Ammunition allotted to Machine Gun Sections is not to be expended for rifle firing.
3. GENERAL MACHINE GUN COURSE.
| Part I. | Rounds allotted. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice | 1.— | Grouping | 10 | |
| „ | 2.— | Single shot, traversing | 10 | |
| „ | 3.— | Application | 20 | |
| „ | 4.— | Vertical searching | 20 | |
| „ | 5.— | (Omitted). | ||
| Additional Practice.— | Swinging traverse | 30 | ||
| Repetition | 20 | |||
| 110 | ||||
| Part II. | ||||
| (Range 400 yards for all Practices except Practice 14.) | ||||
| Time. | Rounds | |||
| Seconds. | allotted. | |||
| Practice | 7.— | Ranging | 20 | |
| „ | 8.— | (Omitted). | ||
| „ | [[4]]9.— | Application | 20 | 30 |
| „ | [[4]]10.— | Traversing | 50 | 60 |
| „ | 11.— | (Omitted). | ||
| „ | 12.— | (Omitted). | ||
| „ | 13.— | Observation | 20 | |
| „ | 14.— | Fire at successive positions (range 600 yds. to 200 yds.) | 40 | |
| Total | 170 | |||
| Part I. | 110 | |||
| Part II. | 170 | |||
| Surplus for repetition of indifferent shots to be pooled and used at the discretion of the Commanding Officer | 20 | |||
| Grand total | 300 | |||
[4]. Classification practices.
Notes.
Part I.
1. Additional Practice.—For trench warfare, and against dense targets at close range, the “Swinging Traverse” has been found necessary. It in no way replaces the method of traversing by automatic tapping, which should still be considered the normal method. The swinging traverse is taught by teaching a man to traverse a machine gun instructional target evenly and smoothly in about 6 seconds.
Part II.
2. Practice 10.—It will be necessary to shorten the target, as 40 rounds less are allowed for in this practice. This will be done by using two 10–feet screens instead of three. Spaces will be 20 inches.
3. Practice 13.—(a) If a field firing range is not available Practice 11 will be substituted for this practice.