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Can anyone actually document an instance where a regular shiny blade "gave away" a tactical persons position in real life?


During the battle for Mt Tumbledown in the Falkland Islands in 1982 the Scots Guards assualted the Elite Argentinian 5th Marine Infantry Battalion forces dug in on the top of the mountain using a 'Silent Assault' during night time with fixed bayonets whilst a diversionary attack was in progress. I'm pretty sure that their bayonets would have been subdued rather than being shiny as a precaution. Seven Guardsmen and one Royal Engineer were killed in that assault.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNsr77oi9C0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE7uDG8tyaI&feature=related