1. You are not superman.
2. Keep it simple stupid.
3. Automatic weapons aren't.
4. Recoilless weapons aren't.
5. Suppressive fire doesn't.
6. Incoming fire has the right of way.
7. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
8. Don't look conspicuous, it draws fire.
9. If it's stupid and it works, it aint stupid.
10. When i doubt, empty your magazine.
11. The easy way is always mined.
12. Try to look unimportant, they may be low on ammo.
13. Never draw fire, it irritates everyone around you.
14. Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing.
15. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
16. No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.
17. Never share a gun pit with anyone braver than you.
18. If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.
19. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy.
20. Your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
21. Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.
22. Teamwork is essential, it gives them somebody else to shoot at.
23. The enemy diversion you are ignoring will turn out to tbe the main attack.
24. The only thing more accurate than enemy fire is friendy fire.
25. When you have secured an area, don't forget to tell the enemy.
26. Make it tough enough for the enemy to get in, and you won't be able to get out.
27. If you're short on everything but the enemy, you're in a combat zone.
28. The enemy invariably attacks on only two
occasions - when you're ready for them and when you're not.
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