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Hotchkiss machine guns firing 7 mm Mauser ammunition equipped both sides ( Governmental forces and Pancho Villa's ) during the Mexican Revolution ( 1910 – 1920 ).

The same type of 7 mm Hotchkiss machine gun, built under license in Spain where it was the standard medium machine gun, was widely used by the conflicting parties involved in the Spanish Civil War ( 1930's ).

Furthermore, the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss in 8 mm Lebel was mounted in all French tanks and armored cars of World War I.

Some examples of tanks that used the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss include the Schneider CA1, St Chamond, Renault FT-17 and Char 2C.

Conversely, British tanks and armored cars were outfitted with the British version of the distinctly different Mle 1909 light Hotchkiss ( a. k. a. the " Benet-Mercie ").

A recently published series of modern firing tests with vintage machine guns summarizes the Mle 1914 Hotchkiss as being: " A heavy and rock-steady combination of gun and tripod, the world's first efficient air cooled machine gun is admirably reliable and accurate " ( Robert Bruce, 1997 ).

These qualities provided the French military with an excuse to keep the Hotchkiss in active service far beyond its point of obsolescence and into World War II.

The last recorded uses of the Hotchkiss were in Indochina and Algeria, after World War II, to defend outposts in static positions.