Type Mortar Designer Edgar Brandt Barrel length | Place of origin France Weight 75 kilograms (165 lb) | |
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Length 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) | ||
The Brandt 60 mm Long Range gun-mortar is a breech loading mortar capable of firing on a flat trajectory. It was developed from the Brandt Mle CM60A1 and resembles a long-barrelled, long-ranged variant of that weapon.
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Description
The French-made Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar is a very unusual mortar, which is capable of firing on a flat trajectory like a conventional gun system. It utilizes a hydraulic recoil system.
Ammunition
The Gun-mortar can fire the standard infantry 60 mm bomb; but, to give the weapon increased anti-armour capability, it is also provided with a high-velocity fin-stabilized armour-piercing shot and a fin-stabilized shaped-charge bomb.
References
Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA