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Do other members of the military look down on guys who play dead to avoid being killed by the enemy?
Say your perimeter is being over run and you pull a body on top of you so you look like just another corpse. You could fight instead but that will guarantee you are killed though fighting might take out one or two enemy soldiers out in the process.
The answer to that is yes. Combat forces are trained to fight until they can't, and dudes who can't handle that level of living are weeded out quickly. They are then they taught how to survive captivity without being a little bitch if captured. If you play dead, its to get the element of surprise and redevelop a plan to shoot, evade, find cover/concealment, call in reinforcements, and if you've run out of ammo and are surrounded, to surrender while saving face to retain dignity while in captivity.
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[–] TripleZ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Do other members of the military look down on guys who play dead to avoid being killed by the enemy?
Say your perimeter is being over run and you pull a body on top of you so you look like just another corpse. You could fight instead but that will guarantee you are killed though fighting might take out one or two enemy soldiers out in the process.
[–] iamabrokenbanjo 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
The answer to that is yes. Combat forces are trained to fight until they can't, and dudes who can't handle that level of living are weeded out quickly. They are then they taught how to survive captivity without being a little bitch if captured. If you play dead, its to get the element of surprise and redevelop a plan to shoot, evade, find cover/concealment, call in reinforcements, and if you've run out of ammo and are surrounded, to surrender while saving face to retain dignity while in captivity.
[–] TripleZ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I think this was the gist of OPs question. So it's not looked down on.