Mortar Barrel for 81 mm Brandt Mortar mle 27/31

Place Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
Accession Number RELAWM20086.001
Collection type Technology
Object type Artillery
Physical description Paint, Steel
Maker Stokes Brandt
Place made France
Date made c 1939
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Mortar Barrel for 81 mm Brandt Mortar mle 27/31. The barrel is made from ordnance steel and is painted a dull grey colour.

History / Summary

Stokes Brandt mortar barrel used by Vichy French and German forces during the Second World War. This barrel was collected at Tobruk in March 1942.