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World War II Infantry
Fire Support Tactics
GORDON L. ROTTMAN
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
Author
Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered
for Special Forces, and completed training as a weapons
specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in
Vietnam in 1969–70 and subsequently in airborne infantry,
long-range patrol, and intelligence assignments until retiring
after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario
writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and
is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.
Illustrator
Peter Dennis was born in 1950. Inspired by contemporary
magazines such as
Look and Learn
he studied illustration at
Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds
of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including
many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is
based in Nottinghamshire, UK.
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Elite • 214
World War II Infantry
Fire Support Tactics
GORDON L. ROTTMAN
ILLUSTRATED BY PETER DENNIS
Series editor Martin Windrow 
This electronic edition published in 2016 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
First published in Great Britain in 2016 by Osprey Publishing
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AUTHOR'S NOTE AND
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
In this text, for brevity, we use the
postwar
term “Commonwealth” for non-
British forces of wartime dominions and colonies then fighting for the
British Crown – i.e. Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Indian, and African.
The author is indebted to Tom Laemlein of Armor Plate Press, and to
Nik Cornish at
www.stavka.org.uk,
for the use of photographs.
ARTIST’S NOTE
Readers may care to note that the original paintings from which the color
plates in this book were prepared are available for private sale. All
reproduction copyright whatsoever is retained by the Publishers. All
inquiries should be addressed to:
Peter Dennis, “Fieldhead,” The Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG18 2AT,
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The Publishers regret that they can enter into no correspondence upon this
matter
Abbreviations used in this text 
AA
AFV
AP
AT
BAR
Bde
CP
cwt
FO/FOO
HE
HEAT
antiaircraft  
armored fighting vehicle (tanks, tank destroyers, assault
guns, halftracks, armored cars, scout cars, etc.)  
armor-piercing  
antitank  
M1918A2 Browning automatic rifle (pronounced “B-A-R”)  
brigade (British – formation of three infantry battalions)  
command post  
hundredweight (112lb, one-twentieth of an Imperial ton –
British weight measurement)  
forward observer/forward observation officer  
high explosive  
high-explosive antitank (shaped-charge projectile –
pronounced “heat”)  
HMG
HQ
LMG
MG
MLR
MMG
Mtn
NCO
OP
pdr
PIAT
rpm
SP
WP
Weapon calibers: 
Most British AT guns and artillery pieces were designated by the
rounded-off weight of the standard projectile, e.g. “25-pounder”
(25-pdr). In first use in this text the caliber is also given in inches
and/or millimeters.
German weapons smaller than 15mm (.59cal) were designated in
millimeters. Those of larger caliber were designated in centimeters (e.g.
7.5cm = 75mm). Soviet weapons used a different millimeter scale.
Contemporary US customary linear measurements (in, ft, yd) and
weights (oz, lb) are used here rather than metric.
heavy machine gun  
headquarters  
light machine gun  
machine gun  
main line of resistance (the frontline)  
medium machine gun  
mountain  
non-commissioned officer (corporal, sergeant)  
observation post  
pounder (British gun caliber designation – see below)  
projector, infantry, antitank (British; pronounced “pee-at”)  
rounds per minute  
self-propelled  
white phosphorus (incendiary smoke-round filling)  
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Basic infantry unit allocations
n
4
Origins of infantry fire support
n
Glossary of relevant terms
INFANTRY FIRE SUPPORT WEAPONS
Basic characteristics
n
7
Nomenclature
Machine guns: categories
Mortars: light –  medium – heavy
Infantry guns
Antitank guns: light – medium
Shoulder-fired antitank weapons: AT rifles – rocket launchers and projectors
FIRE SUPPORT WEAPONS’ EFFECTS
Machine guns: “light”, “medium,” and “heavy”
guns
n
Shoulder-fired antitank weapons
n
15
n
Mortars
Infantry guns
n
Antitank
FIRE SUPPORT UNITS
Organization, by nationality: US – British and Commonwealth – German – Soviet
27
TACTICAL EMPLOYMENT
Fire control: observation – communication – planning  *  Weapons employment  *  Common
practices, US Army
41
EXAMPLE
US 2nd Armored Division vs German Volksgrenadier-Regiment 330, Geilenkirchen, October 1944
55
CONCLUSION
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
62
63
64

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