![]() ![]() I can only imagine how people would feel in the days when muzzle-loading cannons were the norm when suddenly the area around them was hit by a rain of one-pound HE shells. Hotchkiss gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was part of the equipment of the American expeditionary force deployed to Cuba in the Spanish-American War, and it was used in the assault on San Juan Hill. It was used in the later period of the Indian Wars in America, and was present at the Wounded Knee massacre. ![]() The Hotchkiss Gun was also purchased and issued by the U.S. I can see how a revolving cannon firing big HE shells would be against low- and slow-flying biplane fighters and bombers. Here is a Wikipedia article that wrongly states that the gun was designed to 'fire flares':įlaming onion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaĪs the article states, the gun was pretty effective. So the Germans instead used it as an anti-aircraft gun, which Allied pilots referred to as 'the Flaming Onion'. By WWI, the Hotchkiss was considered to lack the range and rate of fire, as well as being far too heavy to be a good infantry support weapon or naval gun. ![]()
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