the sun has set upon many a field of battle,but in the cover of dark a war may still wage. nightfighting which in many countries brandishes there own elite commando's, tact in seeking out targets,harrassing,and completeing objectives in low light conditions. from ancient japan, to the modern battle field the dark warriors still wage war, Silently but Violently.
now many of you may see night fighting as a tech war, but this is far from the truth. many elite troops still fight war at night with no night opticale devices (NOD's). they use age old tips and common knowledge tricks to neutralize there enemy's. heres some basic level hints that will improve your game SO MUCH. the reason I post this is because most of my "active" activities are at night. it being blob tag,ctp the flag, airsoft you name it we played it, in snow, rain and fog. we have tryed and pulled off so many awsome little stunts at night from climbing over houses to crawling threw dew drenched fields for a stinking flag. after a while you grow accustome to being silent, only hearing the cloth of your cargos when you jump and land, or nothing at all as you speedwalk. your body adpts. to the conditions, your smell increasing and your ears opening. your eyes catching movment but no contrast and the hairs on your neck standing a little taller.its a Wonderful thing.
Night fighting is mentaly streaning unless trained to think else wise. the fact your out there being persued or hunted or even shot at set the mind in a fray. then we take into account the low visability of the situation, man using his eyes the most out of all senses. the next thing that subconciesly comes into mind is the FEAR of the night. when do most young woman get raped, or people get mugged. night is traditianlay dangerous in are age. not to mention the amount of tales and movies we all watch involving creatures that BUMp in the night. the reality of the situation that most people often forget is that nothing around them has changed but the temp. and the level of light. so to fear the dark is foolish, to be uneased by the night is insanity. at most this is the level were you put one mind against another. and the dark be your mask for attack. some also might find illusions playing against them at night.a list of these being 1. Confusion which arises from an error of the senses.

2. An illusion which forms a mistaken impression through not having made a proper impression on the senses.

3. An illusion arising entirely from confusion of mind.
it is in my plaiyng that I have seen one man start fiering at "ghosts" and thus his whole team began to shoot. after they realised waht had happend they gave there positions away and marked them selves for dead.the fame glutonous individual adept at fighting during daylight may give into the tricks of the night and cost the team dearly. NEVER make judgment based on what is before you. it is often an illusion.
night test the individuals heart and bravey and being as how humans are prone to mob mentality one false move could send the whole team into dissaray and worse....death. in night fighting the heart of the individual is at stake, how he will react to the unsertanty will be decided by the amount of training and experiance he has. effecting this is silence, silence at night puts the mind at ease, and the individual reacts to real movements and dangers. in daylight it is often the case to excite the individual to drive him to an objective. the subconsious mind works diffrently here. practicing silence your mind will be at ease, you movment high, and your senses calmed not to mention not being heared by the enemy. another thing to remember is distance and time are abscured at night. danger could be 100 yards or 10 yard away. a person with no experiance WILL fall to the fear of surounding and unknowable danger.
THE EYE:the fact being that in dark your vision changes, the cones you see with during the day(ctrl contrast and distance) dim and your rods take over. your rods being in the corner, upper and lower part of your eye, and used for periphial vision, and movement. keeping in mind that becasue your rods are in the corner of the eye it is best to scan down your nose or from the sides of your head. with the cones center(daylight) the normal vision is 20/20, with a slight change of 5 degrees of center or candel light(10 lux) your vision drops to 20/70.
though there is hope your vision takes about half hour to 45 min to fully adpt to the dark.idealy the same time it takes for the sun to set. in this lingering time your vision will worsen and to become fully adapted you must stay in the lingering dark with no light obstructions. keeping in mind that this adaption to the dark can easily be destroyed by a tinny light shined in your eyes or even glaired at. after 12 min in the dark your vision is at 20/300 and fully adapted in dark is 20/180(not much better then legaly blind) when fully adapted a house light or sudden TAC LIGHT(hint hint) shined on your face will send your vision to about 20/800, 20/200 being legaly blind. not to mention ruin your "night vision" for the next hour.seeing as how the human eye is optimum at 2000-4000 lux(light level) this lux being "cloudy sunlight" is put into areas of 1lux (full moon) or 0.01 lux(half moon) you vision should out right be dissreguarded. the senses of smell and hearing acctualy increase neing as how your mental state of allertness and or fear rise, but also on a evolutionary survival level. notice how thos little sounds send you jumping in the middle of sleep.or how the smell of pankcakes or coffie in the morning can awaken you.but when your standing there at the pot the smell can hardly be sensed.
THE EAR: simple little part, when an ear(hopfully you have both) is facing a area of "intrest" hearing increases 40 % when eyes are shut and focuse on hearing is made, hearing goes aobut about 20%.