Second World War First Indochina War[1] Algerian War[2] Vietnam War[3]
Production history
Designer
Edgar Brandt
No. built
Over 4,900 (before 1940)
Variants
Brandt Mle 1935 modifié 1944
Specifications
Mass
19.7 kg (43 lb 7 oz)
Barrel length
72.4 cm (2 ft 5 in)
Crew
5[4]
Cartridge
Light HE shell: 1.3 kg (2 lb 14 oz) Heavy HE shell: 2.2 kg (4 lb 14 oz)
Caliber
60.7 mm (2.39 in)
Rate of fire
20-26 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity
158 m/s (520 ft/s)
Effective firing range
Light HE shell: 100 m (330 ft) to 1.7 km (1.1 mi) Heavy HE shell: 100 m (330 ft) to .95 km (0.59 mi)[4]
Filling weight
Light HE shell: 160 g (5.6 oz)
The Brandt Mle 1935 60-mm mortar (French: Mortier de 60 mm Mle 1935) was a company-level indirect-fire weapon of the French army during the Second World War. Designed by Edgar Brandt, it was copied by other countries, such as the United States and China, as well as purchased and built by Romania. Modified in 1944, the mortar continued to be used by France after the war until at least the 1960s.[5]
^Ezell, Edward Clinton (1988). Personal firepower. The Illustrated history of the Vietnam War 15. Bantam Books. p. 41. OCLC 1036801376.
^Huon, Jean (March 1992). "L'armement français en A.F.N." Gazette des Armes (in French). No. 220. pp. 12–16.
^Rottman, Gordon L. (10 Feb 2009). North Vietnamese Army Soldier 1958–75. Warrior 135. Osprey Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 9781846033711.
^ abcChamberlain, Peter (1975). Mortars and rockets. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco Pub. Co. p. 4. ISBN 0668038179. OCLC 2067459.
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