This YouTube Short, titled "Speed Deploy: Hotchkiss Universal" by CandRsenal, showcases a rapid deployment of the Hotchkiss Universal firearm. While the description is minimal, the title and the channel's focus suggest a demonstration of the firearm's operational speed or a quick handling technique. The video likely appeals to firearm enthusiasts interested in practical applications and potentially historical firearms, given the "Hotchkiss Universal" model.
This video features a range test of the Hotchkiss Universal SMG, an original automatic variant. The presenter, from Forgotten Weapons, contrasts it with the later MAT-49, noting the Hotchkiss's poor ergonomics and handling during firing, deeming it outperformed by most SMGs except early Sten models. Despite its functional drawbacks, the video highlights the unique folding features of the Hotchkiss Universal.
This video documents the author's participation in the Arizona PCC (Pistol-Caliber Carbine) Championships, using a semi-automatic Hotchkiss Universal carbine selected by patrons. The match features 10 stages with varying distances, from close-range paper and steel to 100-200 yard steel targets. The author highlights challenges with the Hotchkiss's non-adjustable sights, which significantly impacted their ability to hit longer-range targets, resulting in a 191st place finish out of 193 competitors. Despite the performance, the video expresses a desire to compete again next year with another historical firearm that can be properly zeroed, thanking patrons for their support.
This video features the Hotchkiss Universal, a semi-automatic short-barreled rifle (SBR), being put through a standardized Pistol-Caliber Carbine (PCC) course of fire. The course includes various target systems from MOA Targets: an 8-plate dueling tree for target transitions, a mini-Mozambique for precision shots, and a Redneck Star for moving targets. While the Hotchkiss performed better than expected, it ultimately failed to complete the course due to challenges with the mini-Mozambique target, attributed to sight placement, aperture size, and target visibility. The final time was 150 seconds with 10 targets remaining.
This video delves into the Hotchkiss Universal, a compact 9mm submachine gun designed in the late 1940s for French military trials. Despite its innovative folding design, including a folding stock, grip, magazine well, and telescoping barrel, it was ultimately rejected for being too expensive and complex, losing out to the MAT-49. The video details its design, manufacturing variations (CMH and CMH2), and limited sales to countries like Venezuela and Morocco, as well as its testing by the French Foreign Legion in Indochina. It's presented as a fascinating example of prioritizing extreme compactness, perhaps at the expense of practicality.
This video showcases Ian's personal firearm collection displayed on a Matrix Armory wall system. The Matrix Armory is a new system designed to aesthetically display firearms, contrasting with more utilitarian storage solutions. Ian highlights several specific firearms from his collection, providing links to individual videos for some of them, including the M1883 Reichsrevolver, Scotti Model X, Troy GAU-5A/A clone, MAC 1950, CETME-L, Hotchkiss Universal, DSA FAL, Krinkov, Type 2 Paratrooper Arisaka, and North China Type 19 Arisaka. He emphasizes that he has no financial stake in Matrix Armory.
This video explores the Hotchkiss Universal SMG, a compact folding carbine design with a unique, albeit clumsy, appearance. The description highlights its primary objective of extreme compactness, which was successfully achieved. However, the submachine gun faced commercial failure due to its high cost and complexity. Despite limited production, some units found their way to Indochina, Venezuela, and Morocco. Interestingly, a few live semi-automatic carbine variants were imported into the US.
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