Pneumatic Mortar Shell
Nice photo of the tiny shell used with the French 60 mm Brandt pneumatic mortar.
"A French pneumatic fired mortar bomb developed by the Brandt Company in 1915. This was an early attempt to develop a small portable launcher to launch mines and other projectiles during the early phases of the First World War. Although not very powerful, it was mobile and silent in operation. The launcher consisted of a tube 1.3 metres long which was linked to a system of tanks, pistons and a mobile breech weighing in total 22 kg. The propellant was compressed air that was supplied from bottles or from manual pumps."
www.awm.gov.au/collection/C158776
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-french-brandt-pneuma...
The photo was published by the "Marine-Bücherei, Photographische Abteilung, Ostende". 1915/16.
Pneumatic Mortar Shell
Nice photo of the tiny shell used with the French 60 mm Brandt pneumatic mortar.
"A French pneumatic fired mortar bomb developed by the Brandt Company in 1915. This was an early attempt to develop a small portable launcher to launch mines and other projectiles during the early phases of the First World War. Although not very powerful, it was mobile and silent in operation. The launcher consisted of a tube 1.3 metres long which was linked to a system of tanks, pistons and a mobile breech weighing in total 22 kg. The propellant was compressed air that was supplied from bottles or from manual pumps."
www.awm.gov.au/collection/C158776
www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/the-french-brandt-pneuma...
The photo was published by the "Marine-Bücherei, Photographische Abteilung, Ostende". 1915/16.