Maxims, Quotes, Rules and good ideas

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DeWet's 3 Laws
The Best is the Enemy of Good Enough.
No plan was ever improved by being made more complicated.
No situation was ever so bad, that headquarters couldn't make it worse.

"The Time has come to trust in God,.. and the Mauser" Gen. Ben Schoeman.

Good recce trumps bad recce. Bad recce trumps no recce.

"Resulation may supply the want of numbers, but numbers will never supply the want of resolution." Gustavus Adolphus.

"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail." U.S. Grant.

In combat, there is no such thing as too much firepower.

Ammunition is expensive, but men are more so.

I'd rather fill out AERs (Ammunition Expenditure Reports) than CRs (Casualty Reports).

Cowardice is a good thing. I like to encourage it in my enemies.

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