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Hotchkiss machine guns firing 7 mm Mauser ammunition equipped both sides (government and rebels) during the Mexican Revolution (1911–1920). Furthermore, the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss in 8 mm Lebel was mounted in all French tanks and armored cars of World War I.
The 1.65-inch (42 mm) gun and accessories could be packed on two mules. The gun was introduced as a modern replacement for the aging twelve-pounder mountain howitzer.The first gun purchased by the U.S. military from the French arms firm of Hotchkiss was employed against the Nez Percé in 1877.
In 1940 as part of the British anti-invasion preparations, a large number of pillboxes were built to a design, known as Type 28 or FW3/28, intended for the modern 2-pounder anti-tank gun. However, as these were in desperately short supply, 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns firing solid shot were used instead.
Ships on both sides of the First Sino-Japanese war and Russo-Japanese war were armed with Hotchkiss 6-pounder guns. The 6-pounder was the standard secondary and tertiary armament on most Japanese destroyers built between 1890 and 1920, and was still in service as late as the Pacific War .
2-inch mortar; 3.7-inch mortar; 4-inch mortar; Garland trench mortar; Livens Projector; Newton 6-inch mortar; Stokes mortar; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Projectile weapons. Leach Trench Catapult; Sauterelle; West Spring Gun; Anti-aircraft weapons. Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom; QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns) QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun; QF ...
Hotchkiss 1897 machine gun; Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun, light machine gun also known as the "Hotchkiss Mark I" in British service and the "Benét–Mercié" in American service. Hotchkiss Mle 1914, medium machine gun; Hotchkiss 37mm, autocannon based on the M1897-M1914 model [2] Hotchkiss M1922, light machine gun
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It was superseded for anti-torpedo boat defence in the mid-1880s by the new generation of Hotchkiss and Nordenfelt "QF" guns of 47 mm and 57 mm calibre, firing exploding "common pointed" shells weighing 3–6 lb (1.4–2.7 kg). Royal Navy deck mounting of the QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss, the first modern QF gun, 1915