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Steve Zaloga


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Would anyone have any dimensional data on the Hotchkiss Mk. 1 machine gun as used in the Whippet? One of the aftermarket firms is planning to do a turned brass barrel and wants to make it as accurate as possible. I have a cross sectional drawing of the US manufactured version, but dimensional data is a bit scarce and contradictory.



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Steve ... shoot me an email ... I might have a couple things for you.

nailcreek at Hotmail dot com

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Technical properties of the light machine gun, "Hotchkiss» Mkl:
Cartridge — .303 "British» (7,71 x56);
Weight of gun — 12.25 kg (unloaded);
Mass equipped with guns — 12.68 kg;
Length guns — 1187 mm;
Barrel length — 59 6mm;
The initial velocity — 739 m / s;
Effective range — 2000 m;
Rate of fire — 500 rounds per minute;
Combat rate — 250 rounds per minute;
Tape capacity — 30 rounds.

Based on: S. Fedoseyev — Guns in the First World War

Hope this is of some use
Paul

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