{"product_id":"hotchkiss-machine-guns-9781472836168","title":"Hotchkiss Machine Guns","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing contemporary photographs and full-color 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreated 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 \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\u003eThough it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \/Development \/Use \/Impact \/Conclusion \/Bibliography \/Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408761135447,"sku":"9781472836168","price":12.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472836168.jpg?v=1730504105","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hotchkiss-machine-guns-9781472836168","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}