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Benet-Mercie gun
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Benet-Mercie gun

US light machine gun. A modified version of the French Hotchkiss light machine gun, it was adopted by the US Army 1909. They were used in the 1916 expedition to Mexico and by the first units of the American Expeditionary Force sent to Europe 1917.

They were withdrawn and replaced by Hotchkiss and Lewis guns, which were more resistant to trench conditions and did not require a supply of spares only obtainable from the USA. The Benet-Marcie design was relegated to use as a training gun and made obsolete as soon as the war ended.
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