{"id":85980,"date":"2024-02-29T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=85980"},"modified":"2024-02-28T10:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T15:03:48","slug":"hotchkiss-portative-clunky-but-durable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/02\/29\/hotchkiss-portative-clunky-but-durable\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotchkiss <em>Portative<\/em>: Clunky But Durable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FUHt43O88M?si=Cq6QnWumZOjIt64Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Nov 27, 2023<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Portative<\/em> was an attempt by the Hotchkiss company to make a light machine gun companion to their heavy model (which had found significant commercial success). 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