...armies in real life typically don't fight at night time
Hmmm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_combat

Pay attention to Russian tactics on the Eastern Front during WW2:

https://history.army.mil/html/books/..._Pub_104-3.pdf

But in fairness, you did say "typically" and not never...

And nevermind that a 21 year old thread gets resurrected by a completely off-the-wall post....