Hotchkiss et Cie 1900 6.5X55S Complete Specs and Full Gun Specifications

The Hotchkiss Model 1900 was gas operated, air cooled, full auto only light machine gun made by French company Anciens Établissements Hotchkiss & Cie, Paris. It was chambered for 8 x 50mm R French (8mm Lebel) ammo. In 1897 Hotchkiss & Cie developed Mitrailleuse Modele 1897 and after 3 years of improving it, the Hotchkiss Model 1900 was born. By further evolution of Model 1900 four years later was born Hotchkiss Model 1914. The Hotchkiss Model 1900 was fed by rigid steel strips or 250 rounds steel belt.