The Brandt Mle 1935 60-mm mortar was a company-level indirect-fire weapon of the French army during the Second World War. Designed by Edgar Brandt, it was copied by other countries, such as the United
A Romanian-made Mle 1935 mortar in the National Military Museum, Romania.
The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was a covert theater during the Vietnam War with
Brandt Mle 1935
…Mortar Place of origin France Service history Wars World War II Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Algerian War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Production history Designer Edgar Brandt No. built Over 4,900 (before 1940) Variants Brandt Mle 1935 modifié…
Pathet Lao's Laotian People's Liberation Army (LPLA) Anti-aircraft artillery crew, 1967.
Pathet Lao's LPLA guerrillas assemble at Sam Neua, April 1953.
The Geneva Conference of 1954
The Ho Chi Minh trail was used by both the North Vietnamese military and Laotian people from the very beginning. Captured North Vietnamese photo, c.1959.