Major rewiew of RM. AS per General Blumberg RM job to " the landing in peacetime of specially trained detachments to protect British Nationals during disturbances ashore, while in wartime to carry out operations for the seizure and defence of temporary bases and raids on the enemies coastline and bases."
experience of RM at Zeebrugge, Shanghai, 6RM at Murmansk & RMLI detachment at Vladivostok along with RM units serving in the camel corps.
RN Fleet detachment or MNBDO.
Mounted troop eventually 6 vickers mk6 & 9 universal carriers - crews armed with Tommy guns
Support section, 1 vickers 0.5" HMG, 1 81mm mortar & 2 0.303 vickers MMG's.
Infantry company 4 rifle troops of 64 men. (Size based on Camel Corps)
winston churchill recommended use of airborne troops in WW1 & again when chancellor of exchecquer. 1 rifle troop of RMLI trained for parachute duty lee enfields replaced with tommy guns.
FAA under control of RN to have 4 Short S8 Singapore 'Flying Boats' kitted out to transport RM's for rapid incersion whether lading at sea or para dropped. Experience showed a few bombs dropped on hostile forces within empire usually forces a surrender so each RM detachment to have 4 Hawker Hart light bombers for close support. These can be transported on aircraft carriers.
experience of RM at Zeebrugge, Shanghai, 6RM at Murmansk & RMLI detachment at Vladivostok along with RM units serving in the camel corps.
RN Fleet detachment or MNBDO.
Mounted troop eventually 6 vickers mk6 & 9 universal carriers - crews armed with Tommy guns
Support section, 1 vickers 0.5" HMG, 1 81mm mortar & 2 0.303 vickers MMG's.
Infantry company 4 rifle troops of 64 men. (Size based on Camel Corps)
winston churchill recommended use of airborne troops in WW1 & again when chancellor of exchecquer. 1 rifle troop of RMLI trained for parachute duty lee enfields replaced with tommy guns.
FAA under control of RN to have 4 Short S8 Singapore 'Flying Boats' kitted out to transport RM's for rapid incersion whether lading at sea or para dropped. Experience showed a few bombs dropped on hostile forces within empire usually forces a surrender so each RM detachment to have 4 Hawker Hart light bombers for close support. These can be transported on aircraft carriers.