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Sub-category Index
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MURPHY'S LAWS of
COMBAT
OPERATIONS
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- Incoming fire has
right of way.
- If the enemy is in
range then so are you.
- Don't look conspicuous
- it draws fire.
- If it's stupid and it
works, it ain't stupid.
- When in doubt - empty
your magazine.
- The easy way is always
mined.
- Try to look
unimportant- they may be low on ammo.
- Teamwork is essential
- it gives them somebody else to shoot at.
- Never draw fire - it
irritates everyone around you.
- Anything you do can
get you shot, including doing nothing.
- Never share a weapon
pit with someone braver than you.
- If your attack is
going really well it's an ambush.
- No battle plan
survives contact with the enemy.
- Remember, all your
equipment including your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
- The only thing more
accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
- When you have secured
the area don't forget to tell the enemy.
- Make it tough enough
for the enemy to get in and you won't be able to get out.
- If you're short on
anything but the enemy - you're in a combat zone.
- The enemy invariably
attacks on two occasions -
- A sucking chest wound
is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
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AN ARMY DOESN’T MARCH ON ITS
BRAINS |
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“Aim towards
enemy”
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“When the pin is
pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend”
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“Cluster bombing
from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always
hit the ground”
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If the enemy is in
range, so are you”
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“A slipping gear
could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it.
That would make you quite unpopular in what is left of your unit”
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“It is generally
inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed”
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“Try to look
unimportant; they may be low on ammo”
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“Five-second
fuses only last three seconds”
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“Any ship can be
a minesweeper…….. Once”
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“Do not draw
fire; it irritates the people around you”
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“If you see a
bomb technician running, try to keep up with him”
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THAT V.C. by
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson
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| "Banjo" Paterson was 1 of the 2 most highly
esteemed Australian poets of all time. He served in the Boer War as
a Press Correspondent. |
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'Twas in the days
of front attack;
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This glorious
truth we'd yet to learn it
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That every
"front" has got a back.
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And French was
just the man to turn it.
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A wounded soldier
on the ground
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Was lying hid
behind a hummock;
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He proved the
good old proverb sound
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An army
travels on its stomach.
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He lay as flat as
any fish;
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His nose had
worn a little furrow;
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He only had
one frantic wish,
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That like an
ant-bear he could burrow.
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The bullets
whistled into space,
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The pom-pom
gun kept up its braying,
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The
four-point-seven supplied the bass
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You'd think
the devil's band was playing.
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A valiant comrade
crawling near
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Observed his
most supine behaviour,
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And crept
towards him; "Hey! what cheer?
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Buck up,"
said he, "I've come to save yer.
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"You get up
on my shoulders, mate,
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And, if we
live beyond the firing
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I'll get the
V.C. sure as fate,
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Because our
blokes is all retiring.
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"It's fifty
pound a year," says he,
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"I'll
stand you lots of beer and whisky."
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"No,"
says the wounded man, "not me,
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I'll not be
saved-it's far too risky.
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"I'm fairly
safe behind this mound,
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I've worn a
hole that seems to fit me;
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But if you
lift me off the ground
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It's fifty
pounds to one they'll hit me."
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So back towards
the firing line
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