Subject: Government » Military (Page 5)

The weight of all of your equipment is proportional to the cube of the time you have been carrying it.

Military

[When parachuting] it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

Military Murphy’s Laws

When the enemy is closing, the artillery will always be long

Military Murphy’s Laws

There is nothing more satisfying that having someone take a shot at you, and miss.

Military

The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel; this is essentially the basis of all military thinking.

(1948 – ) English novelist
Conflict Government Military War

There are three types of intelligence: the intelligence of man, the intelligence of animals and the intelligence of the military… in that order.

(1911 – 1994) German film director & producer
Animals Intelligence Military

Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.

Arms Government Military Murphy’s Laws

No matter which way you have to march, its always uphill.

Military

Incoming fire has the right-of-way.

Military Murphy’s Laws

Armies aren't known for neatness.

David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Government Military

Ain’t it funny how many hundreds of thousands of soldiers we can recruit with nerve; but we can’t find one politician in a million with backbone.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Government Military Politicians

All battles are fought at the junction of two or more map sheets… printed at different scales.

Military Murphy’s Laws

It's not the bullet with your name on it; it's the shrapnel addressed to ‘occupant’ you've got to worry about.

Military

Recoilless rifles – aren’t.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you may have misjudged the situation.

Military Murphy’s Laws

The seriousness of a wound (in a firefight) is inversely proportional to the distance to any form of cover.

Military

Don’t ever be the first, don’t ever be the last and don’t ever volunteer to do anything.

Military Murphy’s Laws

All five-second grenade fuses will burn down in three seconds.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

If only one solution can be found for a field problem, then it is usually a stupid solution.

Military Murphy’s Laws Problems

A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.

Military Murphy’s Laws

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

Conflict Military Murphy’s Laws War