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Whenever you have plenty of ammo, you never miss
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°112


If your ambush is properly set, the enemy won't walk into it
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°46


Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°59


Napalm is an area support weapon
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°126


If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°45


The enemy diversion you're ignoring is their main attack
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°79


Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°58


If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°115


Exceptions prove the rule, and destroy the battle plan
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°31


If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°35


If your flank march is going well, the enemy expects you to outflank him
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°48


Everything always works in your HQ, everything always fails in the Colonel's HQ
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°30


Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you won't be able to get out
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°53


The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°78


B-52s are the ultimate close support weapon
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°127


If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°43


Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°57


If the enemy is within range, so are you
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°40


All-weather close air support doesn't work in bad weather
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°21


Never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°116


The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°88


A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you to slow down
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°114


Those who hesitate under fire usually do not end up KIA, MIA or WIA
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°101


Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°122


To steal information from a person is called plagiarism
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°102


Tracers work both ways
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°103


Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°104


Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°100


Uniforms only come in two sizes, too small and too large
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°105


No OpPlan ever survives initial contact
-- Murphy's Military Laws n°117