2.5 cm Flak Hotchkiss

[jopaerya]

Hello

Here some pictures of the 2.5 cm Flak gun , original French gun was called "Mitrailleuse de 25 mm sur affut
Hotchkiss" there were 2 versions the Mle 38 with a light mount and the Mle 39 with a heavier mount ..

Photo's = Ebay.de + Sudwallforum

Regards Jos

[Barovic]

Hello Jos,

nice to see these pictures. Found the same gun (with the same crew!) as on your second picture a while ago on e-bay.de but wasn't really sure about type.

Second one, also e-bay.de, shows 2.5 cm Hotchkiss in travelling position.

Seems like there was also a twin-barrel type: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... &p=1145868
Think the last picture you've posted, on the coastal position, is the 39-model.

Regards,

Barovic

[jopaerya]

Thanks Barovic

For the additional information , nice to see the double gun version .

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

A 2.5 cm gun in a French harbor on the Channel coast.



Emmanuel

[Carl Schwamberger]

What are the best sources for data on this weapon?

thanks

[jopaerya]

Hello Carl

The reason that I don't publice data on guns is , unless it's original data ,
that nearly every book or internetsite give's other information on guns .
http://secondeguerre.net/articles/artil ... s25mm.html
I have one page of information that the 2.5 cm Flak Hotchkiss has a max.
ceiling of 2500 meter shooting horizontal .

Regards Jos

[Carl Schwamberger]

Thanks...

[jopaerya]

Hello

Here some nice picture's of the 2.5 cm Flak gun http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-LUFTWAFFE-PHOT ... 7C294%3A50

Regards Jos

[SES]

Very nice indeed. here is one from 10/HKAR 180, Hirtshals.
bregds
SES

[jopaerya]

That is a very sharp one , nice to see the numbers 2,3 and 4 of the "clock" on the bettung .

Regards Jos

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I have a small doubt about this weapon.

I think there are two different versions of the 25mm Hotchkiss Mle1938 with light mount. One has no muzzle brake and appears to have shorter legs and the other with muzzle brake and longer legs. Does someone know something about this?

Regards Sturm78.

[jopaerya]

Hello Sturm78

The photo's of the light tripod are Mle 1938 and the larger stabil affut are the Mle 1939
there was also a Mle 1940 ( single and twin ) but this was a static version .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_mm_Hotc ... rcraft_gun

Regards Jos

[jopaerya]

One the first photo from Barovic you can see there is one long leg
and 2 shorter legs on the Mle 1938 for the muzzle brake ??

Regards Jos

[carius]

2.5 cm Hotchkiss on Atlantic wall,note the 15 kill rings on the barrel.

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I found on Ebay.de this image of a 25mm Hotchkiss AA gun abandoned in 1940. I suppose it will be the version Mle1939 in travel position but I'm not 100% sure.

Regards Sturm78