Edgar Brandt
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Edgar William Brandt (1889-1960) was a French ironworker and weapons designer who designed an 81 mm mortar and invented discarding-sabot artillery shells[1].
In 1902, Brandt set up the business établissements Brandt, where he produced ironwork and light armaments; this was based at 76 rue Michel-Ange in Paris.
His company was nationalised in 1936, and subsequently it purchased several engineering companies including the société Mécanique Industrielle de Précision (MIP) at Tulle in 1938.
In 1956 Hotchkiss et Cie merged with établissements Brandt to form the Hotchkiss-Brandt company.
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- ^ Ian V. Hogg,. German Secret Weapons of the Second World War: The Missiles, Rockets, Weapons and New Technology of the Third Reich (Greenhill Military Paperbacks). London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-510-5.
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