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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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There is no mention of Coventry except that they used Daimler engines in the 105HP tractors they were making for the war office which were used for moving 15in Howitzers and 1 Hotchkiss gun which (possibly) was made in Gosford Street, Coventry, with a rate of fire 250 rounds per minute.
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