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  1. 04-29-2010 #11
    William F. Owen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tukhachevskii View Post
    Right. I'm with you now. That brings the pre-WWII plt with two Gun sections and two rifles sections into greater clarity. Did the gun section contain a single LMG (in which case having a security/close protection rifle team makes more sense given the plt focus)?
    The 1918 Platoon was 4 x 7 man sections. 2 Gun Sections had 1 x Lewis gun each, and the other sections had Rifles and Rifle grenades. It grew out of what worked in WW1.

    The scheme of manoeuvre was formally laid out in the 1919 "Soft Spots" manual. basically, no one moves unless there are 3 sections giving covering fire, and the aim is always to get the gun-sections closer to the enemy.
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