{"id":10535,"date":"2015-01-22T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=10535"},"modified":"2015-01-22T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T11:00:18","slug":"rmrs-machine-guns-in-1915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/rmrs-machine-guns-in-1915\/","title":{"rendered":"RMR&#039;s MACHINE GUNS IN 1915"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Friday, January 22, 1915<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>In Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury Plains<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day:<em> \u201cMusketry on Durrington Range.\u201d [1]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/22-Jan-15.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10287 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/22-Jan-15-300x135.png\" alt=\"22 Jan 15\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0Col. Duguid wrote that in 1914 \u201cThe Canadian establishment of battalion machine guns was increased from two to four; the Vickers guns ordered in England were, however, not delivered because the whole output was reserved for the War Office, which on 15<sup>th<\/sup> October, offered thirty Maxim guns temporarily in lieu.\u00a0 It was evident that American manufacturers would have to be relied on, for the present at least, to provide machine guns for the Canadian forces, and an order for 250 Colt guns was placed on 17<sup>th<\/sup> October.\u00a0 Fifty Colt guns had already been ordered on 29<sup>th<\/sup> August but deliveries were slow; 17 were issued to infantry battalions on Salisbury Plain on 26<sup>th<\/sup> November, and the remainder reached there only on 31<sup>st<\/sup> January.\u00a0 There were several serious difficulties with the Colt gun, which was not well adapted to fire British ammunition; all the sights required readjustment and were sent to Birmingham; the tripod was found by a board of officers assembled on 4<sup>th<\/sup> December to be unsatisfactory, clumsy, heavy, and not adjustable as to height; three alternative mountings were tried, one of which, placed on wheels, was manufactured partly by civil contract in Bristol, partly by artizans in the Contingent.\u00a0 Other mechanical defects were reported but could not be remedied before the Division proceeded to France.<\/p>\n<p>The only other firearms in the hands of the Contingent were the Colt 45 automatic pistol, and the Webley or Smith &amp;Wesson revolver of the same calibre.\u00a0 These were carried by officers, warrant officers, certain n.c.o.\u2019s, signallers and other specialists.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[i]<\/a><\/p>\n<pre>[1] <em>\u00a0\u00a0War Diary, 14<sup>th<\/sup> Canadian Battalion, The Royal Montreal Regiment, Jan 22, 1915<\/em>.\u00a0 Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089686.jpg\">http:\/\/data2.collectionscanada.ca\/e\/e044\/e001089686.jpg<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>[2] \u00a0Library and Archives Canada, found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiansoldiers.com\/weapons\/lightweapons\/machineguns\/coltmachinegun.htm\">http:\/\/www.canadiansoldiers.com\/weapons\/lightweapons\/machineguns\/coltmachinegun.htm<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>[3] \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/objects-and-photos\/weapons-and-ammunition\/firearms\/colt-machine-gun\/\">http:\/\/www.warmuseum.ca\/firstworldwar\/objects-and-photos\/weapons-and-ammunition\/firearms\/colt-machine-gun\/<\/a><\/pre>\n<pre>[4] \u00a0\u00a0Col. A.F. Duguid, <em>\u201cOfficial History of the Canadian Forces in The Great War 1914-1919, Vol. 1, Part 1,\u201d<\/em> King\u2019s Printer, Ottawa, 1938, pp. 137-138.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, January 22, 1915 In Camp, Lark Hill, Salisbury Plains The Battalion War Diarist wrote for this day: \u201cMusketry on Durrington Range.\u201d [1] THIS DAY IN RMR HISTORY:\u00a0Col. 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