%

German wounded:

Artillery: 43%

Small arms: 50.9%

Grenades: 2.6%

Edged weapons: 0.6%

Other: 3%

German killed:

Artillery: 54.7%

Infantry small arms: 39.1%

Grenades: 1.3%

Edged weapons: 0.3%

Other: 4.6%

Source: Alexander Watson, "Enduring the Great War Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914–1918", 2008, p. 15


American casualties in World War II:

European Theater:

Artillery: 64%

Small arms: 23.4%

Other: 12.6%

Pacific Theater:

Artillery: 47%

Small arms: 30.7%

Other: 22.3%

Mediterranean Theater:

Artillery: 69.1%

Small arms: 14%

Other: 16.9%

Source: Office of the Surgeon General, "Department, United States Army. Wound Ballistics for World War II", 1962, p. 76


American casualties in the Vietnam War:

Small arms: 31.8%

Grenades, mines, and booby traps: 27.4%

Aircraft crashes: 14.7%

Artillery: 8.4%

Other non-combat: 17.4%

Source: Vietnam War Casualties and Cause; data compiled by William F. Abbott from figures obtained shortly after the construction of the Vietnam War Memorial.




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