37mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon

• Barrel Length: 29 inches x5
• Action: Hand Cranked Revolving Gatling Gun Action
• Effective Range: 2,000 yards
• Rate of fire : 40 rounds per minute
• Capacity: 10rd Magazine Fed
• Caliber: 37mm (Explosive, Shrapnel Canister, and Solid)
• Muzzle Velocity: 1,450fps
• Weight of Round - 1.5 lbs
• Weight Towed: 1,000lbs
• Year Built: 1872
• Service: 1872-1900

Invented by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss in 1872. The Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, also referred to as the Hotchkiss Gun, operated similar to the Gatling gun in which the barrels would rotate by hand crank in order for each cartridge to fire. The Hotchkiss design differed from the Gatling gun by using only one striking pin mechanism, versus's the Gatlings which had a firing pin mechanism for each barrel. The Hotchkiss cannon was a massive piece of artillery but still was considered light enough for units to take the piece in to battle by use of horses. Other countries would adopt the revolving cannon for their military. They would eventually be mostly used on fortress defense and naval battleships. The US Army used this particular Hotchkiss cannon during the assault on Malolos.  The revolving cannon would eventually prove to be to excessive. Considering the waste of munitions and a larger single barrel cannon were found to be just as effective. By early 1900s, the revolving cannon would later be replaced by single barreled cannons.






Photograph of Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon used during the Battle of Malolos(March 24-31,1899).
Note the bullet riddled shield from the Filipinos rifle fire.



Hotchkiss Cannon over destroyed bridge on route to Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines.

Chief of Artillery Major Richard Young reports on the Malolos Campaign(March 1899). Listed are the field pieces used on the assault; including three Hotchkiss Revolving Cannons.

Photo courtesy of http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/
Hotchkiss Revolving Canon used near Manila Waterworks, Sitio  Escombro, Barrio Santolan, Pasig.  Feb. 6, 1899

Internal working mechanism of the Hotchkiss Cannon

Video operation:

http://youtu.be/GkOP8Lwdmgg

Bonifacios Guns

Firearms belonging to Bonifacio and his soldiers during their arrest.

Mauser L-2798-the metal plate is rubbed out. Market A. B.

Mauser K-2894 with an addition No. 1. Metal plate rubbed out; marked A. B.

Remington No. 7537; metal plate rubbed out; marked A.B.

Remington No. 2200; metal plate rubbed out; marked A. B.

Remington No. 12620; metal plate of trigger and butt-end rubbed out.

Remington No. 2085.

Remington No. 4610.

Remington No. 3279-A. B. rubbed out.

Remington No. 3580-Magdalo rubbed out.

Remington No. 23871-16 on butt-end rubbed out; marked A. B.

Remington No. 3302; marked A. B.

Remington No. 3379 metal plate on trigger rubbed out; marked A. B.

Remington No. 9075; marked A. B.

Remington No. 38384-marked Magdalo.

Remington no number; metal plate rubbed out.

Remington-English make.

One shot-gun, double-barrel, center fire.

" " " single-barrel rim fire.

" " " center fire.

" " " rim fire.

Two shot-guns, double barrel.

One rifle, 22 caliber, low power, target practice.

Four blunderbusses, one has a mark " Juan Estrella " .

Rifle cartridges used in the Philippines early 20th century.

1. 11mm - 1870 Spanish Remington Rolling Block
2. 7mm - Spanish 1893 Mauser Rifle
3. .45-70 - 1873 Springfield Trapdoor Single Shot Rifle
4. .30 Army - 1892-1899 Krag Rifle
5. .30 Model of 1906(aka 30-06) - Springfield M1903 Rifle (1903-1957)

Spanish Lefaucheux Model 1863 Pinfire Revolver

• Manufacture - Fabrica de Armas Oviedo
• Design - French Revolver
• Barrel Length: 6"
• Cartridge Caliber: 11mm
• Action - Pinfire Single Action
• Service: 1860s–1888 Continental Spanish Army; 1888-1898 Spanish Colonial force; 1896-1902 Philippine Revolutionary Force

Made at the firearms factory in Oviedo Spain. Several different models and variants were made through out their manufacture.The Spanish Lefaucheux followed the typical European French revolver design widely used during the mid-1800s; which was known as the Lefaucheux Pinfire revolver. The Spanish revolvers are distinctive for copying the French style 1858 Lefaucheux along with the Belgian Lefaucheux style frame and pistol grip. Originally these revolvers were issued to Spanish soldiers in Spain. Years later after being out-dated by 1888, they were transferred over to soldiers and police forces in Spanish Colonial territories. Many of these old Spanish revolvers were carried by the Spanish forces in Cuba and the Philippines all the way up to the Span-Am War. The Philippine revolutionary force would also capture and use these revolvers during the 1896 Revolution and against the Americans in the Philippine-American War. US soldiers would keep these as war trophys for their service in Cuba and the Philippines. In US war reports they are noted down as French style pinfire revolvers.

Interestingly enough, the French 1858 Lefaucheux Revolvers were also bought and issued during the American Civil War(1861-1865) to soldiers under the US Federal Government.