Machines | Hotchkiss Universal SMG
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he Hotchkiss Universal is a pretty interesting submachine gun, despite its rather clumsy appearance. The overriding design intent was to make a very compact folding carbine, and Hotchiss certainly met that objective. However, the gun ended up being too expensive and complex to achieve any real commercial success. Some wound up in Indochina, and some sales were made to Venezuela and Morocco, but that was about the extent of the Universal's production. There are a few of these guns that were imported into the US as live semi-auto carbines, interestingly. http://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/hotchkiss-universal-smg/
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fascinating
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Survival rifle origins
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awesome little project somebody took some time to think that out remind me of the current folding submachine guns that are available that looks like computer cases
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will the gun fire if the barrel is still compacted.
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Awesome!!
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The sound the gun makes while you unfold and ready it is quite cool.
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i want one.NOW
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Awesome design. Wish more guns were like this.
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I like to call this the Sub 2000 Gen 0.
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Seems like a better option than some other pilot survival rifles that have been created.
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autobots! roll out!
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Cool gun, Ian seems genuinely amused with it.
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It almost looks like am MP40
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who can i pay to make me one?
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Great job, Forgotten Weapons. It looks like a cross between a Sten, an MP 40 and a MAT 49.
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Interesting piece of kit! Would have been ideal for tank crew. I can see how more modern compact designs like the Uzi would be superior to this though...not much bigger, but ready to use NOW.
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If there are any left in the Venezuela arsenal, they could probably be had for a couple bucks, or, a pack of bologna!
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French mp 40 XD
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Very unusual smg very cool.
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Must be a pain to retract the barrel when its hot