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Hotchkiss M1914
The M1914 Hotchkiss machine gun became the standard machine gun of the French Army during World War I. It was manufactured by the French arms company of Hotchkiss et Cie, which had been established by American industrialist Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. The M1914 was the last version of a series of nearly identical Hotchkiss designs. The Hotchkiss M1914 replaced the St. Étienne Mle 1907 and became standard for the French infantry in late 1917. The American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.) in France also used the M1914 Hotchkiss extensively in 1917 and 1918.
The Hotchkiss machine gun remained in active service with the French army until the early 1940s and used by the Germans for secondary troops guarding installations during World War II. The Japanese produced two variants under licence, the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun chambered in 6.8mm Arisaka and the Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun chambered in 7.7mm SR. Both retained the strip feed of the original.
Specifications
(1914 - 1920)
- Type: Machine gun
- Caliber: 8x50mmR Lebel, 7.92x57mm Mauser, 11mm Gras
- Capacity: 24 round strip, 250 round belted box
- Firemodes: Fully automatic (450 RPM)
The M1914 Hotchkiss Machinegun and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, and video games used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdun: Visions of History | French soldiers | 1928 | ||
| La Bandera | Spanish Foreign Legionnaires | 1935 | ||
| The Defense of Volochayevsk | Imperial Japanese Army | 1938 | ||
| If War Comes Tomorrow (Esli zavtra voyna) | Enemy troops | 1938 | ||
| Commandant of the Bird Island (Komendant Ptichyego ostrova) | Japanese spies | Type 38 (Hotchkiss M1900) | 1939 | |
| Disappearance of "Oryol" (Gibel "Orla") | Red and White Army soldiers | 1940 | ||
| In the Rear of the Enemy (V tylu vraga) | Finnish soldiers | 1941 | ||
| Aleksandr Parkhomenko | Anarchists | 1942 | ||
| And Quiet Flows the Don (Tikhiy Don) | German soldiers | Belf-fed | 1957 | |
| The Golden Eshelon (Zolotoy eshelon) | Mounted on White Army armoured train | 1959 | ||
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | María Félix | Ángela Ramos 'Juana Gallo' | 1961 | |
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | Jorge Mistral | Guillermo Velarde | 1961 | |
| The Guns of Juana Gallo | Mexican soldiers, rebels | 1961 | ||
| Lawrence of Arabia | Turkish soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Weekend at Dunkirk | French soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Viva Maria! | Mexican soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Lost Command | Seen on a gun emplacement | 1966 | ||
| Is Paris Burning? | French Resistance fighters | 1966 | ||
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Franco Nero | Sergei Kowalski | 1968 | |
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Tony Musante | Paco Roman | 1968 | |
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Giovanna Ralli | Columba | 1968 | |
| A Professional Gun (Il mercenario) | Mexican rebels | 1968 | ||
| A Bullet for the General | Lou Castel | Bill 'Niño' Tate | 1968 | |
| Hornets' Nest | German Soldiers | Fake barrel extension | 1970 | |
| I Am the Law (Il prefetto di ferro) | Italian Carabinieri | 1977 | ||
| March or Die | French Foreign Legionnaires | 1977 | ||
| The Big Red One | Vichy French soldiers | 1980 | ||
| The Ace of Aces (L'As des as) | French soldiers | 1982 | ||
| Libertarias | Anarchists | 1996 | ||
| Legionaire | Jean Claude Van Damme | Alain Lefevre | 1998 | |
| The Lost Battalion | Anthony Azizi | Pvt. Nat Henchman | 2001 | |
| Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Masked loyalist | 2003 | ||
| A Very Long Engagement | French soldiers | 2004 | ||
| Flyboys | 2006 | |||
| Day of the Falcon (Or noir) | Nasib's soldiers | Mounted in armored cars | 2011 | |
| Dunkirk | French soldiers | 2017 |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mail Call | Season 2; Archive footage | 2002-2009 |
Videogames
| Game Title | Appears as | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Mounted | 2000 | |
| Battlefield: 1918 | 2014 | ||
| Battle of Empires : 1914-1918 | 2014 | ||
| Battlefield 1 | "They Shall Not Pass" DLC; mounted on French tanks | 2016 |