Murphy's Military Laws (part II)

1. Logistics is the ball and chain of armoured warfare. - Heinz Guderian
2. The army with the smartest dress uniform will lose.
3. What gets you promoted from one rank gets you killed in the next rank.
4. A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. - George Patton
5. If orders can be misunderstood, they have been.
6. Tracer works both ways.
7. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
8. War is like love. To triumph, you must make contact. - Attributed to Napoleon
9. Boldness becomes rarer, the higher the rank. - Karl von Clausewitz
10. Never reinforce failure. Failure reinforces itself.
11. Only 5% of an intelligence report is accurate. The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%. - Douglas MacArthur
12. Tactics is for amateurs; professionals study logistics.
13. When a front line soldier overhears two General Staff officers conferring, he's fallen back too far.
14. It isn't necessary to be an idiot to be a senior officer, but it sure helps.
15. No captain can do very wrong who places his ship alongside that of the enemy. - Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
16. Only numbers can annihilate. - Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson
17. Always know when it's time to get out of Dodge.
18. Always know how to get out of Dodge.
19. Your equipment was made by the lowest bidder.
20. Priorities are made by officers, not God. There's a difference.
21. Always honour a threat.
22. The weight of all of your equipment is proportional to the cube of the time you have been carrying it.
23. Hell hath no fury like a non-combatant. - Charles Edward Montague 
24. Fighter pilots make movies; attack pilots make history.
25. There are two kinds of naval vessels: submarines and targets.
26. A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost. - Ferdinand Foch (Principles de Guerre)
27. Surprise is an event that takes place in the mind of a commander. - Jerry Pournelle
28. All warfare is based on deception. - Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
29. A little caution outflanks a large cavalry. - Otto von Bismark
30. No combat ready squad ever passed inspection. No inspection ready squad ever passed combat.
31. Five second grenade fuses burn down in three seconds.
32. The enemy diversion you are ignoring is the main attack.
33. Radios function perfectly until you need fire support.
34. If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will have more than your fair share to take.
35. Professional soldiers are predictable, but the world is full of amateurs.
36. Parade ground inspections are to combat readiness as mess hall food is to cuisine.
37. When in doubt empty the magazine.
38. Snow is not neutral. - Frunze Military Academy Maxim