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Hotchkiss Mle 1929 Hide contents

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Weapon of type Heavy-machine-gun, used by the Navy and air-force. nearly identical to the 13.2mm Hotchkiss Mle 1930 who was used by the army against ground target.

it was a very common short range SPAA used by the french and also exported all over the world. it is notably used by Italy and Japan who built it under license. it was used in the air force for static AA defense in twin gun mount under the name of Hotchkiss mle 1930 DCA. the navy used it in a lot of ship as AA guns. it was usually in quadri-mount.

Weight: 37.5 kg (single gun)

Magazine: 30 rounds

barrel caliber : L/76

rounds size: 13.2 x 96 mm

Rate of fire: 450 min (200 practical)

practical range: 2500m (1600m vertical)

used in vehicles

Citroen Kegresse P.7.T (currently in-game with a little naming mistake of the guns)

Berliet VPM

Berliet VPR2

Berliet VPH Citroën-Kégresse P19 AA

Lorraine 28 AA

Ford Stake Bed 1941 AA

many improvised gun truck

Ammo Hide contents Penetration statistics Ammunition Type of warhead Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) 10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m Type O AP 24 23 14 10 7 4 Type OT AP-T 24 23 14 10 7 4 Type P APC 28 27 20 14 10 7 Type PT APC-T 28 27 20 14 10 7 Shell details

    Ammunition        	Type of

warhead Velocity (m/s) Projectile Mass (kg) Fuse delay (m) Fuse sensitivity (mm) Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) Ricochet 0% 50% 100% Type O AP-T 810 0.052 N/A N/A N/A 66° 70° 72° Type O AP-T 810 0.052 N/A N/A N/A 66° 70° 72° Type P APC 810 0.052 N/A N/A N/A 66° 70° 72° Type PT APC-T 810 0.052 N/A N/A N/A 66° 70° 72°

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Cartouche à balle ordinaire O or just AP type O for short

it was a standard armor piercing rounds used against soft target such as infantry, unarmored vehicles and aircraft. the projectile was made of carbon steel and was capped with lead. there was a brass cloak around the projectile.

can be identify by the primer seal painted either Black or Purple

   projectile weight : 51,2 g

   Velocity : 810 m/sec

Cartouche à balle traçante TO or AP-T type TO

it was a standard rounds equipped with a tracer tail. it have the same ballistic as the Type O

can be identify by the primer seal painted Green

Cartouche à balle perforante P or AP type P

this round was a armor piercing hardened round used against armored target. the projectile was made of alliage Tunsten-steel (3% tungsten, 97% steel) and was tempered. there was a lead cap and brass cloak on the rounds

can be identify by primer seal painted Red