Fratricide Flashcards
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Causes of Fratricide
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- Failures in the direct fire control plan
- Land Navigation failures
- Failures in combat identification
- Inadequate control measures
- Failures in reporting and communications
- Weapons errors
- Battlefield hazards
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What are the effects of Fratricide?
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- Loss of confidence in units leadership
- Increasing self doubt among leaders
- Hesitancy in the employment of supporting combat systems
- Over supervision of units
- Hesitancy in the conduct of night operations
- Loss of aggressiveness in maneuver
- Loss of initiative
- Disrupted Operations
- General degradation of unit cohesiveness, moral and combat power.
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What is the definition of Fratricide?
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“The employment of friendly weapons that result in the unforeseen and unintentional death or injury of friendly personnel or damage to friendly equipment”
