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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Military Field Artillery Numbers by Country in 1914 . The artillery of World War I, improved over that used in previous wars, influenced the tactics, operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents. This led to trench warfare and encouraged efforts to break the resulting stalemate at the front. World War I raised artillery to a ...
QF 2-pounder naval gun; QF 2.95-inch mountain gun; QF 3-inch 20 cwt; QF 3-pounder Vickers; QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer; QF 4.5-inch howitzer; QF 4.7-inch Mk I–IV naval gun; QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss; QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss; QF 12-pounder 8 cwt gun; QF 12-pounder 12 cwt AA gun; QF 13-pounder gun; QF 13-pounder 6 cwt AA gun; QF 13-pounder ...
The first "flaming onion" weapon was a 37mm Hotchkiss type, smooth bore, short barreled Gatling-type revolving cannon called a "lichtspucker" (light spitter) that was designed to fire flares at low velocity in rapid sequence across a battle area. This gun had five barrels and could launch a 37 mm artillery shell about five thousand feet (1,500 m).