Description
This book is an in-depth study of the Lewis Gun on the Western Front (France and Flanders) in the latter half of the First World War. Constructed as a ‘capability primer’ it uses Rich’s research method of ‘TEPIDOIL’ to analyse the Lewis guns’s role. This covers:
- Training – how were Lewis gunners and their officers trained?
- Equipment – what did they need?
- Personnel – who were they and where did they come from?
- Information – what did they need to know?
- Doctrine, including tactics – how did they fight?
- Organisation – how were they structured?
- Infrastructure – where was their equipment built and where were they trained?
- Logistics – how did the people and equipment get to where they needed to fight?
This is an A5 book of 76 inner pages with a mix of colour detail recreated pictures and picked original photographs from the First World War.
Richard Attwood (verified owner) –
The book provides relevant information on how a Lewis gun section is organised and how it operated in the field and is easy to understand and helpful to both military nerds and for people investigating there ancestors role in a British,commonwealth and imperial army.