Benjamin Berkeley
Hotchkiss (1826–1885),
American inventor and
ordnance maker. He invented a number of improvements in ammunition, rifles,
machine guns, naval guns and artillery. His developments of artillery and artillery ammunition expanded to the
point where, in 1882, he organized the B.B.
Hotchkiss Company, armsmakers, with headquarters in the United
States and
branch factories in
England,
France,
Germany,
Austria, Russia and
Italy,
manufacturing ordnance and ammunition of many types. Even after his
death, his
company continued to
produce high-
quality guns and ammunition.
—3rd South African unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92), —3rd South African published appr gls (14.4.92)