The Mle 1914 Hotchkiss machine gun chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge became the standard machine gun of the French Army during the latter half of World War I. It was manufactured by the French arms company Hotchkiss et Cie, which had been established in the 1860s by American industrialist Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss Mle 14
Type Medium machine gun
Place of origin France
Service history
In service 1914–1960s
Used by See Users
Wars Boxer Rebellion (Mle 1897)
Russo-Japanese War (Mle 1897)
Mexican Revolution
World War I
Warlord Era
Russian Civil War
Polish–Soviet War
Rif War
Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Spanish Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
Chinese Civil War
First Indochina War
Algerian War
Ifni War
Production history
Designer A. Odkolek von Augeza
Laurence V. Benét
Henri Mercié.
Designed 1897 (Mle 1897), 1900 (Mle 1900)
Produced 1914–20 (Mle 1914)
No. built over 65,000
Variants Mle 1897
Mle 1900
Mle 1914
Specifications
Mass 23.6 kg (52 lb)[1]
Length 1,270 mm (50 in)[1]
Barrel length 770 mm (30 in)[1]
Cartridge 8×50R Lebel
Other cartridges[show]
Caliber 8 mm
Action gas-actuated
Rate of fire 450–600 round/min[1]
Muzzle velocity 2,375 ft/s (724 m/s)[1]
Feed system 24 or 30 round strip
articulated metal belt (249 rounds)[1]
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