Everything about The Hotchkiss Gun totally explained
The
Hotchkiss gun can refer to different products of the
Hotchkiss arms company starting in the late 1800s. It usually refers to the 1.65-
inch (42 mm) light mountain
gun; there was also a 3-inch (76 mm) Hotchkiss gun. They were intended to be mounted on a light carriage or packed on
mules to accompany a troop of
cavalry or an
army travelling in rough country.
The gun and accessories could be packed on two mules. The gun was introduced as a modern replacement for the aging twelve pound mountain
Howitzer. The first gun purchased by the U.S. military from the French arms firm of
Hotchkiss was employed against the
Nez Percés in 1877. Over the next twenty years the U.S would purchase fifty more. They were used in
Cuba for the attack on
San Juan Hill and in the
Philippine-American War. It was also used at the
Wounded Knee Massacre.
The term "Hotchkiss gun" also refers to the
Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, a revolving barrel
machine gun invented in 1872 by
Benjamin B. Hotchkiss (1826-1885), founder of Hotchkiss et Cie. It was a built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moved in a mortise cut completely through the jacket. It was designed to be light enough to travel with
cavalry, and had an effective range beyond that of rifled small-arms.
The revolving Hotchkiss cannon had five 37 mm barrels, and was capable of firing 43 rounds per minute with an accuracy range of . Each feed magazine held 10 rounds and weighed approximately 18
pounds (8 kg). The cannon was accompanied by a horse-drawn ammunition limber, which held 110 rounds plus six loaded magazines, totaling 170 rounds.
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Trivia
There is a Hotchkiss Cannon near the entrance of Disneyland, California
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