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Originally Posted by Whyte
The Japanese Banzai charges didn't do too well in the Pacific during WWII, either.
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Yep problem with banzai charges and bayonet charge etc in the modern day (include WW2), is that it's high risk.
It might surprise the enemy who stand there while you do it, or it might not and they'll shoot you. Circumstance will effect which is more likely of course!
either way it's a last ditch thing, unless you think you'll gain some specific benefit form it due to who you are who the enemy is (which was partly the justification for the banzai charges)
The recent instances i.e Goose Green and in Afghanistan wasn't done through choice
In both cases The British had I believe run out of ammunition, and the one in Goose Green was at night.