The manufacturing firm established by American gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in France in the 1860s saw nearly a century of success in making everything from revolving cannons (think 47mm Gatling guns) to light machine guns, automobiles, and even tanks. By the late 1940s, however, the firm was barely hanging on and developed at least four new submachine gun models with tubular receivers to court military and police sales.
The weirdest of these was the Model 010, or “Type Universal.”
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The weirdest of these was the Model 010, or “Type Universal.”

We found out why the Hotchkiss Universal did not have universal appeal
The manufacturing firm established by American gunsmith Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in France in the 1860s saw nearly a century of success in making everything from revolving cannons (think 47mm Gatling …


The Hotchkiss Universal Submachine Gun: The Folding Frenchman
Ever wished you could fold your gun in half to make it easier to carry? Well, you aren’t the only one. A product of an odd time in firearms history, the folding Hotchkiss Universal Type subgun was …

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