Eli5 why aren’t ballistic masks more common in warfare?

Question

You very rarely see depictions of soldiers wearing bullet resistant face masks. I understand that these only protect from small caliber weapons but wouldn’t you take all the protection you could get?

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Answer 1

I recall reading somewhere that in combat if you can see someone’s face your likelihood of landing a killshot goes WAY down vs if you can’t see their face but all other things are equal

Humans really don’t like killing each other when all is said and done