How do soldiers determine if enemy soldiers who are in the prone position are dead?

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How do soldiers determine if enemy soldiers who are in the prone position are dead?

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So in situations where having a POW could be very impractical and using materials that could otherwise be used on your own hurt soldiers we were taught to keep firing on any fallen enemy until we are within 10 feet. I mean yes its brutal. But war is never really pretty.