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[–] Phantom42 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Though I'm not in the military, I've got a fuckload of friends in or that were in various militaries (US Army and Marine Corps of the Israeli Foreign Legion, Bundeswehr, Australian Emu Defence Corps, British Armed License Forces, Swiss Neutrality Enforcement Corps)...

Anyhow, I've actually heard that same question brought up with several of them, and basically quoting them... That question is so specific nobody really thinks about it, but it's so vague it doesn't really make it answerable. If you're in a firefight against Hajji and his cousin Al-Hajjim, and about ten of their friends, and it's you and eight guys... Yeah, that's fucking stupid and literal cowardice. Shoot back for fuck's sake.

However, say you're in a situation like Battlefield 3 where something happens and you're completely broken in a hostile city. In that case, do whatever the fuck you can to survive. You're worth more than the dude that's already a corpse, even behind enemy lines. Hell, you may even be able to cause a little mayhem of your own with little to no risk for you. None that wasn't already there anyway.

If your FOB is overrun by a superior force and all that, yeah, you could play dead. Thing is, playing dead is probably not the brightest thing to do unless the enemy doesn't have time to clean up. If they get to cleaning up, you're basically fucked anyway and should have gone down fighting.

It's very situational my guy. And unless you're doing it under "common sensically stupid" kind of circumstances, there's really no stigma because it's not really something a fighter thinks about. They're usually focused on killing the guys after them before playing dead becomes viable.

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[–] RedditSureDoesSuck [S] ago 

I appreciate the answer. I reason I specified soldiers is because I think they will share things with their fellows that they won't with even their best of friends. People who haven't been in war just don't have the same understanding.