Body count

A body count is the total number of people killed in a particular event. In combat, a body count is often based on the number of confirmed kills, but occasionally only an estimate. Often used in reference to military combat, the term can also refer to any situation involving a number of deaths, such as those of a serial killer.

Military use

Body count figures have a long history in military planning and propaganda. In ancient battles, the penises (and sometimes the scrotums as well) of killed and dying enemies were collected from the field to count the dead.

The military gathers such figures for a variety of reasons, such as determining the need for continuing operations, estimating efficiency of new and old weapons systems, and planning follow-up operations.

Vietnam War

Since the goal of the United States in the Vietnam War was not to conquer North Vietnam but rather to ensure the survival of the South Vietnamese government, measuring progress was difficult. All the contested territory was theoretically "held" already. Instead, the US Army used body counts to show that the US was winning the war. The Army's theory was that eventually, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army would lose after the attrition warfare.

Body Count (disambiguation)

Body count is the total number of people killed in a particular event.

Body Count may also refer to:

Film

  • Body Count (1987 film), a 1987 slasher-horror film
  • Body Count (1998 film), a 1998 crime thriller film
  • Body Count aka Below Utopia, a 1997 independent film directed by Kurt Voss
  • Other

  • Body Count, a heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles by the rapper Ice-T in 1990
  • Body Count (album), a 1992 album by the band of the same name
  • Body Count (book), a 2012 book by Burl Barer
  • Video game

  • Body Count (video game), a 1994 rail shooter for the Sega Genesis
  • Bodycount (video game), a 2011 first-person shooter by Codemasters
  • Operation Body Count, a 1994 first-person PC shooter
  • See also

  • Casualty estimation, the process of estimating the number of injuries or deaths in a particular event that has already occurred
  • Casualty prediction, the process of predicting the number of injuries or deaths in a particular event that has not yet occurred
  • Body Count

    Body Count is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1990. The group is fronted by Ice-T, who co-founded the group with lead guitarist Ernie C out of their interest in heavy metal music. Ice-T took on the role of vocalist and writing the lyrics for most of the group's songs. Lead guitarist Ernie C has been responsible for writing the group's music. Their controversial self-titled debut album was released on Sire Records in 1992.

    The song "Cop Killer" was the subject of much controversy. Although Sire Records' parent company, Warner Bros. Records, defended the single, Ice-T chose to remove the track from the album because he felt that the controversy had eclipsed the music itself. The group left Sire the following year. Since then, they have released three further albums on different labels, none of which have been received as commercially or critically well as their debut album.

    Three out of the band's original five members are deceased: D-Roc died from lymphoma, Beatmaster V from leukemia and Mooseman in a drive-by shooting.

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