A century ago, the American Expeditionary Force entered heavy combat in France, and the Doughboys’ most-used heavy machine gun during the Great War was the French Hotchkiss Model of 1914.

Eventually, the French Hotchkiss heavy machine gun was replaced by the water-cooled, belt-fed U.S. Model 1917 Browning water-cooled machine gun, and the woeful Chauchat was superseded by the ...

In total, the Hotchkiss Universal comes in at just 17.2 inches (435mm) long when folded up, a little over half its operational length of 30.6 inches (776mm). The barrel itself is 10.8 inches (270mm).

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