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"The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training"

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supply of ammunition alone limits the number that can be used.
Each side in the present war has used them by the thousands with
effectiveness. Machine guns are more worthy of consideration to-day than
heretofore.

BOMBS AND HAND GRENADES

The present European War has revived the use of hand grenades and bombs.
A certain number of soldiers in each British and French battalion are
trained as grenade throwers. Their principal weapon is a bucket or bag
of grenades or bombs. They operate not only from trenches but accompany
the firing line in an attack and dispose of sheltered or isolated group
of the enemy by smothering their position with a shower of hand grenades
or bombs.
These weapons are in the first stages of development in this country.
They offer to the service practically a virgin field of opportunities.
Some Reserve Officers might make a specialty of this subject and assist
in its development.

NIGHT OPERATIONS

"By employing night operations troops make use of the cover of darkness
to minimize losses from hostile fire, to escape observation, to gain
time.


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