The Machine Gunner was in himself a specialist in his field but they could not operate to full efectiveness without the MG Fire Controller. A Fire Controller would have been a specially selected Machine Gunner with a high level of intelligence. The course the fire controller's had to undertake was more theoretical than that of the MG training and as such, a man with even highwer specialist skills emerged after a long and strenuous period of training. To decode the lesson numbers found in the below table please go to the lesson list.

The Director: the Fire Controller's companion and main piece of equipment when setting up dial sights.

FIRE CONTROLLER'S COURSE

		Periods
Subject	Lesson	Lecture	Practice
General Principles	93	1
	94	1
	95		1
	96	1
Visual Training	66	1	2
Direct Fire	97	1
	98	1	2
	99	1	2
	100	1	2
	101	1	1
Instruments and Aiming	43		1
	44		2
Indirect Fire	Revision, Direct Fire		2
	109	1
	110	1
	111	1	2
	112	1	2
	113	1	2
	114	1	2
	115	1	2
	Revision, Indirect Fire		4
Flanking and Overhead Fire	102	1	2
	103	1	2
	104	1	2
	Revision		2
Fixed Lines	105	1	2
	106	1	2
	107	1
	Revision		2
Night Firing	108	1	2
Map Shooting	116	1	2
	117	1	2
	118	1	1
	Practical Problems		6
General Maintenance	16		1
Spare Parts and Repairs	18		1
Instrument Tests	45		1
	46		1
	47		1
	Revision		2
MMG Range Course	Part 3, Direct		4
	Part 3, Indirect		4
Rangefinder	Construction of Range Cards		1
Blank Firing Attachment	Appendix I		1
TOTALS		26	73