[Iris7]

With control of the Dvina the Reds perhaps could have moved some of their numerically superior force by boat to the north of Dolgas. One hopes the 339th could have coped with an all around defense.

Rotten that so many Russians believed in Lenin's lies. Of course, the Kerensky government was a ship of fools.

Speaking of hardware, the Vickers gun was very efficient and reliable in skilled hands. Internal inspection shows much hand fitting, making the design hard to mass produce until this age of computer numerical control machining.

I have had a close look at a Lewis, and found the magazine drive very complicated. The machine looks vulnerable to mud and hard to clean, with many very small parts.

The now archaic Lewis was an efficient killer and the best light machine gun of it's day by far. These days they have a high collector's value.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Iris7.

I have two memories of the Lewis MG, one is from "For Whom The Bell Tolls" where it was almost a "main character" along with Gary Cooper and the second is seeing it in the hands of an Imperial Stormtrooper in "Star Wars"