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
forcesfrançaises de l'intérieur
forcesfrançaiseslibres
france
french third republic
high-explosive anti-tank
late 1930s
pre-world war ii
projector-grenade
rifle grenades
world war ii
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This is BHT-38 (Bombe Hurel-Turck) radio-controlled glide bomb, designed for French military shortly before World War 2. It was supposed to have a weight about 160 kg. Some examples were tested in 1940, but Fall of the France...
1940s
anti-ship
anti-ship bomb
armeé de l'air
forces aériennes françaiseslibresforcesfrançaiseslibres
france libre
french fourth republic
french third republic
guided weapon
interwar period
late 1930s
marine nationale
post-world war ii
pre-world war ii
provisional government of the french republic
vichy france
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