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
edgarbrandt & 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
The French Edgar Brandt company had a design in 1940 for an eight inch shell, intended for naval guns, with HEAT functionality. My understanding is that it was projected to have, under optimal conditions, penetration of ~ 500mm / 20 inches.
Brandt also was interested in the use of HEAT...
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