Hotchkiss Models 1897, 1900 & 1914 machineguns
Official wording
Hotchkiss, Models 1897, 1900 and 1914 machineguns of French mfr. in all cal.s.
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1897–1935.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
FranceBasis: outside reference ⁴- Manufacturer
- Hotchkiss et Cie, Saint-DenisBasis: the ATF wording
- Type
- MachinegunBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Select-fire / autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- All calibersBasis: the ATF wording
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 85 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it)
- 2. Wikipedia, “Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): later deliveries extend the end past the infobox's 1920: Poland's Mle 1914 derivative (ckm wz. 25, "designed in late 1924", at least 1,249 "bought in France" and in service from 1926, per Ciężki karabin maszynowy wz. 25), and "In 1930 to 1935, the Republic of China bought 1,192 Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns from France" (new manufacture vs. stock not stated); y ends 1935
- 3. Wikipedia, “Ciężki karabin maszynowy wz. 25” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): the Polish wz. 25 modification of the Mle 1914 was designed in late 1924; at least 1,249 were bought in France and used from 1926
- 4. Wikipedia, “Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun” ↗, country: infobox origin France (Hotchkiss, Saint-Denis)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- 1 change · see below
Correction history
- Evidence passYears: 1897–1940 → 1897–1935. Wikipedia infobox: Mle 1914 production 1914–1920 (no later production stated)
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Hotchkiss 8954.JPG” by G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine gun”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The Mitrailleuse Automatique Hotchkiss modèle 1914 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. The gas-actuated Hotchkiss system was first formulated in 1893 by Odkolek von Ujezda and improved into its final form by Hotchkiss armament engineers, American Laurence Benét and his French assistant Henri Mercié.