Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Hotchkiss Portative: Clunky But Durable" video.

  1. Before the Garand thumb and the Glock leg, the Hotchkiss tatoo.
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  2. In reality, in 1896, Hotchkiss patented BOTH the strip feeding and the metallic belt feeding. They offered the metallic belt option for much of their products, but without much success. Strip feeding (or a variant largely used in WWI, three rounds strips hinged together to form a belt of any length) had been the favored method of almost any purchaser until the expiration of the patent. Probably because it was, even if only slightly, more reliable.
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