Huot Automatic Rifle
The Huot Automatic Rifle was a Canadian World War I era light machine gun project.
| Huot Automatic Rifle | |
|---|---|
| Type | Automatic rifle Light machine gun |
| Place of origin | Canada |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Canadian Army |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Joseph Alphonse Huot |
| Designed | 1916 |
| Produced | c. 1917–1918 |
| No. built | At least 5 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 13 lb (5.9 kg) (empty) 19 lb (8.6 kg) (loaded) |
| Length | 47 in (1,194 mm) |
| Barrel length | 25 in (635 mm) |
| Cartridge | .303 British |
| Action | Gas-operated reloading |
| Rate of fire | 475 rounds/min (cyclic) 155 rounds/min (continuous) |
| Feed system | 25-round detachable drum magazine |
| Sights | Iron sights |
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