Hotchkiss Mle 1930 (13.2 mm)

Description

The Hotchkill Mle 1929 & Mle 1930 was French built heavy machine-gun used for multi-purpose. more commonly used as close anti-air defence by the French Navy, it was also commonly used by the French Infantry during the 30s until WW2. the guns was also adapted as main armament for tanks, armoured cars and anti-aircraft vehicles. it was for France the equivalent of the 12.7mm M2HB

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• P.7.T AA

General info

the 13.2mm Hotchkiss offer a good and balanced performence against aircraft and soft targets, but have dificulty against vehicles with more than 20mm of armour. feed by 30 rounds magazine, it would often show a limited capacity to substain a supressing fire. the gun have a fire-rate of 450 Rounds minutes but it practice, it would seldom reach 20 Rounds minutes due to the reload and recoil

Available ammunition

Many ammunition are available for those guns, but not all of them are currently in the game

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°

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

• projectile weight : 52 g
• Velocity : 810 m/sec

Cartouche à balle traçante TO or AP-T type TO

it was a armor piercing rounds equipped with a tracer tail. it have the same balistic as the Type P

can be identify by the primer seal painted Yellow

chart of the 13.2mm ammunition used by France

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France anti-aircraft guns
13.2 mm	Hotchkiss Mle 1930
20 mm	GIAT M693/mod F2 · Oerlikon KAD (Swiss)
30 mm	HSS 831A
40 mm	Bofors L/60 · Mle. 1951 T1 (Bofors L/70)