Surviving a firefight

Lessons learned from a war oftentimes are unlearned during peace and must be relearned when pointy bullets fly at you. Relearning costs lives.

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Here is one of the better ones for the war we are in now:

“If you are in a firefight and you wound one of the enemy, don’t let him crawl or limp away to safety. Kill him. These guys are doing holy war and will keep shooting even if wounded. They cannot hurt you if they are dead.”

The most important thing you will do in a firefight: Pull the trigger. After that, you can do everything else that needs doing.

A lesson from North Africa 1942-43. American tankers said they at first thought a German tank was out of action when fired at and stopping. But after those out-of-action Panzers resumed firing, U.S. gunners adopted another tactic. “We shot them until they stopped and then we shot them until they burned.”

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