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I'm finally doing the HMVS Childers and found a peculiar photograph of a very detailed and accurate model which depicts a wing gun which looks similar to the Hotchkiss 1 pounder(37mm), I was wondering if anyone has done this gun before?



Also I haven't seen any Nordenfelt guns around I suppose they haven't been done

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I believe it's a 37mm Hotchkiss

According to the Cerberus site it's the automatic version, but the gun on the model doesn't look like it.

Pictures courtesy of Navweaps.com

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Hmm.. the top image looks identical to my source's depiction, thanks for the confirmation Thiel!

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Until recently our website (http://www.cerberus.com.au) incorrectly suggested that the 1st Class Torpedo Boat Childers carried two multi barrelled 37 mm Hotchkiss Guns. Further research has indicated that Childers actually carried two 1 pounder 1.5 inch Hotchkiss single barrel guns. Some details are available at http://www.cerberus.com.au/hotchkiss_1p ... eshow.html

John Rogers
Fleet Engineer (Victorian Navy)
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