Murphy's Combat Laws

1. You are not superman

2. If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid

3. Don't look conspicuous-it draws fire

4. When in doubt, empty your magazine

5. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are

6. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder

7. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush

8. No plan survives the first contact intact

9. All 5 second grenade fuses burn down in 3 seconds

10. Try to look unimportant because the bad guys may be low on ammo

11. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will fall short

12. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack

13. The important things are always simple

14. The simple things are always hard

15. The easy way is always mined

16. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in combat

17. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy

18. Incoming fire has the right of way

19. Friendly fire isn't

20. If the enemy is in range-SO ARE YOU!

21. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection

22. Things that must be together to work, usually can't be shipped together

23. Radio's will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately

24. Anything you do can get you shot-including doing nothing

25. Tracers work both ways

26. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire

27. Make it tough for the enemy to get in and you can't get out

28. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share of objectves to take

29. When both sides are convinced that they are about to lose, they are both right

30. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs

31. Murphy was a grunt

Some of them more than others.

20. If the enemy is in range-SO ARE YOU!

Thats the damn truth...

32. Tracers are just pretty fireworks till they actually hit something

3 should be changed to, "Don't draw fire, it irritates others around you"

I think #1 is the most true

i am superman lol why do people make long forums i get board reading them maybe its my attention spand

Cause they are bored. Random forum posting is growing as America's favorite pasttime.

 i dont no if i should laugh or cry, well glad i'm canadian

i live by number 2

lol, indeed. Yeah, ever heard of Twitter? :P

32. what u see is what u get

33. live by the gun, die by the gun