Combat Injury May 2026

Account for approximately 74% of recent combat casualties. These result from improvised explosive devices (IEDs), shells, or grenades and often cause "disseminated" injuries across multiple body parts.

Modern battlefield injuries are predominantly caused by explosions rather than small arms fire. combat injury

On the battlefield, medical efforts focus on "preventable causes of death," which are primarily: Account for approximately 74% of recent combat casualties

Primarily caused by fragments from explosive munitions (70–80%) and gunshot wounds (roughly 18–19%). combat injury