Company Machine-Gun Platoon
(US773)
Includes six M1919 LMG teams, one Command Rifle team, one small three-hole base, six medium four-hole bases, and four hole plug sprues.
This blister pack gives you company-level machine-gun support for your US Marines, with the M1919 Browning light machine-gun.
Whenever the Marine Rifle Platoon advanced, the Company Machine-gun Platoon would not be far behind. Equipped with up to six M1919A4 .30 Cal Browning Light Machine-guns or M1917A1 Heavy Machine-guns, the platoon could lay down a considerable volume of fire that was vital for stopping a Japanese Banzai charge. Although the guns could be deployed together they were typically spread between the Rifle Platoons to cover the greatest possible field of fire.
M1919A4 Machine-gun
Introduced into service in 1919, the M1919A4 was an air-cooled belt-fed light machine-gun, in widespread use throughout the war, in all ervices. Its primary role was as an infantry support light machine-gun, in a role in which it excelled. This weapon lacked a quick change arrel, and fired from a closed bolt, which meant gunners needed to be well trained and observe fire control discipline to prevent cook-offs or run-ons.
Note: The Company Machine-gun Platoon in Gung-Ho allows you to replace all M1919 LMG teams with M1917 HMG teams – upgrading to the water-cooled .30 calibre M1917 Browning heavy machine-gun, for more range and a higher rate of fire, albeit at an increased point cost of +10 points per team. If you want to use this option, you can purchase the Machine Gun Platoon blister (US774).
Contents of the Company Machine-gun Platoon blister pack
1x Officer gesturing with right hand
1x NCO with Thompson SMG
1x Rifleman standing
1x NCO crouching with right arm back
1x NCO rouching
1x NCO gesturing with left hand
1x Rifleman kneeling throwing grenade
2x Kneeling firing rifleman
3x MG loader reclining
3x MG loader kneeling
6x Prone LMG gunner with tripod attached
6x M1919 .30 cal machine-gun
1x Small three-hole base
6x Medium four-hole base
4x Base plug sprue
15mm, metal
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