{"product_id":"hotchkiss-machine-guns-from-verdun-to-iwo-jima","title":"Hotchkiss Machine Guns: From Verdun to Iwo Jima","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved successful enough to develop the Modèle Portative: 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. This is an illustrated overview of the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system, from World War I to Japan and the Pacific island landings. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset, such as the ‘Woodpecker’ – the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire – which cut swathes through the US ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e John Walter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28 November 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Weapon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781472836168\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692841967940,"sku":"9781472836168","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8018\/7972\/files\/9781472836168.jpg?v=1794342115","url":"https:\/\/thehistoryshop.co.uk\/products\/hotchkiss-machine-guns-from-verdun-to-iwo-jima","provider":"The History Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}