Historical Examples
There have been many thousands of friendly fire incidents in recorded military history, and no doubt before, accounting for an estimated 2% to 20% of all casualties in battle. The examples listed below illustrate their range and diversity, but should not be taken to indicate their increasing frequency; indeed, the rates of friendly fire, once allowance has been made for the numbers of troops committed to battle, have remained remarkably stable over the past 200 years.
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