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The Ordnance QF 6-pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss Mk I and Mk II was a shortened version of the original QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss naval gun, and was developed specifically for use in the sponsons of the later marks of British tanks in World War I, from Mark IV onwards.
The Ordnance QF Hotchkiss 6 pounder gun Mk I and Mk II or QF 6 pounder 8 cwt were a family of long-lived light 57 mm naval guns introduced in 1885 to defend against new, small and fast vessels such as torpedo boats and later submarines. Many variants were produced, often under license, which ranged in length from 40 to 58 calibres, with 40 ...
The QF principle had proved successful with the much smaller QF 3 pounder Hotchkiss and Nordenfelt QF 3- and 6-pounders from 1885 onwards, and with QF 4.7-inch Mk I – IV naval gun from 1886. The Mk I was an Elswick gun of built up construction , which passed its trials on Elswick range near Silloth in the presence of Lord George Hamilton in ...
Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 6.50×50mm Arisaka 6.50×55mm 7.00×57mm Mauser 8.00×51mmR 11 mm Gras: Ammunition belt/Feed Strip France: 1914 Hotchkiss M1922 machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 8.00×51mmR French: Feed Strip France: 1922 Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun: Hotchkiss et Cie: 13.2×96mm: Feed Strip/Detachable box magazine ...
The gas-actuated Hotchkiss system was first formulated in 1893 by Odkolek von Ujezda and improved into its final form by Hotchkiss armament engineers, American Laurence Benét and his French assistant Henri Mercié. The Mle 1914 was the last version of a series of nearly identical Hotchkiss designs, following the Mle 1897, Mle 1900 and the Mle ...
France and Britain used the Hotchkiss M1909 through World War I and on into World War II. The Australian Light Horse, the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, the Imperial Camel Corps, and the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [5] used the Hotchkiss in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–17). [6]
Barrels were manufactured in France by Hotchkiss but most of the weapon was made at the Kokura arsenal. [6] China: Purchased for Chang Tso-lin's Fengtian Army. [7] Later used by the Collaborationist Chinese Army [8] Empire of Japan [9] Manchukuo [10] North Korea: It was used by the Korean People's Army during the Korean War. [11] North Vietnam [12]
Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Compagnie was a French arms and, in the 20th century, automobile manufacturer first established by American gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. He moved to France and set up a factory, first at Viviez near Rodez in 1867, manufacturing arms used by the French in the Franco-Prussian War of ...