Employment of Machine Guns.
The fire of well-concealed machine guns may often be directed against:—
Windows, doors, roofs, etc., of houses thought to be occupied.
Areas of bush, crops, etc.
Open spaces across which the enemy are dribbling in small parties in order to concentrate at another point.
The enemy’s firing-line.
It may happen that machine guns are forced to open fire in self-defence, or to assist the advance of the infantry in spite of the target offered not being a suitable one for machine guns.
Any tendency, however, to open fire with machine guns without good reason must be suppressed.
Machine Guns and Artillery.
Every effort must be made to prevent machine guns being located by artillery.