The light MG ideas led the Americans to develop the M1918 BAR, and walking fire appeared in WW2 for the Americans using the BAR and M1 rifle. At least in Third Army, it doesn't seem to have been taught outside of that formation.
I've read of Australian troops using the MG barrage in WW2 New Guinea as indirect fire support. If they couldn't get field artillery forward, it was the best thing they had to reach the reverse slope of a hill.
Re: the square division: The Army convened a board to discuss organization after WW2. A fourth regiment was rejected early, as too cumbersome for the division commander to deal with.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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