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Hotchkiss gun

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Hotchkiss gun

French machine gun, adopted by the French army 1897. Several models existed but the most common was a light air-cooled, gas-operated weapon fed with ammunition in metal strips, which was used as a support weapon by infantry. Heavier, tripod-mounted, versions were used for sustained defensive fire and in an anti-aircraft role.



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On March 31, 1898, Fort Duchesne's commander received orders to ship the post's Hotchkiss gun, together with all its ammunition, to Mobile, Ala.
Harting, of the First South Dakota, to take four men and a Hotchkiss gun ashore.
 
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