TO MACHINE GUNS "For their part the machine-gun units must be on the alert to seize and exploit every opportunity to assist the forward movement of the rifle units, without waiting for specific orders to engage a particular targe or locality." —FMFRP 12-2, Infantry In Battle1 "Leaders must know what the guns can do before the attack starts, what they can do while the attack is in progress, and what they can do during reorganization and consolidation. They must learn to seek and to recognize opportunities for employing machine guns in every phase of the action. Finally, they must have the aggressiveness to keep everlastingly at the task of getting the guns forward, so that when opportunity does present, they will be able to seize it." —FMFRP 12-2, Infantry In Battle2 Desert Storm, Kuwait A Marine Machine Gunner Scans the Desert For Targets
DesignationMCWP 3-15.1
EditionSep 1996
StatusSuperseded
Pages406
FunctionMarksmanship Weapons
CollectionRecent Archive