Machine-Gun TacticsApplin, R. V. K. (Reginald Vincent Kempenfeldt)
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Machine-Gun Tactics
Applin, R. V. K. (Reginald Vincent Kempenfeldt)
Machine guns
[46] _The Great Siege_, by W. Norregaard.
[47] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 140.
[48] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., p. 141.
[49] A great many machine guns were added to the forts from the
fleet early in June.--AUTHOR.
[50] _Small Wars, their Principles and Practice._
[51] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909.
[52] _Small Wars, their Principles and Practice_, p. 441.
[53] Official Report.
[54] Official History of operations in Somaliland.
[55] Major Gough’s Official Report.
[56] Official History of the operations in Somaliland.
[57] From Staff Diary of 1st Brigade.
[58] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, p. 173.
[59] Callwell’s _Small Wars, their Principles and Practice_.
[60] _Field Service Regulations_, Part I., 1909, Sect. 157.
[61] This system was adopted; see paragraph _re_ Organisation, p.
189.
[62] Section 7.
[63] Section 77, Para. 4.
[64] Section 150, Para. 5.
[65] Section 150, Para. (iv).
[66] Section 149, Para. (v).
[67] They should fire with their own companies if it can be
arranged that they complete the various parts of the range practice
on approximately the same date.
[68] The Hotchkiss loses accuracy after 600 rounds, and becomes
red-hot after 14,000 rounds.
[69] U.S.A. Official Reports on Russo-Japanese War.
[70] _Revue d’Infanterie_, March, 1908.
[71] Officer’s report, U.S.A., Russo-Japanese War.
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