Um "conto" ficcional (publicado no Infantry Journal, No 9 - Winter 1981, da autoria do Major K.A. Nette, PPCLI) sobre a utilização de metralhadoras em um conflito moderno - na minha opinião a ler integralmente, pelo menos a mim alertou-me para vários aspectos do seu uso táctico e, principalmente, das suas capacidades se utilizadas e organizadas nas unidades de forma correcta. Em inglês, lamento.
http://regimentalrogue.tripod.com/emmagees/emmagees2.htm ..."You made two fatal mistakes. First off, you underestimated your enemy. You failed to appreciate the speed and shock of a mechanized attack. But you could have survived, had you used your machine guns properly. This was your biggest shortcoming. Most of your guns were never deployed and the few that were did not take advantage of their characteristics. You disregarded the roles of these weapons and paid no attention whatsoever to the principles of their deployment."...
