The Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge became the standard machine gun of the French Army during the latter half of World War I. It was …

The MG 08 (Maschinengewehr 08) is a heavy machine gun (HMG) which served as the standard HMG of the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was an adaptation of Hiram Maxim 's …

Popular HMG rounds today are the 12.7×99mm, 12.7×108mm and 14.5×114mm cartridges. The term originally referred to the generation of machine guns which came to prominence in the …

Apr 19, 2019 · This Hotchkiss machine gun and its tripod are lot #2027 in the upcoming April 2019 Morphy auction. The gun that became the Hotchkiss 1914 and served as the bulwark of …

Hotchkiss machine gun, originally a big-bore, hand-cranked, rapid-fire weapon developed in 1878 by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826–85), a U.S. ordnance engineer with a factory in Paris. It was …

May 25, 2018 · Chambered in the 8x50 mm R Lebel cartridge, the Mitrailleuse Automatique Hotchkiss Modele 1914 proved to be accurate, reliable and adaptable. Its design was based …

Nov 8, 2017 · In 1893, the Hotchkiss arms manufacturing company bought the rights to a gas-powered machine-gun designed by the Austrian Baron Adolf von Odkoek. Adapting the …

Oct 21, 2022 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Hotchkiss Model 1914 (Mle 1914) Medium Machine Gun (MMG) / Heavy Machine Gun (HMG) …

There are a total of [ 24 ] WW1 Machine Guns entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not …

May 20, 2021 · The gun’s story starts with General Pershing in WW1, who immediately recognized the U.S. lacked a heavy MG and cartridge suitable for use against Triple Alliance …