Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
That sounds a lot like they read Mao too much.
at that time probably weren't even too sure who Mao was...

You'll be pleased to know it was done simply because it was deemed to be unpredictable AND unexpected. Worked, too...

Reed11b says:
All these examples are fine, but do they examplify typical combat situations?
Yep
A large number of the members of this forum have real world time being shot at, and lets ask ourselves honestly if, in our own experiances, the enemy usually fights to the last man with no concern over there own safty or caring for there own casualties. Hammer Fuchs all you want, but he has a point.
No body said that we or the enemy did that; people merely pointed out some examples of the fact that, in combat, there are never any certainties and one is best advised not to make tactical decisions based on what oneself would do -- the other guy may have a different rule book. No more than that; no one is hammering Fuchs.
We do learn a great deal of bad habits in training, if training has not evolved a great deal since I left the infantry in '05.
My perception was that in this thread we all pretty much agreed on that score???