I assumed people knew the difference between the revolving gun and the breach loaders used in the Indian wars. I should have posted a picture to avoid any confusion. The larger 6-pdr 57mm was a breech-loading single-barrel gun. Here's the equally cool Czech version of the 3. The Hotchkiss revolving cannon were typically 1-pde 37mm and 3-pdr 47mm. This looks like the next generation of it. But armor penetration was only 15mm at 500 meters. With a small wheeled carriage, the four man crew of the TaK could follow the infantry into battle. The gun itself was the lash-up of a barrel from an old fortress gun (a Hotchkiss revolving cannon somewhat like the American Gatling gun in concept, thus one old gun made five new TaKs). were issued the French Hotchkiss M1914 for use as their heavy machine gun. In the last months of the war, the Germans produced the 3.7cm Tankabwehrkanonen (or TaK). A master bricklayer who helped build Portland area homes also secretly ran a. I could not find any of the websites with info on that gun. The guns were never used in action, peace got in the way. Penetration was AFAIK 15mm at 500 meters. No recoil system but the weight of the gunner. So barrels of an obsolete revolver cannon were used. The german economy was hanging in the ropes at the time.
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