They had this absolute mountain of a man who was their machine gunner, and he had well over a dozen patches.

Yeah, once you have a good gunner, you don't ever let anyone else try to take him from that job. They're too invaluable. Problem is you still gotta have others train to do it.

For a while, it did actually result in a noticeable drop in enemy activity in their sector, because they didnt want to fight the "Bloody Killers".

Artillery might be a great weapon, but fear is always the strongest.