{"product_id":"hotchkiss-machine-guns-john-walter-9781472836168","title":"Hotchkiss Machine Guns: From Verdun to Iwo Jima","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing contemporary photographs and full-color artwork, this title explores the action-packed history of the Hotchkiss machine gun and its derivatives, which were used around the globe for nearly fifty years. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCreated by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War. The gun, quirky though it was, was successful enough to persuade Laurence Ben?t and Henri Merci? to develop the \u003ci\u003eMod?le Portative\u003c\/i\u003e: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThough it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also the British in areas where French and British units fought alongside each other), the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system was to have its longest-term effect in Japan. Here, a succession of derivatives found favor in theaters of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset. When US forces landed on Saipan, Guam, and Iwo Jima, battling their way from island to island across the Pacific, it was the \"Woodpecker\"--the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire--which cut swathes through their ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-color illustrations, this title explores the exciting and eventful history of the first successful gas-operated machine gun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Walter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472836162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472836168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 7.10w x 0.40d","brand":"John Walter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526248091903,"sku":"9781472836168","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_049ae582-5887-4217-8c60-b2c159ea9588.jpg?v=1737555616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hotchkiss-machine-guns-john-walter-9781472836168","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}