An officer and a machine gun attendant, with a Hotchkiss M1914
Collection
Identifier
JM04-181
Copyright
© 2014 Historical Photographs of China
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: JM04-181. Photograph numbered 181, published in 'The Sino-Japanese Hostilities 1937 / Shanghai'. Caption in Index: 'Chinese anti-aircraft gun in action out Hungjao Sector against raiding Japanese planes.' The weapon is a Hotchkiss M1914, a French-made machine gun, of which China bought around 1,200 in different batches between 1930 and 1935. Copies of this model were also produced in China with 7.92 x 57 calibre, which was the standard in China at the time. The soldier operating the gun is wearing a British steel Brodie helmet. His personal weapon is a semi-automatic pistol Mauser C96, with a typical wooden stock case (visible in the photograph), as well as the cartridges for the clip-loaders with which these pistols were equipped. See JM04-180.
Caption in album or on mount
181
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Location
Estimated Date
August-October 1937
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
Repository
University of Bristol Library, Special Collections
