That would be a slightly less crude toy model, I guess. I would expect the truth to be somewhere in between—e.g., soldiers have limited ammunition and limited ability to attend to everyone around them in a conflict situation, so the number of shots fired probably increases sublinearly with number of potential targets.
In case anyone was in any doubt: I have no knowledge of any of this stuff, have never served in any military force, etc.
That would be a slightly less crude toy model, I guess. I would expect the truth to be somewhere in between—e.g., soldiers have limited ammunition and limited ability to attend to everyone around them in a conflict situation, so the number of shots fired probably increases sublinearly with number of potential targets.
In case anyone was in any doubt: I have no knowledge of any of this stuff, have never served in any military force, etc.