Like, is the ground so full of them that you cannot see the ground?
2007-03-22 09:10:06 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
No. In fact, if you go to any site where there's been a major battle with a metal detector, you can probably grab yourself some souveniers (sp?).
As for "the ground so full of them that you cannot see the ground"...no. Casings aren't all that big, and even firing a few thousand rounds over a large area (say, a couple of acres at least) wouldn't leave that many piles of shell casings. They also get buried by being stepped on, run over, etc.
2007-03-22 09:18:33 · answer #1 · answered by BDZot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How many bullet casings depends on how long the battle takes and what weapons you are using. Is it so riddled that you can't see the ground, no. We don't pick up our brass after a battle. When we go to a range and set our sites, yes we pick them up here in the states, but not after a battle. It's ok though, the Arabs will pick it up, melt it down and use it. When we would set our sites in Kuwait, we were told not to pick up the brass because the people there would and use it in their jewelry.
2007-03-22 09:17:10 · answer #2 · answered by "HKB" 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Lol, turn off your PS3 man, come back to reality.
Its not like 500 men firing tommy guns at 500 other men untill a million bullets have been used and everyone slips on them and dies lol. They are left on the ground and picked up by locals and sold. Its kind of like trickle down economics!
2007-03-22 09:20:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The other answers are correct with the locals picking up the left overs of battle. Sometimes the enemy also picks up the casing to reload and use against us!
2007-03-22 09:19:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not likely because most soldiers try to move around to either close with the enemy or to take advantage of the terrain.
Afterward, who knows?
However, the casings are usually brass (Western Forces) or steel (some Russian) and therefore something locals might collect to sell for recycling.
2007-03-22 09:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by Deathbunny 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You can pretty well bank on poor locals policing the brass for scrap value. Now if we begin using steel cartridge cases like the Russians do, it may be a different matter.
2007-03-22 09:16:06 · answer #6 · answered by senior citizen 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they don't clean up after themselves, however the enterprising natives who know the price for used casings are glad to pick up after the battle.
2007-03-22 09:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes thousands depending on the severity of the fight. In combat, no one picks up the brass casings.
2007-03-22 11:24:05 · answer #8 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is what they call fire power! Yes the military police them up and send them in for reloading!
2007-03-22 09:16:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
its biodegradable
2007-03-22 12:00:41 · answer #10 · answered by Beaujock 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋