Name that machinegun

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Name that machinegun

Post by RCASSIN » Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:41 pm

Please help me identify the following machine guns. One is a Potato Digger and one is a BRITISH 1914 WWI LEWIS GUN, I think . How about the other 2?

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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by Bryan » Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:05 pm

French Chaut Chaut, (Spelling?) Vickers is the far one, is the other a BAR? or the other french gun that broke all the time they tried for a short while
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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by fal_762x51 » Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:06 pm

CSRG 1915 (Chauchat) and possibly a Hotchkiss 1909.

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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by m3bobby » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:45 am

Agree with most of them. The far gun appears to be a Colt Vickers probably in 30-06, the near gun looks to be a Savage Lewis in 30-06 and a Hotchkiss Portative or similar variant.
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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by VC-1 » Wed Aug 23, 2017 1:12 pm

For those with an interest in the early US automatic weaponry, you might be interested in "Hatcher's Notebook" (Julian S. Hatcher), good read, chuck full of info. But probably preaching to the choir here...

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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by frenchman » Wed Aug 23, 2017 8:46 pm

hello
I think the middle one is a French bennet mercie used by the marines
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Re: Name that machinegun

Post by m3bobby » Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:46 pm

The Benet-Mercie M1909 is the Hotchkiss Portative in .30-06.
Ford GPW 6008, in slow process of restoration.


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