✚0479✚ German Soldbuch WW1 64TH INFANTRY REGIMENT 1ST MASCHINE GUNNER COMPANY

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✚0479✚ German Soldbuch WW1 64TH INFANTRY REGIMENT 1ST MASCHINE GUNNER COMPANY:
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Original German Soldbuch WW1 64TH INFANTRY REGIMENT / 1ST MASCHINE GUNNER COMPANY-NICECONDITION, VERY INTERESTING PIECE - RARE STAMPS

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Machine Gunners - The German army had just finished issuing machine guns to its units before the outbreak of the war. With the exception of the 1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Bataillons every regular Infantry regiment and Jäger Bataillon had a machine gun company. There were also Fortress machine gun units (Festungs M.G. Abteilung). The creation of machine gun battalions for the reserve regiments was not yet completed by the time the war broke out. At the outbreak of the war there were 219 M.G.K. in the active regiments, 16 M.G.K. in the Jäger Bataillon, a further 88 Reserve M.G.K. in the Reserve Infanterie Regimenter, 11 M.G. Abteilung attached to the Kavallerie Divisions and 43 Ersatz M.G. Züge (sections) in the Ersatz Divisions. On its roll each M.G.K. had four officers and 95 NCOs and other ranks. There were 45 horses to pull the six machine gun wagons and a reserve machine gun wagon. There were also three ammunition wagons, a field kitchen, and supply, fodder, and baggage wagons. Each M.G. Abteilung had four officers, 115 NCOs and other ranks. 87 horses (including 27 riding horses) and fifteen wagons, including six machine gun wagons, one reserve machine gun wagon, and three ammunition wagons. Due to its performance on the battlefield it soon became apparent how important machine gun would be during the conflict. The first step was to increase the amount of machine guns so all units were on the same level as the regular units. This meant equipping the 26 new divisions formed in 1914. At the beginning of 1915 new divisions were formed by stripping the fourth infantry regiments from the old divisions and forming new divisions with them. In order not to reduce the fire power of the divisions who had lost their fourth regiment, it was decided to increase the amount of machine guns.

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