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friendly fire

type of incident with an attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones
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friendly fire

Summary

friendly fire is a type of accident[1]. It draws 14,783 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_accident category, ranking #1,091 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • friendly fire's instance of is recorded as type of accident[3].
  • friendly fire is a type of military incident[4].
  • friendly fire is a type of offensive[5].
  • friendly fire is a type of error[6].
  • friendly fire is a type of incident[7].
  • friendly fire's Commons category is recorded as Friendly fire[8].
  • friendly fire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Friendly fire incidents[9].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as mistaken identity[10].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as disorientation[11].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as crossfire[12].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as error[13].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as fog of war[14].
  • friendly fire's has effect is recorded as injury[15].
  • friendly fire's different from is recorded as collateral damage[16].
  • friendly fire's different from is recorded as fragging[17].
  • friendly fire's has list is recorded as list of friendly fire incidents[18].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as training[19].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as identification friend or foe[20].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as mark[21].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as navigation system[22].

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Definition and Type

friendly fire's instance of is recorded as type of accident[3]. Recorded subclass of include military incident[4], offensive[5], error[6], and incident[7].

Why It Matters

friendly fire draws 14,783 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_accident category, ranking #1,091 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
    Harper's tag → friendly-fire
    Sitelink count → 35
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: friendly-fire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929049|friendly fire (#289929049)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of accident
    Wikidata description → type of incident with an attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294066005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  3. 20w ago · WiK14ot0g · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has contributing factor → mistaken identity, disorientation, crossfire +2
    Has effect → injury
    Subclass of → military incident, offensive, error +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q139731829 */"
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