Machine Gun Corps

Machine Gun Corps
Cap badge of the Machine Gun Corps.
Active1915–1922
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
MarchQuick: The Happy Clown
EngagementsFirst World War

The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in the First World War. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tanks in combat and was subsequently turned into the Tank Corps, later called the Royal Tank Regiment. The MGC remained in existence after the war until it was disbanded in 1922.