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The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines. Many variants were produced, often under license, which ranged in length from 40 to 58 calibres, with 40 ...
In 1886 this gun was the first of the modern Quick-firing (QF) artillery to be adopted by the Royal Navy as the Ordnance QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss, built under licence by the Elswick Ordnance Company. [16] By the middle of World War I the Hotchkiss gun was obsolescent and was gradually replaced by the more powerful Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers gun.
Hotchkiss also produced a range of light naval guns and, in the 1930s, anti-tank guns. The naval guns which originated in the 1880s were mostly 3-pounders and 6-pounders and originally were widely used (by Britain, Russia, and the United States amongst others) for close-up defence of major warships against small craft armed with the newly ...
The cartridges were intended to be aid to anti-Communist insurgents and Allied forces equipped with US weapons. They were loaded in 5-round stripper clips in M1 bandoleers (holding 6 × 5-round clips in cardboard spacers, or 60 rounds each) packed in US Navy 20mm Mark 1 metal ammo chests (33 × 60-round bandoleers; or 1980 rounds each).
The Ordnance QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss Mk I and Mk II was a shortened version of the original QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss naval gun, and was developed specifically for use in the sponsons of the later marks of British tanks in World War I, from Mark IV onwards.
Rear of Hotchkiss Modèle 1914 with inserted feed strip at Musée de l'Armée in Paris. The Hotchkiss machine gun was gas actuated and air-cooled, in contrast to the Maxim gun which was recoil operated and water-cooled. The Hotchkiss machine gun barrel features five large rings which materially assisted natural cooling and retarded overheating.
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; Hotchkiss M1929, heavy machine gun
Hotchkiss M1914; Lewis M1914; Maxim M1911; Grenades. F1 M1915, M1916 and M1917; ... Naval artillery. BL 6-inch gun Mk V (Coast defence gun) Empire of Japan. Murata rifle.