Provisioning the requirement: machine gun needs of the British expeditionary force in France, 1914-1916

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-16T13:18:24Z
dc.date.available2024-01-16T13:18:24Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-31
dc.description.abstractAt the outbreak of the First World War, the British Army was in the process of replacing its Maxim machine guns with the Vickers machine gun it had adopted in 1912. Although both weapons were of the same calibre and shared some common accessories, they were not wholly compatible. Furthermore, with the expansion of the British Expeditionary Force and the concomitant need to increase its automatic firepower, the introduction of more machine guns had to be managed with increased demand and complexity, with additional new models introduced as the war progressed. By analysing the war diaries of the lines of communication, this article evaluates the rollout of the Vickers and later models, and the implications their introduction had on logistics, personnel, and organisation across the Force. It is hoped this approach will offer an insight into the prioritisation and decision-making of this critical period, as well as an opportunity to understand the growing importance of the machine gun ahead of the formation of the Machine Gun Corps in October 1915.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationFisher R, (2023) Provisioning the requirement: machine gun needs of the British expeditionary force in France, 1914–1916, Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms, Volume IX, Issue 2, 2023, pp. 21–42en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2752-4019
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.52357/armax02039
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/20650
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherHelios House Pressen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectGreat Britainen_UK
dc.subjectMaximen_UK
dc.subjectLewisen_UK
dc.subjectVickersen_UK
dc.subjectmachine gunsen_UK
dc.subjectFirst World Waren_UK
dc.subjectMachine Gun Corpsen_UK
dc.titleProvisioning the requirement: machine gun needs of the British expeditionary force in France, 1914-1916en_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2023-10-16

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