In 1939, France's Edgar Brandt & Company offered the French Army a series of three HEAT grenades...a 50mm-diameter design to be fired from standard infantry rifles, a 60mm design to be fired from the rifle-caliber medium machine gun in single shot mode, and an 80mm design to be fired from the...
1940
1940s
allies
anti-tank
armée de terre
armée française de la libération
armée secrète
conseil national de la résistance
edgar brandt & company
forces françaises de l'intérieur
forces françaises libres
france
french third republic
high-explosive anti-tank
late 1930s
pre-world war ii
projector-grenade
rifle grenades
world war ii
Here are some interesting projects I wanted to post. Some are actually light mortars. I don't care.
From Britain:
A late WW1 prototype, a humble beginning
https://collections.royalarmouries.org/first-world-war/type/rac-narrative-125.html
From the USSR:
The spade mortar, a jack of 2 trades...
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