
Machine-Gun Tactics
by R. V. K. Applin
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Language: English
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About this eBook
- Author
- Applin, R. V. K. (Reginald Vincent Kempenfeldt), 1869-1957
- Credits
- deaurider, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- UF: Military science: Artillery
- Subject
- Machine guns
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 66305
- Release Date
- September 14, 2021
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.MACHINE-GUN TACTICS
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.LIST OF PLATES AND DIAGRAMS
- 7.ERRATA
- 8.CHAPTER I DESCRIPTION AND ORGANISATION
- 9.CHAPTER II GENERAL PRINCIPLES — FIRE EFFECT — TAKING UP A POSITION — COVER — COVERING FIRE — INDIRECT FIRE — EXPERIMENT IN INDIRECT FIRE — SUMMARY OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- 10.CHAPTER III EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD WITH THE INDEPENDENT CAVALRY — IN THE PURSUIT — TO COVER RETIREMENT — COVER IN FIRING LINE — EXAMPLE FROM RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR — IN THE BATTLE — EXAMPLE OF MACHINE GUNS USED IN PURSUIT
- 11.CHAPTER IV EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD WITH THE PROTECTIVE CAVALRY — USE OF MACHINE GUNS IN A RETREAT — ESCORT TO ARTILLERY
- 12.CHAPTER V EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD WITH INFANTRY — ADVANCED GUARDS — THE ATTACK — IN THE DEFENCE
- 13.CHAPTER VI EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD WITH INFANTRY ( contd. ) — THE RETREAT — REAR GUARDS — OUTPOSTS
- 14.CHAPTER VII EMPLOYMENT IN FORTRESS WARFARE
- 15.CHAPTER VIII EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD IN MINOR OPERATIONS — SMALL WARS — MOUNTAIN WARFARE — CONVOYS — BLOCKHOUSES — ENCLOSED COUNTRY
- 16.CHAPTER IX MACHINE GUNS IN THE ARMIES OF THE WORLD — AMERICA (UNITED STATES) — AUSTRIA — CHINA — DENMARK — FRANCE — GERMANY — GREAT BRITAIN — ITALY — JAPAN — PORTUGAL — RUSSIA — SPAIN — SWITZERLAND
- 17.Untitled
- 18.Untitled
- 19.FOOTNOTES:
- 20.Untitled
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