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BR784 Machine-gun Platoon (Indian)
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Machine-gun Platoon (Indian)
(BR784)
The Vickers Machine-gun saw widespread use with all the nations of the British Empire, and despite their early lack of equipment the Indian Machine-gun troops soon had their share of this reliable weapon.
Despite an indigenous arms industry India relied on supplies of Vickers Machine-guns from Britain and it wasn’t until after the end of the war that India started manufacturing the gun themselves.
Indian Machine-gun Companies were organised much like their British counter-parts, with the platoons parcelled out to the Rifle Companies for support.
In Flames Of War
The Specialist Machine-gun troops of the Indian Infantry underwent extensive training in a variety of tasks, and like the British Machine-gun Corps could fire Bombardment with their Vickers.
The British Army fielded its Vickers medium machine-guns in separate battalions to take maximum advantage of the barrage tactics developed in the First World War.
HMG teams may fire as Close-support Artillery. They may fire artillery bombardments out to 48”/120cm, twice their usual range. Range in the machine-guns as artillery and use the Artillery Template to determine what they hit.
Designed by Evan Allen
Painted by Chris Such
Last Updated On
Monday, August 10, 2009
by Blake at Battlefront
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