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I learned that machine gunnery is about suppressive fire, not necessarily point of aim. Putting MGs on a carrier might seem exciting to contribute to the fight, but their effect would have been mostly salutary.
The carrier platoons in an Infantry Battalion were for carrying things and not for fighting. There are accounts of carrier charges in the early days after DDay, but most of them seemed to have fizzled with heavy losses. That said, getting a ride into battle is much less tiring than trudging ahead on foot.
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Terry Warner - 74-????? M151A2 - 70-08876 M38A1 - 53-71233 M100CDN trailer Beware! The Green Disease walks among us! |
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Photo I have of an RCR MMG detachment mounted in a carrier from 1954. Post-war, after the MG battalions were converted back to rifle infantry, Vickers MG's were allocated to the rifle battalions and mounted on the carriers in the carrier platoon. The designation 'carrier platoon' and 'MG platoon' were used interchangeably in documents, I've found.
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MG Armed Universal Carriers
Last edited by Ed Storey; 28-02-21 at 03:57. Reason: Additional Information |
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Rifle Brigade Ghent
Carriers of 7th Armoured Division's Rifle Brigade had 0.5" fitted - photographed in Ghent (See p56 of Autumn Gale).
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Please post photo on carrier page it will answer a few questions
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Here are some documents from CMHQ file “1/BROWNING/1” which gives a timeline for Canadian policy regarding the mounting of .30 and .50 cal MGs on Carriers, Cars Lt Recce, and Halftracks.
The documents can be found at this link: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...eel_t17481/310 |
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Some additional documents:
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Colin, thanks a lot for finding and sharing these documents! They show that the use of the .30 and .50 was much less of an improvised nature that often assumed.
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Thank you Colin. File: 1/Carriers/1/2 may be of interest ? Last edited by Michael R.; 05-01-23 at 02:44. |
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Hanno,
My pleasure. Michael R, 1/Carriers/1/2 can be found here: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/o...eel_t17483/178 |
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