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    The Brandt Mle 1935 was a lightweight, man-portable 60mm mortar used by French infantry regiments during World War 2. Designed by Edgar Brandt, it consisted of a smoothbore metal tube mounted on a bipod base. The mortar had a crew of 5 men and could fire bombs that weighed either 1.5kg or 2.2kg at a rate of 20-26 rounds per minute to an effective range of 100-1600 meters depending on the bomb type. Its simple and effective design was copied by other countries and militaries during the war like the U.S. M2 mortar.

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    The Brandt Mle 1935 was a lightweight, man-portable 60mm mortar used by French infantry regiments during World War 2. Designed by Edgar Brandt, it consisted of a smoothbore metal tube mounted on a bipod base. The mortar had a crew of 5 men and could fire bombs that weighed either 1.5kg or 2.2kg at a rate of 20-26 rounds per minute to an effective range of 100-1600 meters depending on the bomb type. Its simple and effective design was copied by other countries and militaries during the war like the U.S. M2 mortar.

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    The Brandt Mle 1935 was a lightweight, man-portable 60mm mortar used by French infantry regiments during World War 2. Designed by Edgar Brandt, it consisted of a smoothbore metal tube mounted on a bipod base. The mortar had a crew of 5 men and could fire bombs that weighed either 1.5kg or 2.2kg at a rate of 20-26 rounds per minute to an effective range of 100-1600 meters depending on the bomb type. Its simple and effective design was copied by other countries and militaries during the war like the U.S. M2 mortar.

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    Brandt Mle 1935

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    Brandt Mle 1935

    U.S. M2 mortar, a license !uilt copy of the "randt Mle #$%&

    Type Place of origin

    Mortar France

    Service history
    Wars Second World War

    Production history
    Designer Nu !er !uilt 'dgar "randt (ver ),$**

    Specifications
    Weight Barrel length "re# #$.+ kg +2&mm &

    "artridge

    #.%% kg or 2.2 kg ,' shell

    "ali!er $ate of fire

    -*.+ mm 2* 2& rounds per minute

    Mu%%le velocity &ffective range

    #&. m/s #** m to #,+** m 0light ,' shell1 #** m to $&* m 0heavy ,' shell1

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    #-* g 0light ,' shell1

    2he Brandt Mle 1935 -* mm mortar 0French: Mortier de -* mm Mle

    #$%&1 3as a company level indirect fire 3eapon of the French army during
    the Second World War. 4esigned !y 'dgar "randt, it 3as copied !y other countries, such as the United States and 5hina, as 3ell as purchased and

    !uilt !y 6omania. 2he mortar continued to !e used !y France after the 3ar until at least the #$-*s.
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    (edit) Description
    2he "randt Mle #$%& 3as a simple and effective 3eapon, consisting of a smooth!ore metal tu!e fi9ed to a !ase plate 0to a!sor! recoil1, 3ith a light3eight !ipod mount. 2he Mle #$%& had a normal cre3 of five men. When a mortar !om! 3as dropped into the tu!e, an impact sensitive primer in the !ase of the !om! 3ould make contact 3ith a firing pin at the !ase of the tu!e, and detonate, igniting a gunpo3der charge, 3hich 3ould propel the !om! out of the tu!e, and to3ards the target.

    Mortar !om!s fired !y the 3eapon 3eighed either #.%% kilograms or 2.2 for each of the nine authori;ed Mle #$%& mortars.
    728

    kilograms. : French infantry regiment in #$)* 3as allocated 2** rounds

    2his 3eapon provided a pattern for other light mortars used during World War <<. :mong the !est kno3n is the U.S. -* mm M2 mortar. 5aptured e9amples 3ere used !y the =ermans as the - cm =ranat3erfer 22&0f1.
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    6omania also purchased and license !uilt the Mle #$%& mortar prior to and during the Second World War.
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    (edit) Notes and references


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