Edgar Brandt
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Edgar William Brandt was a French ironworker and prolific weapons designer. In 1901 he set up a small workshop at 76 rue Michel-Ange in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, where he began designing, silv
La Tentation, Serpent torchere, 1920–1926
Cobra, Table Lamp, 1925
Les Cigognes d'Alsace, Grille, 1922
L'Age d'Or, Grille, 1923
Armor-piercing discarding sabot is a type of spin-stabilized kinetic energy projectile for anti-armor warfare. Each projectile consists of a sub-caliber round fitted with a sabot. The combination of a
Edgar Brandt
…81 mm and 120 mm mortars were very widely copied (both under and without license) before, throughout and subsequent to World War II. He also invented armour-piercing discarding sabot artillery shells and contributed substantially to the development of effective HEAT-warhead weapons for infantry anti-tank use through his development…
British soldiers manning a 76.2 mm Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun during World War II. Third soldier from the left is holding an APDS round.
APDS projectile with tungsten core for a British WW2 76.2 mm Ordnance QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun