One million rounds fired in 12 hours? An analysis of the account of six guns of the 100th Brigade Machine Gun Company at High Wood in August 1916

Fisher, Richard; Willis, Richard

dc.contributor.author	Fisher, Richard
dc.contributor.author	Willis, Richard
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-20T09:08:24Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-20T09:08:24Z
dc.date.issued	2019-08-12
dc.identifier.citation	Fisher RE, Willis R. (2018) One million rounds fired in 12 hours? An analysis of the account of six guns of the 100th Brigade Machine Gun Company at High Wood in August 1916. First World War Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2018, pp. 313-327	en_UK
dc.identifier.issn	1947-5020
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.1080/19475020.2019.1651667
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14551
dc.description.abstract	The Great War saw machine gunnery develop from a direct fire weapon through to mass indirect fire barrages. There is an account from High Wood in August 1916 that represents the pinnacle of these developments – firing one million rounds from ten guns in 12 hours. This research examines that account to determine what happened and the technical and logistical requirements of such a feat. By examining the war diaries and characteristics of the Vickers machine gun, it has been possible to identify what actually took place, what would have been necessary for one million rounds to be fired and the potential of Great War machine gunnery.	en_UK
dc.language.iso	en	en_UK
dc.publisher	Taylor & Francis	en_UK
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Machine gun	en_UK
dc.subject	small arms	en_UK
dc.subject	weaponry	en_UK
dc.subject	tactics	en_UK
dc.subject	logistics	en_UK
dc.title	One million rounds fired in 12 hours? An analysis of the account of six guns of the 100th Brigade Machine Gun Company at High Wood in August 1916	en_UK
dc.type	Article	en_UK