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 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 clip feed of the original.

Specifications

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M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun with Tripod

M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun

• Type: MachineGun

• Caliber: 8 x 50 mm R Lebel, 7 x 57 mm Mauser, 11 mm Gras

• Capacity: ?

• 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
Lawrence of Arabia		Turkish soldiers		1962
Viva Maria!		Mexican soldiers		1965
Lost Command			Seen on a gun emplacement	1966
The Mercenary				1968
A Bullet for the General	Lou Castel	Bill 'Niño' Tate		1968
The Big Red One		Vichy French soldiers		1980
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

Television

Show Title	Actor	Character	Note	Air Date
Mail Call			Season 2; Archive footage	2002-2009

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Call of Duty: Big Red One				2005