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Training practice (TP): Designation M50A2/A3. Used for training in limited areas. These rounds are obsolete and no longer used. Red Phosphorus: Can not be fired by the 60 mm mortar; Full Range Practice Cartridges (FRPC): Designation M769. This round is used for practice or clearing misfires.
The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP gun-mortar, [5] is a 60 mm (2.36 in.) gun-mortar. [4] Unlike conventional infantry mortars, it was not designed to be mounted on a bipod and a baseplate, but rather in the turrets of armoured fighting vehicles. [6]
Brandt claimed that its explosive charge possessed an efficiency comparable to that of an 81 mm (3.2 in) mortar bomb. [2] The LR gun-mortar could also fire any of the standard 60 mm (2.4 in) ammunition produced for French infantry mortars, including the Mk 72, Mk 61, and Mk 35/47 high-explosive projectiles, as well as the Mk 63 illumination ...
60mm mortars from different countries and manufacturers. ... Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar; Brandt Mle 1935; Brandt Mle CM60A1; D. Denel Vektor M1 60mm Mortar; G. GNM-60 ...
The War Department eventually settled on a 60 mm design from Edgar Brandt, a French ordnance engineer, and purchased a license to build the weapon. The model was standardized as the mortar, 60 mm M2. Testing took place in the late 1930s, and the first order for 1,500 M2 mortars was placed in January 1940.
The 18-ton Lotos also has a crew of four and uses the 2A80 gun-mortar, though it uses a different Zavet-D fire control system. It has lower ammo capacity (sources claim 40 or 62 rounds) and ...
In September 1917 under-secretary of state for inventions sent a circular letter requesting inventors to design a better projectile for the successful Stokes mortar, and Brandt scaled his 60 mm projectile up to 81 mm. [10] Both British and French military adopted the scaled-up design except for the grooves (apparently, their importance wasn't ...
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...