======================+========+==========+==========+======== | | In the | In the | |With the|ammunition| Division | Total | organ- | column |ammunition| No. |ization.| of the | column. |rounds. | |F. A. Bns.| | ----------------------+--------+----------+----------+-------- Infantry M. G. P. | 11,500 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 31,500 Mtd. Infantry M. G. P.| 19,500 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 39,500 Cavalry M. G. P | 19,500 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 39,500 ----------------------+--------+----------+----------+-------- =Japan= and =France= seem to have decided to follow the British in assigning machine gun platoons to regiments. In =Japan=, soon after the outbreak of the =Russo-Japanese war=, the Guard, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 6th Divisions, and the two independent cavalry brigades, had machine gun batteries consisting of 6 guns each. During the winter 1904-5, 320 machine guns were gradually placed in position, singly and by platoons, in the fortifications on the Shaho. =Russia.= At the outbreak of the =Russo-Japanese war=, a machine gun company was assigned to the 1st, 3rd and 5th East Siberian Rifle Brigades. This company consisted of 5 officers, 85 combatants, 13 non-combatants, 10 saddle horses, 29 draft horses, and eight guns. The latter were mounted on high carriages, and were protected by steel shields. Of the ammunition, 1350 rounds, in belts holding 450 rounds each, were carried on each gun carriage, and 4500 rounds on each of the six two-wheeled ammunition carts. The field train consisted of nine one-horse carts. The loss of the machine gun company at the =Yalu= was probably due to the fact that the guns, mounted on high carriages, were quickly deprived of their mobility in their second position, after they had, from their first position, effectively flanked the advance of the Japanese infantry. Immediately after this first lesson, the high wheeled carriage was apparently abolished, and the tripod adopted. On September 26th, 1904, the machine gun companies were reorganized. There were (old) wheeled, and (newly-organized) so-called “mountain machine gun companies,” the latter having pack animal transportation. These companies were assigned to infantry and Rifle divisions and were designated by the numbers of their divisions.