摘要：The introduction of every new major weapon requires reorganization of the army. The use of the machine gun in the First World War resulted in new organization. On the eve of the Great war, the British army had one machine gun section of two guns with each infantry and cavalry regiment. In October 1915 the Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was formed. Motor cycle mounted machine guns called Motor Machine Gun Service (MMGS) was operated by Royal Artillery. MGC organized machine guns into infantry, cavalry and motor elements. The cavalry element of MGC was formed from machine gun sections of British and Indian cavalry regiments on the western front. The heavy branch of MGC used tanks for the first time and separated from MGC after its conversion into Tank Corps (later called Royal Tank Regiment) in July 1917. MGC served well in advance of the front lines and suffered heavy casualties, earning the nick name ‘The Suicide Club’. After the war, MGC was disbanded in 1922. In India, machine guns were also incorporated, initially few machine guns were allotted to each infantry battalion especially those on active service on north western frontier of India. In 1929, infantry battalion with four rifle companies was re-organized into three rifles and one machine gun company. A few years later this was reversed and infantry battalion again became four rifle company battalion..
