Hotchkiss 1922 guns (which came in a variety of different models, strip-fed and mag-fed, including versions in export calibers) were very rare in the French Army of 1939-1943. At most, one could warrant a rare pick-up kit.
The FM 24/29 was in universal service as the primary infantry squad's LMG by the start of the war. Special war credits were used in the interwar period to ensure that.
The only other light machine gun to see some widespread service was the 1915 Chauchat, which remained the primary LMG of the pioneer regiments within the infantry.
