manual for commanders of infantry platoons. - US Army Combined ...

224· MA~NUACL FORt COWMMANDERS OF INFANTRYd' PLATOO~NS.
leads to it to get flanking protection for the m1ain trench.
(Fig. 210. )
The~ ma2chCineCgniv2is the/ aG~rmpar1 excellenzce for nscS 'inz fla~nk-7
in2g defC'Zenses-It m1ust b~e shelteredl as~ muchl as possib~le aInd~
the emlplacement or shelter mLust be comlpletely cove'red, so. Lhit
at thle mnoment of attanck the emplacemnte~ will be intact.
Numnerous emnplacements shmonid b~e prepar~ed, xvell concealed,
and writh the guns in position; or the emplaltcements mldiy be
lightly a~rmlor'ed, alnd not armiedl tili timlemnoment of need,, the
]uachine gunls being hieldl near~ at bland under~ the protection of
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boimbproofs. The (ligglag of p~its in the open ground wTell to
thle fronlt of the trance of the firing trench, writhl ihich th y ar~1e
connecterl Iy subt~erranean galleries, as is shownTlinl igsSule ai2,
also givTes goodt restilts. For the distribution ofe machine ~luas~
betwreen the first line, the support trench, andi the line 01 m~edoubts,
see Chapter V of this part (IV). The fiankliur arrang1e~mnents
froml one supporting point to the neiglhboring supporting
points by the use oi m~achine guns, 37-mm1. gun1s or Th mmll? ~Un~s,
is regulazted by timesup~erior com3mander.
Arranlgemzents for en~ter·ing anld leavuing the tren2chLes The·1
steps (fig. 213) alilow access to the natural surface; ot the
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