Hotchkiss M1909 & (?) M1922 machine guns - 7mm mauser & .303 British

[fat tony]

When you wanted a non - British machine gun that worked in the early 20th century.

A quick note on the Benet-Mercie machine rifle in .30/06 which was 100 percent USA made.

Firing pins and extractors broke frequently on the American guns. United States troops called the M1909 the "daylight gun" because of the difficulty in replacing broken parts at night and jams caused when loading strips were accidentally inserted upside down in darkness

Bwa ha ha!