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armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Any idea's? maybe Hotchkiss, but I have no idea.....Thanks

CharlieC · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Oct 24, 2012 Posts: 58

I think you may be right - it looks like an early Hotchkiss 47mm (3 Pounder) gun. The later Hotchkiss guns had a pair of recoil cylinders on each side of the barrel. I thought I had an image of the Hotchkiss on a French Navy cruiser from the 1880s but can't find it. I did have a drawing of the 3 Pounder Hotchkiss though - the mounting is different - the bars are spring steel to absorb some of the recoil.

Regards,

Charlie

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