Quote Originally Posted by King Malcolm
I doubt it
Obviously your mind was made up before the discussion began.

I checked the Black Watch's website and discovered that it's actually an Armoured Infantry Battalion. Marine Infantry battalions simply do not have the same armor the Black Watch has, unless they've been augmented and even then they wouldn't have the numbers or the power of the Black Watch. Which really makes any comparison unfair, because the Black Watch is not really a infantry battalion.

Quote Originally Posted by King Malcolm
Who said anything about fist fights? These are generally knife (pocket, swiss, kitchen, switch, et al.), pole-arm (pipes, cricket bats, and other long and hard things), bottles or ranged weapon (sticks, stones, pellet guns, air rifles, bottles) fights.
Once again it really doesn't matter. I know plenty of Marines who have gotten into the fights you described and pretty much every infantryman has gotten into a fight of some sort. Barfights, streetfights etc. really don't mean a whole lot and doesn't make someone a better infantryman.