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* Before the Battle of Monmouth in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, General Washington ordered his troops not to wear their coats while marching to their attack on the British forces. Since the day's high temperature was well over 100°F, this meant his troops were in much better shape to fight. That said, the battle ended in a draw, with both armies reaching some of their goals. (On the other hand, American General Charles Lee either butterfingered or deliberately slow-rolled an opportunity to make Monmouth a clear or even decisive American victory, earning him the perpetual enmity of many Americans and a court-martial to boot.)
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* Before the Battle of Monmouth in UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution, General Washington ordered his troops not to wear their coats while marching to their attack on the British forces. Since the day's high temperature was well over 100°F, this meant his troops were in much better shape to fight. That said, the battle ended in a draw, with both armies reaching some of their goals. (On the other hand, American General Charles Lee either butterfingered or deliberately slow-rolled an opportunity to make Monmouth a clear or even decisive American victory, victory[[note]]Whether it was ''entirely'' Lee's fault or if bumbling by his subordinates putting the army out of position had made his retreat a necessity remains controversial to this day. But Lee's arrogance and blatant insubordination after the fact meant that most at the time assumed the worst about him, as did the fact that he'd argued against attacking in the first place.[[/note]], earning him the perpetual enmity of many Americans and a court-martial to boot.)
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* ''Literature/{{Safehold}}'': The Charisian Army uses exceptionally plain uniforms by the standards of mainland armies.
** During the first battle of the invasion of Corisande, Charisian snipers butcher Corisandian officers in a single volley. Once Koryn Gahrvai realizes Charis has rifles that fire even faster than smoothbore muskets, he immediately orders all his officers to take the cockades off their hats to make them less identifiable.
** Later in the series, at least one Temple Loyalist general mentally sneers at Charis for not realizing how important fancy uniforms for officers are ... until he then remembers how many of ''his'' officers were shot at long range by Charisian marksmen.
** The Charisian Navy also gets into the act. While other navies give their warships fancy paint jobs and gilding, Charisian warships are painted flat black.
** During the first battle of the invasion of Corisande, Charisian snipers butcher Corisandian officers in a single volley. Once Koryn Gahrvai realizes Charis has rifles that fire even faster than smoothbore muskets, he immediately orders all his officers to take the cockades off their hats to make them less identifiable.
** Later in the series, at least one Temple Loyalist general mentally sneers at Charis for not realizing how important fancy uniforms for officers are ... until he then remembers how many of ''his'' officers were shot at long range by Charisian marksmen.
** The Charisian Navy also gets into the act. While other navies give their warships fancy paint jobs and gilding, Charisian warships are painted flat black.
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''"In a conflict between two armies with uniforms, all other things being equal, the guys with the more elaborate uniforms will lose."''
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* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Subverted at first. The horse-riding Numenorians with their elaborated armors defeat the Hordes of Orcs in the Battle of Tirharad with ease. Than it gets DoubleSubverted when Waldreg executes Adar's secret plan of provoking Orodruin's eruption. The Orcs win and the Numenorians retreat back home.
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* Inverted with Starfleet throughout the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series and films.
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* Inverted with Starfleet Starfleet, throughout the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series and films.films, wear simple uniforms with blocks of colourful and comfortable material. They are regularly the victors in wars against Klingons and Romulans, who have elaborate and fancy Imperial uniforms, with major differences to indicate their officers, and Borg, whose look is elaborate cybernetics on all of their soldiers with nobody being more or less important.
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** The Trope is employed and then inverted with the Centauri and Narn. At first, the Centauri bling paints them as a decadent, foppish race who are easily bullied by the plain, aggressive Narn. Then the Centauri get [[DealWithTheDevil a little help]] and the Narn get pretty well stomped on.
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** The Trope is employed and then inverted with the Centauri and Narn. At first, the Centauri bling paints them as a decadent, foppish race who are easily bullied by the plain, aggressive Narn. Then the Centauri get [[DealWithTheDevil a little help]] Centauri attack and the Narn get pretty well stomped on.
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* Inverted in the backstory of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', where sharply dressed armoured Empire soldiers beat the Browncoats who stick to much less impressive uniforms.
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* Inverted in the backstory of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', where sharply dressed sharply-dressed, armoured Empire Alliance soldiers beat the Browncoats who stick had no uniforms, being rebellious colonialists, aside from agreeing to much less impressive uniforms.all buy a brown coat, if possible. In the show itself, however, the crew (who are evenly uniformly dressed) often beat individuals with more fancy clothes, or an Alliance uniform, or similar.
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* Inverted in ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' where sharply dressed Empire soldiers beat the Browncoats who stick to much less impressive uniforms.
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* Inverted in ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' the backstory of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', where sharply dressed armoured Empire soldiers beat the Browncoats who stick to much less impressive uniforms.
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* Name-checked and exaggerated in ''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar'' where any force with pretensions to professional military airs up to and including logistic trains and staff headquarters more elaborate than a table at a local diner, let alone fancy or even particularly clean uniforms; are invariably out-fought, out-thought, out-maneuvered, out-moraled, and generally [[CurbStompBattle put to route]] by the flannel-clad hunters-cum-light-infantry which comprises the Northern Confederacy's Christian Marines.
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* Name-checked and exaggerated to the point of (unintentional) parody in ''Literature/VictoriaANovelOf4thGenerationWar'' where any force with pretensions to professional military airs up to and including logistic trains and staff headquarters more elaborate than a table at a local diner, let alone fancy or even particularly clean uniforms; are invariably out-fought, out-thought, out-maneuvered, out-moraled, and generally [[CurbStompBattle put to route]] rout]] by the flannel-clad hunters-cum-light-infantry which comprises the Northern Confederacy's Christian Marines.
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*** Some of those might also have to do with the length of the conflicts. The Spanish-American and First Gulf Wars were over in a few months (victories). The First World War, for the US, was a bit over two years, and the Second was four years for the US. Vietnam was, depending on when you start counting, eight to twenty-one years long, and the war in Afghanistan was twenty years.
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->''In time of war it suits the enemy to aim his guns at adorned shields, ornaments, silver and gold cloaks, silk shirts and all similar things. Whether one possesses a jacket or not, it is best to wear a narrow-sleeved shirt with faded colours.''
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* Inverted with ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'', where TheEmpire with fancy uniforms defeats TheFederation with plain uniforms.
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* ''Film/DieHard'': Creator/BruceWillis in a muscle shirt vs. guys in suits.
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* ''Series/StargateSG1'': Members of Stargate Command generally go into the field wearing camouflage uniforms. The Jaffa that serve the Goa-uld wear elaborate metal outfits, sometimes with ornate helmets. One episode mentions that the Jaffa's weapons are meant to keep the human slaves in line through intimidation, while the SGC weapons are made for war. This also applies to the uniforms each side wears into battle.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Space 1889}}'' generally inverted, the Europeans have colorful uniforms and will easily defeat rat-tag enemies.
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