Quote Originally Posted by Tukhachevskii View Post
I find it intriguing that for however long the gun group was "out of action" because they were displacving to a new position they were expected to be covered by a rifle group without a LMG? Surely they would thereby be at a disadvantage compared to a section organised into two balanced fireteams each of comparable "suppresive" capabilties. It sounds like getting Tyson to disengage from a fight while Barry McGuigan covers him
That is why "section F&M" is flawed, and better done as a platoon under tight control, with guns moving incrementally.

The "balanced" fire teams means neither can really do anything well.