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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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