Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar
| Brandt Long-Range Gun-Mortar | |
|---|---|
 Panhard AML 60-20 Serval on parade, with the Brandt 60mm LR gun-mortar. | |
| Type | Mortar |
| Place of origin | France |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Edgar Brandt |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 75 kilograms (165 lb) |
| Length | 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) |
| Barrel length | 1.80m (70in) |
| Shell weight | 2.2 kilograms (4.9 lb) |
| Caliber | 60 millimetres (2.4 in) |
| Elevation | -11° to +75° |
| Traverse | Depends on mounting; up to 360° |
| Rate of fire | 10 rpm |
| Muzzle velocity | 250 metres per second (820 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 4,000 metres (4,400 yd) |
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.[1]
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.[1]
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.
See also
- Brandt 60 mm HB Gun-Mortar
- MCB-81 81 mm gun-mortar
- 2B9 Vasilek 82 mm gun-mortar
- List of artillery
- List of infantry mortars
References
- ^ a b "Cavalry Mortars — A Better Way". Armor magazine. Fort Knox, Kentucky: US Army Armor Center: 17–22. September–October 1995.
- Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X Pg.166