The gun on the snímu from the paris air museum, Le Bourget is according to the very brief description of one of the several hundred pieces that were made around the year 1916. It is an adaptation of a machine gun mle. 1914 in caliber 11 mm Gras, according to the description should go on a weapon intended for fighting with balloons, where the machine guns normal caliber did not have a sufficient effect. Unfortunately, in addition to the caliber not the gun the next TTD. Or else I couldn't identify and a brief mention in the american publication "The Machine Gun" from George M. Chinna, issued by the us navy (talk about Benet-Mercia, which is a commonly used american term for machine guns Hotchkiss) to things nepřináš much new, only confirms that the label in the museum is wrong. source: photo is from my collection and information on the basis of the labels in the museum..
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