If the house possesses a cellar, the gun may be placed in the cellar, a few bricks being removed, so as to enable the gun to be fired from the ground-level.
In whatever position the gun is placed some protection should, if possible, be provided for the numbers, such as an emplacement of sandbags, stones, bricks, etc.
It should be remembered that if the gun is located in a building by the enemy’s artillery, it may be necessary to evacuate the building quickly; arrangements must therefore be made to meet this contingency.
Folds in the Ground.—Great use can be made of folds in the ground for the concealment of machine guns.
The gun should be placed so as to enable the bullets to clear the crest, while the gun and detachment are concealed as much as possible.
Haystacks.—These can be made use of as follows:—
Hollow out front of haystack.
No. 1 sits in this hollow, with his back against the hay.
The loose hay is piled up in front of the gun.
Cut out a place for the gun on top of the haystack.