Derbyshire Lads: The Sherwood Foresters: Manual: MG Emplacements

Officer's Training Manual

Machine Gun Emplacements

Col. Hawkins

pp.50-57 Part III Notes From Front.

There is no fixed rule for the siting of machine gun positions. It might be placed in the fire trench, just in front of it or even in front of the obstacle. No matter where MG's are sited they almost invariably fire to a flank and must be well concealed with overhead cover. The Germans use vari-coloured sandbags for their parapets so as to make sure their loopholes are less conspicuous. Germans use MG pits the roofs of which can be raised and lowered.

German method of placing machine guns in conjunction with barbed wire (below).

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© A.D. Hesketh. Copyright notes. The original notebook has been donated to the museum of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2AY. Before this was done the notebook was loaned to me, and I am grateful to Catherine Crossley, a relative of 2nd Lt. Roberts for permission to copy it.. Consequently the material and images in this section should not be reproduced without the written consent of myself or the RWF museum.


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Officer's Training Manual *Machine Gun Emplacements* Col. Hawkins pp.50-57 Part III Notes From Front. There is no fixed rule for the siting of machine gun positions. It might be placed in the fire trench, just in front of it or even in front of the obstacle. No matter where MG's are sited they almost invariably fire to a flank and must be well concealed with overhead cover. The Germans use vari-coloured sandbags for their parapets so as to make sure their loopholes are less conspicuous. Germans use MG pits the roofs of which can be raised and lowered. German method of placing machine guns in conjunction with barbed wire (below). Return to Manual © A.D. Hesketh. Copyright notes. The original notebook has been donated to the museum of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Castle, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 2AY. Before this was done the notebook was loaned to me, and I am grateful to Catherine Crossley, a relative of 2nd Lt. Roberts for permission to copy it.. Consequently the material and images in this section should not be reproduced without the written consent of myself or the RWF museum.