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.
TypeMortar
Place of originFrance
Production history
DesignerEdgar Brandt
Specifications
Mass75 kilograms (165 lb)
Length1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in)
Barrel length1.80m (70in)

Shell weight2.2 kilograms (4.9 lb)
Caliber60 millimetres (2.4 in)
Elevation-11° to +75°
TraverseDepends on mounting; up to 360°
Rate of fire10 rpm
Muzzle velocity250 metres per second (820 ft/s)
Effective firing range5,000 metres (5,500 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]

  1. ^ "Cavalry Mortars — A Better Way". Armor magazine. Fort Knox, Kentucky: US Army Armor Center: 17–22. September–October 1995.