Picture No | 10215162 |
Date | 1914 |
Description | Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun |
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Two Belgian soldiers working a Hotchkiss machine-gun. The revolving barrel Hotchkiss machine-gun was invented by the American, Benjamin Hotchkiss in 1872 and adopted by the French army in 1892.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. August 29th 1914. P.332 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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