ntil the formation of the Machine Gun Corps (MGC), each infantry battalion had its own machine gun section under the command of a machine gun officer attached to the battalion headquarters. At the start of the Great War, there were only two machine guns (either Maxim or Vickers) in the machine gun section but the development of the war showed that this needed increasing and it was decided to add a further two guns, with the
INFANTRY BRANCH
Jan 19, 2023
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