Original British WWI .303 cal Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun Mk I Crows Foot Tripod Lanchester SMG It has had a 50%

It has had a 50% section of the total length completely replaced entirely with solid steel bar stock

A new production run was ordered

presumably to show intended fire control use

The abbreviation stands for Reinigungsgerate fur Gewehr

and captured examples were used in combat by British and Commonwealth forces

Original British WWI .303 cal Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun Mk I Crows Foot Tripod Lanchester SMG It has had a 50%Original Item: Dating from the WWI era these are British Hotchkiss Pattern machine guns crows foot tripods offered in good condition. The Hotchkiss Mark I Light Machine Gun In British Service: The Hotchkiss Portative has a very interesting battle history, although the gun is not as widely known as the other British light machine gun, the Lewis. Adopted as the Hotchkiss Portable Machine Gun Mark I, it was based on the French Hotchkiss Model 1909. The