MURPHY AT WAR

I  am curious. just how may different things can the list come up with
that  would be useful for "shit happens!" events during  an operations
or an acutaul fight  between armed  combatants;

without  straining my draidead	brain here  are some i have  used  for
many years;

1. Vehicle refuses to start at the  worst possible time.

2.  Accidental weapons	discharge,  type of weapon, and   immediate
effect.

3.  Unit  gets lost.

4.  Allies decide it is safer not to come out and play, LOL, but  do not
bother to tell ya they ae not coming!.

5.  Language problems!

6.  Radios cannot  communicate	with other  radios (also computers!)

7.  Forces  selected  for the  mission, unfortuately, are not available
at the	last minute.

8. Vehicle  breakdown duirng  approach march!

9.   Unit  commander is a coward, and  is of NO USE!

10.  Senior  officer or NCO drops  dead with heart attack during the
fight!

11.  Sneior officer or NCO is  dead drunk!

12.  Senior officer or	NCO is	seriously injured  BEFORE  BATTLE
BEGINS!

13.  Higher HQ re-assigns  promised  supports for whatever reasons AFTER
YOU ARE COMMITTED TO THE  OPERATION!

14.  FRIENDLY FIRE  RUINS YOUR DAY!

15 .  Your  surprise attack , is actually a nasty trap for your  unit!

16.   Enemy unit, of  superior	quality,  encountered  where  there re
not  supposed to be any such units.

17.   Your re-supply drop  has re-supplied the	enemy!

18.  Ammo shortage!  blazing  merrily away without any worries IS NOT AN
OPTION!

19.  your guide is either a kid or a small  adult male/female.	suddenly
you discover that your armed to the teeth gung ho 200+ pounders are
just TOO DAMNED BIG to	infiltrate the	enemy lines using  drainage
pipes  used by the guide . . . 

20.  while  sneaking into the  enemy installation via sewer, water pipe
connecting  the  well to the  river,  etc, you come face to face with
the local version of a two -stepper going the other way, or worse,  a
nest of a very aggressive and deady  local insect.

21. unit  saddled with a useless VIP  observer for the	 the mission (so
he/she can get a gong).

curious to read what other ideas are floating about OUT THERE. . . .  

DAWGIE