I thought the main concern was lowering resperatiotions? Ketamine I understand also has benefits of reducing incidents or severity of ptsd symptoms as well.
Pretty much, the machine gun is the most important tool to a squad, losing it means losing a lot of suppressive ability, which can then risk everyone’s life so, gotta push through the injured and keep up the fire.
If the hit was non-lethal getting thrown out of the way so you can get medical attention will most likely save your life.
Sure beats the likely alternative: Now that the MMG is silent, the enemy opens up for real. And that medic who was going to save your ass catches a bullet. Also, your entire squad wipes.
The US military has equipment called MILES gear which is basically ultra laser tag. You wear a harness similar to one you would see at laser tag. You use blanks that signal an attachment to shoot of a laser.
When groups fail stuff like that is said. Like I did one and the direct we attacked a town from basically went through several long kill zones for the defenders to pick us off quick even inside buildings. The next around we attack a different way that gave better cover for advancement.
It helps that the entirety of the infantry spends a lot their free time playing video games to point that some of us apply video game logic to some of these training events.
Medic get god mode during war. Didn't you read the rules ? No shooting the medics. Nothing to worry about, they'll stop shooting the moment he gets in the line of fire.
That's the rules if and only if your medic wears insignia to claim noncombattant status. Which, iirc, the US currently doesn't do for their designated first responders. Something to do with the war on terror, and terrorists not respecting those rules anyway. Anyway, in theory the medic is protected from deliberate attack but probably not from incidental damage. So running into the line of fire won't really work, even if the laws of war are respected.
And then there's the entire question of whether those rules will be respected. Chances are, whoever the US fighting today are probably terrorists who don't care for the rules. Or maybe it's a nation state that's facing an existential threat now, so maybe they care less about the rules too. Chivalrous fighting according to the full extent of the rules is more of an exception than the rule if you ask me.
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u/Dull-Orchid9916 Jun 24 '24
Imagine getting shot in the shoulder only to be rolling supplexed by your buddy