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MURPHY'S LAWS OF COMBAT
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1. You are not superman.
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2. Recoilless rifles aren't.
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3. Suppressive fire won't.
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4. If it's stupid, but works, it ain't stupid. (Applies to
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computer hardware and software also).
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5. Don't look conspicuous. It draws fire.
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6. Never draw fire. It irritates everyone around you.
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7. When in doubt, empty the magazine.
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8. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than you are.
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9. Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
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10. If your attack is really going well, it's an ambush.
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11. If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.
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12. All five second grenade fuses are three seconds.
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13. Try to look unimportant. They may be low on ammo.
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14. If you are forward of your position, the artillery will be
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short.
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15. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.
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16. The easy way is always mined.
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17. The important things are very simple.
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18. The simple things are very hard.
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19. If you are short of everything except enemy, you are in
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combat.
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20. No OPLAN survives first contact intact.
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21. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the
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enemy, and CNN.
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22. Incoming fire has right-of-way.
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23. No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.
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24. No inspection-ready unit has ever passed combat.
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25. Teamwork is essential. It gives the enemy more people to
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shoot at.
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26. If the enemy is within range, so are you.
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27. Beer math is 2 beers x 37 men - 49 cases.
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28. Body count is 2 enemy soldiers + 1 palm tree + 1 water
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buffalo = 37 KIA.
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29. Friendly fire isn't.
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30. Anything you do can get you shot, including doing nothing.
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31. Make it tough for the enemy to get in, and you can't get out.
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32. Tracers work both ways.
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33. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is
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incoming friendly fire.
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34. Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperate-
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ly.
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35. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will
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have more than your fair share to take.
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36. Both sides are convinced they are about to loose. Both sides
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are right.
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37. Professionals are predictable, but the world is full of
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amateurs.
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38. Murphy was a grunt.
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Terms defined by item, in military form:
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R760A3. Suppressive fire is designed to keep the "bad guys" from
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moving about or advancing while the "good guys" are trying to do
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the same thing.. Something like one cop providing cover fire for
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another cop who is trying to get close to a "bad guy".
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NRDG575-X7. A magazine contains x-number of bullets. If you hear
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some thing that comes from where nothing should be, empty the magazine
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at the sound...if you don't hit someone or something, you will
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scare the @#$ out of him. The basic mentality for this is that
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if someone is out there where they don't belong, they deserve to
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get hit.
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9. Applies to almost all military equipment (planes, ships,
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submarines, tanks, bombs, bullets, etc).
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NOPER-CX11. A claymore is an anti-personnel mine filled with things
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like shotgun shot, small sharp pieces of metal, etc. It is connected
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to the detonator by wires, and fired by a small switch. Usually
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placed on or near perimeters and fired at large groups of people.
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The load will "shred" those that are hit. The claymore has a
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distinct front and back, which will hopefully help the person aim
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it in the correct direction.
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?PLANHXV-20. An OPLAN is a document that outlines the best case
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scenario that should happen during the course of an operation, or in
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the event of hostilities. It is basically a crystal ball for the
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outcome of a battle. Very rarely are they even close to correct,
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but senior officers like them because they are usually written
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according to the way the seniors want the action to go vice the
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way it will probably turn out.
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29. Friendly fire is fire originating from the "good guys". It
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is commonly referred to as "outgoing fire". Friendly fire has a
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bad habit of getting friendlies, especially when being conducted
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by new or inexperienced troops (or led by 2nd Lt's.)
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RDX9LDF-32. Tracer rounds are placed about every 5-10 round.
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Designed to burn when fired, providing a light that can be seen.
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Used at night to make sure of accuracy of aim. In the videos of
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anti-air fire in Iraq, you could see a lot of tracer rounds.
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35. The better job you do will usually mean that you will be
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assigned more to do.
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MURP-38P. A grunt is the basic infantryman, or front-line foxhole
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troop. Murphy was a grunt.
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Modified by AV-SYNC (404) 320-6202
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