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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 ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,070 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • friendly fire is a type of military incident[2].
  • friendly fire is a type of offensive[3].
  • friendly fire is a type of error[4].
  • friendly fire's Commons category is recorded as Friendly fire[5].
  • friendly fire's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Friendly fire incidents[6].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as mistaken identity[7].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as disorientation[8].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as crossfire[9].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as error[10].
  • friendly fire's has contributing factor is recorded as fog of war[11].
  • friendly fire's has effect is recorded as injury[12].
  • friendly fire's different from is recorded as collateral damage[13].
  • friendly fire's different from is recorded as fragging[14].
  • friendly fire's has list is recorded as list of friendly fire incidents[15].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as training[16].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as identification friend or foe[17].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as mark[18].
  • friendly fire's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as navigation system[19].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include military incident[2], offensive[3], and error[4].

Why It Matters

friendly fire ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,070 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q121551339
    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"
  2. 23d 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
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q139731829 */"
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