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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8267145" data-attributes="member: 72555">It depends.What war are we talking about?&nbsp; How desperate are the fighters?&nbsp; Are we talking WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Desert Storm, US Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, Persian battle with Greeks at Thermopylae, Roman legions, Alexander the Great, the 100 years war, the Seven Warring States of China?In WW1 when intense firefight trench battles stretched for months on end, troops that couldn't be relieved became far less effective than those who could.&nbsp; Same is true of the various other ones.&nbsp; OTOH, there where people who did fight for extremely long periods of time without really stopping for much, even getting limited sleep.Shell shock was used to describe the crazy PTSD soldiers got from that experience in WW1.Soldiers with better gear and numbers have soundly lost against inferior numbers when they are exhausted enough by constant battle.&nbsp; Take a look at some of the seiged islands in the pacific in WW2.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8267145, member: 72555"] It depends. What war are we talking about? How desperate are the fighters? Are we talking WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Desert Storm, US Civil War, Napoleonic Wars, Persian battle with Greeks at Thermopylae, Roman legions, Alexander the Great, the 100 years war, the Seven Warring States of China? In WW1 when intense firefight trench battles stretched for months on end, troops that couldn't be relieved became far less effective than those who could. Same is true of the various other ones. OTOH, there where people who did fight for extremely long periods of time without really stopping for much, even getting limited sleep. Shell shock was used to describe the crazy PTSD soldiers got from that experience in WW1. Soldiers with better gear and numbers have soundly lost against inferior numbers when they are exhausted enough by constant battle. Take a look at some of the seiged islands in the pacific in WW2. [/QUOTE]

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