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Brandt Mle 1935larger figure on 3 of 4
M2 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Mass
Single source19.7 kg (43 lb 7 oz)[source]
Mass
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brandt Mle 1935 | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | United States[source] |
| Wars | World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Algerian War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War[source] | World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Algerian War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Vietnam War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Guatemalan Civil War[source] |
| Designer | Edgar Brandt |
42 lb (19 kg)[source]
Effective; Effective firing range · source measurement 2
Single sourceEffective; Effective firing range · source measurement 4
Single sourceEffective; Heavy HE shell to
Single sourceEffective; Light HE shell to
Single sourceLight HE shell: 100 m (330 ft) to 1.7 km (1.1 mi) Heavy HE shell: 100 m (330 ft) to .95 km (0.59 mi)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source1.1 mi (1.8 km)[source]
Light HE shell
Single sourceLight HE shell: 160 g (5.6 oz)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Edgar Brandt[source] |
| No. built | Over 4,900 (before 1940)[source] | — |
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| Variants | Brandt Mle 1935 modifié 1944[source] | Type 31[source] |
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| Cartridge | Light HE shell: 1.3 kg (2 lb 14 oz) Heavy HE shell: 2.2 kg (4 lb 14 oz)[source] | — |
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| Used by | — | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
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| Shell | — | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[source] |
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| Elevation | — | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 7°[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Read Machinery Company[source]M2 mortar · original production contract, January 1940 Kennedy-Van Saun Engineering Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor Firestone Tire and Rubber Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor, 1945 Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Pakistan Helwan Machine Tools Company[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Egypt |
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