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Brandt Mle 27/31larger figure on 3 of 3
M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Mass
Single source56 kg (123 lb)[source]
Mass
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Brandt Mle 27/31 | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | France[source] | United States[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
| Wars | Second World War First Indochina War Algerian War Portuguese Colonial War Vietnam War[source] |
42 lb (19 kg)[source]
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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[source] | Edgar Brandt[source] |
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| No. built | 8000[source] | — |
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| Variants | L13.7 L/15.6[source] | Type 31[source] |
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| Shell weight | Light: 3.25 kg (7 lb 3 oz) Heavy: 6.5 kg (14 lb 5 oz)[source] | — |
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| Elevation | +45° to +85°[source] | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | 8° to 12° variable with elevation[source] | 7°[source] |
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| Shell | — | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[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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| Reported operators | — |
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