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Titre: Hotchkiss Machine Guns Condition: Neuf Sous titres: From Verdun to Iwo Jima Auteur: John Walter Illustrateur: Adam Hook, Alan Gilliland Contributeur: Adam Hook (Illustrated by), Alan Gilliland (Illustrated by) Format: Poche ISBN-10: 1472836162 EAN: 9781472836168 ISBN: 9781472836168 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Genre: Law & Politics Sujet: Architecture & Antiques, Technology & Engineering, History, Military History Date de publication: 2019-11-28 Description: Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War. The gun, quirky though it was, was successful enough to persuade Laurence Benét and Henri Mercié to develop the Modèle Portative : 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. Though it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also the British in areas where French and British units fought alongside each other), the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system was to have its longest-term effect in Japan. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset. When US forces landed on Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima, battling their way from island to island across the Pacific, it was the ‘Woodpecker’ – the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire – which cut swathes through their ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun. Sujet: Anglais Pays/Région de fabrication: GB Item Height: 248 Item Length: 184.00 Poids: 272g Série: Weapon Année de publication: 2019 Information manquante?
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