Machine gunners and machinegun sharpshooters...

[Chris Boonzaier]

is there a site out there or a person who knows the nuances between the different kinds of WW1 MG units?
It is all pretty confusing

[AOK4]

Hello,

Maschinen-Gewehr-Kompagnien were part of the regular infantry units (in 1914 one per regiment, later one per battalion).

Maschinen-Gewehr-Scharfschützen-Abteilungen were separate heavy MG units that were attached to divisional sectors.

Jan

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi Jan,

That bit I understood, but how were they attached? How mobile were the MGSSAs? did they have the same ratio of heavy and light machine guns?