{"product_id":"9781472836168-hotchkiss-machine-guns","title":"Hotchkiss Machine Guns","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Verdun to Iwo Jima\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing contemporary photographs and full-colour artwork, this title explores the action-packed history of the Hotchkiss machine gun and its derivatives, which were used around the globe for nearly fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved successful enough to develop the \u003ci\u003eModèle Portative\u003c\/i\u003e: 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an illustrated overview of the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system, from World War I to Japan and the Pacific island landings. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset, such as the ‘Woodpecker’ – the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire – which cut swathes through the US ranks. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSupported by contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944582951009,"sku":"9781472836168","price":11.32,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33148159.jpg?v=1739436581","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472836168-hotchkiss-machine-guns","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}