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1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Handbook of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun, Model of 1914 United States. Army. Ordnance Department, 1918 Om Hotchkiss maskingevær model 1914. Firmaet har rødder helt tilbage til 1880'erne, hvor det bl.a. andet stod bag betegnelsen Colt. |
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1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Machine Gun George M. Chinn, 1951 The series of books entitled The machine gun was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor.--Vol. II, p. v. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: German Machine Guns of World War I Stephen Bull, 2016-05-19 World War I's defining weapon for many, Germany's MG 08 machine gun won a formidable reputation on battlefields from Tannenberg to the Somme. Although it was a lethally effective weapon when used from static positions, the MG 08 was far too heavy to perform a mobile role on the battlefield. As the British and French began to deploy lighter machine guns alongside their heavier weapons, the Germans fielded the Danish Madsen and British Lewis as stopgaps, but chose to adapt the MG 08 into a compromise weapon – the MG 08/15 – which would play a central role in the revolutionary developments in infantry tactics that characterized the last months of the conflict. In the 1940s, the two weapons were still in service with German forces fighting in a new world war. Drawing upon eyewitness battlefield reports, this absorbing study assesses the technical performance and combat record of these redoubtable and influential German machine guns, and their strengths and limitations in a variety of battlefield roles. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Hotchkiss Machine Guns John Walter, 2019-11-28 Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War. The gun, quirky though it was, was successful enough to persuade Laurence Benét and Henri Mercié to develop the Modèle Portative: a man-portable version which, it was hoped, could move with infantrymen as they advanced. Later mounted on tanks and aircraft, it became the first automatic weapon to obtain a 'kill' in aerial combat. Though it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also the British in areas where French and British units fought alongside each other), the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system was to have its longest-term effect in Japan. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset. When US forces landed on Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima, battling their way from island to island across the Pacific, it was the 'Woodpecker' – the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire – which cut swathes through their ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Machine Gun George Morgan Chinn, 1951 The series of books entitled The machine gun was begun with the belief that the next best thing to actual knowledge is knowing where to find it. The research summarized within the covers of these volumes has been compiled by the Bureau of Ordinance, Department of the Navy, in order to place in the hands of those rightfully interested in the art of automatic weapon design, the world's recorded progress in this field of endeavor.--Vol. II, p. v. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: British Cavalry Equipments 1800–1941 Mike Chappell, 2013-02-20 This revised edition of Mike Chappell's original Men-at-Arms 138 represents nearly 20 years' new research. It covers the saddlery, horse furniture, and personal equipment of the British horsed cavalryman from the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars until the final disappearance of the mounted arm during World War II. Such details are essential for an understanding of how cavalry fought in the 19th and early 20th centuries, since the design of equipment was intimately connected with cavalry tactics in any particular period. Students of campaign history, and particularly modellers, will find here a mass of specific information, illustrated with photographs, diagrams, drawings and full colour plates. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Machine Gun, History, Evolution, and Development of Manual, Automatic, and Airborne Repeating Weapons Ordnance Bureau (Navy Department), 1951 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Handbook of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun Donald B. McLean, 1973 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Regulations for Machine Gun Companies Equipped with Hotchkiss Machine Guns, Model 1914 on Tripod Mounts, Model 1913, Omnibus Type United States. American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Weapons of the Great War Valdimir Glazkov, 2021-08-26 Book tells the readers about machine guns, automatic rifles, handguns and revolvers, including both the official weapon models in service in the Russian Army in 1914-1917 and weapons not officially approved as weapons in service but nevertheless used by the troops such as obsolete Russian and non-Russian arms both supplied by the allies or captured from the enemies. A special highlight of this book is the part describing the experimental automatic weapons, without which the reader would hardly get the big picture of the state of the Russian defense engineering developments in the early 20th century. For each model described in the book, there is a brief history of how it was designed and started to be used as an approved army weapon, also with the description of the key modifications made to it throughout the period of its manufacturing for further use as in-service weapon. The book contains a detailed and meticulous description of the field use, strengths and weaknesses of the weapon seen through the eyes of the soldiers. It is the first book written by a Russian weapons history researcher providing a detailed description of machine gun system parts such as mounts, carriers and pack equipment. This book also contains unique information on flare guns and special accessories. Book contains detailed color photos of the guns preserved in different Russian museums. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Machine-Guns and the Great War Paul Cornish, 2009-09-19 An in-depth study of how these direct fire weapons were actually employed on the battlefields and their true place in the armory of World War I. The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War—indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In the process it took on an almost legendary status that persists to the present day. It shaped the tactics of the trenches, while simultaneously evolving in response to the tactical imperatives thrown up by this new form of warfare. Paul Cornish, in this authoritative and carefully considered study, reconsiders the history of automatic firepower, and he describes in vivid detail its development during the First World War and the far-reaching consequences thereof. He dispels many myths and misconceptions that have grown up around automatic firearms, but also explores their potency as symbols and icons. His clear-sighted reassessment of the phenomenon of the machine-gun will be fascinating reading for students of military history and of the Great War in particular. “For those wanting a little more in-depth information about the role and development of machine guns during the war, this book offers an excellent, well written and easily accessible account of what became the iconic weapon of the war, mainly due to the massive casualties it was able to inflict . . . This really is well worth reading.” —Great War Magazine |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Provistional Instructions for the Indirect Fire of Machine Guns, a Supplement to the Drill and Firing Regulations of Infantry Machine Gun Companies, Tr. Form the French Ed United States. American Expeditionary Forces, 1917 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Hotchkiss Machine Guns John Walter, 2019-11-28 Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War. The gun, quirky though it was, was successful enough to persuade Laurence Benét and Henri Mercié to develop the Modèle Portative: a man-portable version which, it was hoped, could move with infantrymen as they advanced. Later mounted on tanks and aircraft, it became the first automatic weapon to obtain a 'kill' in aerial combat. Though it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also the British in areas where French and British units fought alongside each other), the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system was to have its longest-term effect in Japan. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset. When US forces landed on Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima, battling their way from island to island across the Pacific, it was the 'Woodpecker' – the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire – which cut swathes through their ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Provistional Instructions and Complementary Lecture on the Organization and Use of the Corrector for the Anit-aircraft Firing of Infantry Machine Guns, Tr. Form the French Ed United States. American Expeditionary Forces, 1917 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Manual of Equipment for Machine Gun Companies 1918 A E F 1918 ORDNANCE DEPT, 2018-01-12 This technical manual, is illustrated with good clear plates for maintenance and repair; they number in detail the components in each gun described. Published in May 1918 for the guidance of Machine Gun Company commanders and Ordnance officers in equipping and ordering parts for MGC. Covers the Hotchkiss machine gun model 1914. Saint-Etienne tripod model 1915. Hotchkiss tripod model 1916. Gun cart model 1907. Ammunition cart model 1907. Contents: Machine Gun organization per Division and Army Corps. Issue of Indirect Fire Control Instruments, Hotchkiss M.G. Cos. Issue of Equipment, Hotchkiss Machine Gun Companies Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns and Equipment for Balloon Companies. Machine Guns and Equipment for Light Tanks (Renault) Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns and Equipment for protection of depots, hospitals, ammunition dumps etc. Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns and Equipment for heavy Artillery and railroad Artillery. Nomenclature of Hotchkiss Machine Gun Model 1914 (Numerical arrangement). Nomenclature of Hotchkiss Machine Gun Model 1914 (Group arrangement). Spare Part Case No.1 (Contents) Hotchkiss M. G.. Spare Part Case No.2 (Contents) Hotchkiss M. G.. Gunner's Pouch (Contents). Cleaning Kit (Contents). Nomenclature of St-Etienne Tripod Model 1915 (Part Numbers). Nomenclature of St-Etienne Tripod Model 1915 (Group Arrangement). Nomenclature of Hotchkiss Tripod Model 1916 (Part Numbers). Nomenclature of Hotchkiss Tripod Model 1916 (Group Arrangement). Vertical Fire Bracket. Machine Gun Cart Model 1907. Machine Gun Cart Model 1907 - Accessories carried. Ammunition Cart Model 1907. Ammunition Cart Model 1907 - Accessories carried. Harness-French type 1861. Head Harness-French type 1861. French Supply Caisson. Cartridges carried on light Carts. Weight of Hotchkiss Machine Gun. General description of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun Model 1914. Action of the mechanism of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun Model 1914. To strip the Hotchkiss Machine Gun. Timing table (explaining actions of the parts of the gun during one cycle). Precautions to be taken before, during and after firing Hotchkiss M.G.. Loading the Hotchkiss Machine Gun. To Unload the Hotchkiss Machine Gun. To let down mechanism. Jams, Malfunctions, Stoppages- Hotchkiss Machine Gun. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Regulations for Machine Gun Companies Equipped with Hotchkiss Machine Guns, Model 1914 on Tripod Mounts, Model 1915, Omnibus Type , 1917 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles (Book 2 in the Finding Billy Battles Trilogy) Ronald Yates, 2016-06-01 Billy Battles is not in Kansas anymore! As Book 2 of the Finding Billy Battles trilogy opens, Billy is far from his Kansas roots—and his improbable journeys are just beginning. He is aboard an ocean liner sailing to the Mysterious East (Hong Kong, French Indochina, and the Philippines), among other places. The year is 1894 and aboard the S S China Billy meets a mysterious, dazzling, and possibly dangerous German Baroness, locked horns with malevolent agents of the German government, and battled ferocious Chinese and Malay pirates in the South China Sea. Later, he is inadvertently embroiled in the bloody anti-French insurgency in Indochina–which quite possibly makes him the first American combatant in a country that eventually will become Vietnam. Later, in the Philippines, he is thrust into the Spanish-American War and the anti-American insurgency that follows. But Billy’s troubles are just beginning. As the 19th century ends and the 20th century begins, he finds himself entangled with political opportunists, spies, revolutionaries and an assortment of malevolent and dubious characters of both sexes. How will Billy handle those people and the challenges they present? |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Lost Years of Billy Battles Ronald E. Yates, 2019-03-03 The year is 1914 and the world is in turmoil. In Europe, the Great War is raging. In Asia, fierce insurgencies are in progress against the colonial powers of Europe. In Mexico, a bloody revolution is ripping that nation to shreds and threatening to spill over into Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Meanwhile, in Chicago, Billy Battles and his wife, the former Baroness Katharina von Schreiber, have managed to live an uncommonly sedate life for almost ten years. But, with one telephone call their tranquil world is shattered. Katharina and Billy set off on a succession of wild adventures that will alter their lives for all time. Their new and violent world is one brimming with miscreants, secret agents, treachery, and tragedy. But most importantly, it triggers Billy's mysterious decades-long disappearance. Where is he? What happened? The answers are in The Lost Years of Billy Battles, Book 3of the award-winning Finding Billy Battles trilogy |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: How the Japanese Army Fights Paul Williams Thompson, Harold Doud, John Scofield, 1942 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Kangzhan Leland Ness, Bin Shih, 2016-09-16 Kangzhan: Guide to Chinese Ground Forces 1937–45 is the first ready reference to the organization and armament of Chinese ground forces during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45. The work integrates Chinese, Japanese and Western sources to examine the details of the structure and weapons of the period. Recent scholarship has contributed greatly to our understanding of China's role in the war, but this is the first book to deal with the bottom-level underpinnings of this massive army, crucial to an understanding of its tactical and operational utility. An introductory chapter discusses the military operations in China, often given short shrift in World War II histories. The work then traces the evolution of the national army's organizational structure from the end of the Northern Expedition to the conclusion of World War II. Included are tables of organization and strength reports for the wartime period. The armament section illustrates and details not only the characteristics of the many and varied weapons used in China, many seen nowhere else, but also their acquisition and such local production as was undertaken. This is complemented by a chapter on the arsenals and their evolution and production programs. The Chinese army was one of the largest of the war and it, and Japan's, fought longer than any other. It faced unique challenges, including fragmented loyalties, huge expanses of territory, poor logistics networks, inadequate arms supplies, and, often, incompetence and corruption. Nevertheless, they fought bravely in major battles through 1941 and were able to counterpunch effectively in important regions through the rest of the war. Aimed at both military historians and wargamers, this work fills an important gap in our understanding of this, the most under-appreciated army of the war. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Antiaircraft Matériel for Machine Guns United States. Army. Ordnance Department, 1920 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Popular Science , 1957-09 Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The French Foreign Legion Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage, 2007-12-25 This book gives the reader a straightforward and continuous survey of the history of the French Foreign Legion. By outlining the Legion's vicissitudes, victorious campaigns, epic marches, heroic and sometimes hopeless stands, dirtiest combats and dramatic defeats, but also by briefly placing the Legion back in the historical background of France, and by describing its development, organization, uniforms, equipments and weapons, the author hopes to dispel myths, and try to give a true and accurate picture of what the French Foreign Legion has been from 1831 until today. There are well-researched, detailed line drawings throughout. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Medical Department of the U.S. Army in the World War U.S. Surgeon-general's Office, United States. Surgeon-General's Office, 1927 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War ...: Surgery, pt. 1: General surgery; orthopedic surgery; neuro-surgery. 1927 United States. Surgeon-General's Office, 1927 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War: Surgery, pt. 1: General surgery; orthopedic surgery; neuro-surgery. 1927. Surgery, pt. 2: Empyema, by E. K. Wunham; maxillofacial surgery, by R. H. Ivy and J. D. Eby; ophthalmology (United States) by G. E. De Schweinitz; ophthalmology (American expeditionary forces) by Allan Greenwood; otolaryngology (United States) by S. J. Morris; otolaryngology (American expeditionary forces) by J. F. McKernon. 1924 United States. Surgeon-General's Office, 1927 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: A Machine-Gunner in France Ward Schrantz, 2019-04-15 Despite their extensive service in World War I, few members of the Kansas-Missouri 35th Division left lengthy memoirs of their experiences in the American Expeditionary Forces. But Ward Loren Schrantz filled dozens of pages with his recollections of life as a National Guard officer and machine gun company commander in the “Santa Fe” Division. In A Machine-Gunner in France, Schrantz extensively documents his experiences and those of his men, from training at Camp Doniphan to their voyage across the Atlantic, and to their time in the trenches in France’s Vosges Mountains and ultimately to their return home. He devotes much of his memoir to the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, in which the 35th Division suffered heavy casualties and made only moderate gains before being replaced by fresh troops. Schrantz provides a valuable “common soldier’s” view of why the division failed to live up to the expectations of the A.E.F. high command. Schrantz also describes the daily life of a soldier, including living conditions, relations between officers and enlisted men, and the horrific experience of combat. He paints literary portraits of the warriors who populated the A.E.F. and the civilians he encountered in France. Schrantz’s small-town newspaper experience allowed him to craft a well-written and entertaining narrative. Because he did not intend his memoir for publication, the Missourian wrote in an honest and unassuming style, with extensive detail, vivid descriptions, and occasional humor. Editor Jeffrey Patrick combines his narrative with excerpts from a detailed history of the unit that Schrantz wrote for his local newspaper, and also provides an editor’s introduction and annotations to document and explain items and sources in the memoir. This is not a romantic account of the war, but a realistic record of how American citizen-soldiers actually fought on the Western Front. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Armed Bluejackets Ashore Nelson H. Lawry, 2024-06-03 Among other major navies, that of the United States put armed naval landing parties ashore during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although done primarily to protect American interests, they also safeguarded international communities against the savage hordes of uncivilized nations. Specially designed light field guns carried aboard gunboats and larger warships sometimes supported the bluejackets and marines, customarily when larger parties more likely to face sharp actions went ashore. Most American naval landings of the nineteenth century took place in Africa, Asia, and Central and South America, whereas the following century saw landings against larger and otherwise civilized nations such as Mexico and Russia. The last of these landings were made in conjunction with the Allied assaults on North Africa in November 1942. The first purpose-built landing guns, the bronze Dahlgren muzzleloading smoothbore howitzers, saw extensive deployment during the Civil War, and postwar in Korea. The US Navy's very first steel breechloading guns were landing pieces. Five different marks of 3-inch breechloading guns and several guns of other calibers followed in successive decades, serving for varying periods. The history and characteristics of these landing guns are chronicled. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Handbook of Ordnance Data United States. Army. Ordnance Department, 1919 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: A Race to the Bottom of Crazy Richard Grant, 2024-09-17 The bestselling author of Dispatches from Pluto and The Deepest South of All turns his sharp wit and observational powers on the epicenter of America’s most divisive issues: Arizona. When Richard Grant and his wife moved with their four-year-old daughter back to Tucson, Arizona, where the couple first met, he expected to easily rekindle his love of the region. Instead, he found a housing market gone haywire, rampant election conspiracies, and right-wing political violence alarmingly close to his home and family. Undocumented immigration was surging, and the state was also on the front lines of climate change, breaking heat and drought records, and running out of long-term water supplies. Under these circumstances, Grant wondered how he might raise a happy, well-adjusted child who believes in the future. Yet these concerns weren’t keeping people away: Arizona was simultaneously experiencing some of the nation’s highest population growth. In A Race to the Bottom of Crazy, Grant mixes memoir, research, and reporting in a quest to understand what makes Arizona such a confounding and irresistible place. He visits the world’s largest machine-gun shoot; takes a sunset boat cruise with a US Congressman and a group of far-right patriots; rides through the desert with a Border Patrol agent; and goes camping with his family in breathtaking mountain ranges that rise out of the desert like islands in the sky. Interspersed with these adventures are recollections of his previous stint in the state, including his friendship with cult writer Charles Bowden and years living off the grid with smugglers, dope farmers, and outlaws on the Mexican border. Ultimately, Grant arrives at the conclusion that Arizona has always been a scattershot improvisation, with bizarre and extreme behavior in its DNA. This book is an entertaining, illuminating, and essential guide to understanding modern America at its most overheated. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Regulations for Machine Gun Companies Equipped with Hotchkiss Machine Guns, Model 1914 on Tripod Mounts, Model 1913, Omnibus Type United States. American Expeditionary Forces, 1918 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic Robert Laplander, 2006 In 'Finding the Lost Battalion' author Robert J. Laplander meticulously chronicles what would become one of the most famous events of American participation in World War One, discovering the truths behind the legend. Drawing on hundreds of sources - many never before seen - and spanning eight years of research, including four trips to the sight of the action in France, Mr. Laplander leads the reader through the events in the Charlevaux Ravine during early October 1918, and the circumstances leading up to it, virtually hour by hour. In this way the book does not merely tell the story itself, but explains why it all came about in the first place. The end result is the single most factual acounting of the Lost Battalion and their leader, Charles W. Whittlesey, to date, told in an entertaining, fast moving style. Never dry or boring, as some military tomes can be, this one is sure to quickly become a favorite on your shelf and the benchmark against which all further work on the Lost Battalion will be measured. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Rumors, Myths and Legends of America's Famous WW1 Epic - Hardcover Robert Laplander, 2017-01-13 Since its release in 2006, 'Finding the Lost Battalion' by Robert J. Laplander has become the benchmark work against which all things Lost Battalion related have been measured. Now, in this updated 3rd edition released to coincide with the centennial of America's entry into WW1, Mr. Laplander again takes us to the Charlevaux Ravine to delve deeper into the story than ever before! Meticulously chronicling what would become arguably the most famous event of America's part in the war, we find the truths behind the legend. Spanning twenty years of research and hundreds of sources (most never before seen), the reader is led through the Argonne Forest during September and October, 1918 virtually hour by hour. The result is the single most factual accounting of the Lost Battalion story and their leader, Charles W. Whittlesey, to date. Told in an entertaining, fast moving style, the book has become a favorite the world over! With new Forward by Major-General William Terpeluk, US Army (Ret). |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The Medical Dept. of the U.S. Army in the World War United States. Surgeon-General's Office, 1927 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: The French Army in the First World War Ian Sumner, 2016-10-30 The French army of the First World War withstood the main force of the German onslaught on the Western Front, but often it is neglected in English histories of the conflict. Now, though, keen interest in the war in general and in the part the French played in it has prompted a fresh appreciation of their army and the men who served in it. Ian Sumner’s wide-ranging photographic history is an important contribution in this growing field. Using a selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs, he provides a graphic overview of every aspect of a French soldier’s service during the struggle. But while the photographs create a fascinating all-round portrait of the French poilu at war, they also give an insight into the army as a whole, and offer a rare French perspective on the Great War. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Service Handbook of the 155-mm Howitzer Matériel, Model of 1918 (Schneider) , 1920 |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Complete Guide to the Hotchkiss Machine Gun An Instructor, 2012-03-29 The French designed Hotchkiss machine gun was officially adopted by the British Army as a light machine gun to serve alongside the Lewis gun. However, the Lewis went to infantry units, whilst the Hotchkiss was issued to cavalry and armoured units. This book is extremely well illustrated with photographs and line drawings, covering all aspects of the weapon. The gun is described completely, and anyone who has read the pamphlet will be able to use a Hotchkiss gun. The interesting feed mechanism is shown in the photographs as is the ammunition strip and its box. Care and cleaning are prescribed so that the weapon remained able to fire under all conditions. There is also detailed instruction on all possible stoppages and the immediate action to clear such problems. An important section in this book gives a tactical insight into the use of the weapon as experienced during the First World War and shows how machine guns should be viewed in the mind of the user. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Through the Wheat Edwin Howard Simmons, Estate of Joseph H Alexander, 2011-09-15 U.S. Marine participation in World War I is known as a defining moment in the Marine Corps' great history. It is a story of exceptional heroism and significant operational achievements, along with lessons learned the hard way. The Marines entered World War I as a small force of seagoing light infantry that had rarely faced a well-armed enemy. On a single June day, in their initial assault through the wheat on Belleau Wood against German machine-guns and poison gas shells, the Marines suffered more casualties than they had experienced in all their previous 142 years. Yet at Belleau Wood, Soissons, BlancMont, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne the Marines proved themselves to be hard-nosed diehards with an affinity for close combat. Nearly a century later Belleau Wood still resonates as a touchstone battle of the Corps. Two retired Marines, well known for their achievements both in uniform and with the pen, have recorded this rich history in a way that only insiders can. Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons and Col. Joseph H. Alexander recount events and colorful personalities in telling detail, capturing the spirit that earned the 4th Marine Brigade three awards of the French Croix de Guerre and launched the first pioneering detachments of Flying Leathernecks. Here, hand-to-hand combat seen through the lenses of a gas mask is accompanied by thought-provoking assessments of the war's impact on the Marine Corps. |
1914 hotchkiss machine gun: Mexico at War David F. Marley, 2014-08-11 A comprehensive overview of Mexico's military history from 1810 to the present day, including rare facts and information not found online. Mexico's past is riddled with stories of struggle—military battles, internal rebellions, revolutions, and drug wars. This in-depth reference provides a complete military history of that country since its War of Independence in 1810 through the present day. From the evolution of combat in the region, to the motivations and tensions behind recurrent conflicts, to the dubious beginnings of drug gangs and warlords, this is the only book of its kind to explore Mexican warfare in such great depth. This detailed study consists of an alphabetical compilation of roughly 300 entries dealing with different facets of hostile encounters throughout the country's history. In addition to covering key places and people, regional expert and author David F. Marley offers unique insights into more obscure topics such as the 1913 aerial bombardments at the port of Guaymas, visits from American luminaries, colorful Mexican military slang, and the songs that identify various political factions. The work includes a host of important historical documents, a glossary, and an extensive bibliography to encourage further research on the subject. |
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