The Hotchkiss "type Universal" is a submachine gun manufactured in France after World War II. It was originally designed as a semi-automatic police carbine, but a full automatic version was made. It fires from a closed bolt. Its most notable feature is that it folds up into a very compact package and unfolds easily and relatively quickly. The semi-automatic version was exported in very limited numbers to many countries. Many were also exported to Venezuela and Morocco.
== Users == France: Used by police; issued to foreign legionnaires in Indochina for field testing Morocco Venezuela
== Conflicts == Indochina War Soviet-Afghan War
== See also == List of submachine guns Gevarm D4 MAT-49 Sola submachine gun Vigneron submachine gun