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 * Mle 1914 Hotchkiss**- The Hotchkiss is a French machine gun that was originally designed for the end of WWI, but was carried over for use when the country was invaded by Germany. This medium sized machine gun is gas operated and air cooled. This was a technological breakthrough at the time where recoil and water cooling was needed for must guns under similar circumstances. The Gas valve underneath the barrel at the end of the stock had a piston that could adjust the pressure of the gas, which them changed the amount of rounds per minute the gun fired. This is a lot like the Dalton's law was actually used to figure out what exact gas pressure adjustments were needed to switch to different rounds per minute measurement.


 * MAS 36**- This French Rifle was bolt-action operated, and was shorter than normal bolt-action rifles used in the war. The rifle had a two piece stock, which was helpful because the gun had less of a “kick” because a lot of the conserved momentum is absorbed by the first part of the stock, and overall, did not allow the rifle to fire back with as much force as most rifles would with such light weight. One disadvantage of the rifle was that it did not have any safety on the gun. Instead, French soldiers would have to fill their clip, but keep their chamber empty. This was a disadvantage because they had to load in a shell before they could get a first shot on the enemy.