Hotchkiss guns

A form of Hotchkiss gun — A built-up, rifled, rapid-fire gun of oil-tempered steel, having a rectangular breechblock which moves horizontally or vertically in a mortise cut completely through the jacket.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Hotchkiss gun
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