page_title: Brandt Mle CM60A1
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Brandt Mle CM60A1 / Operators
caption_attribution_description: An Eland-60 armoured car used for Rooikop Troop Training.
context_page_description: The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP Gun-Mortar, is a 60mm gun-mortar. Unlike conventional infantry mortars, it was not designed to be mounted on a bipod and a baseplate, but rather in the turrets of armoured fighting vehicles. The CM60A1 could be fired at a very low angle of elevation, giving it the dual purpose of direct fire artillery. Its hydraulic recoil mechanism reduces peak loads, allowing it to be mounted in very light armoured cars, such as the Panhard AML-60, or wheeled armoured personnel carriers, like the Panhard M3.
context_section_description: CM60A1 mortars have been exported widely with AML-60, Eland-60, and Ratel-60 armoured fighting vehicles.
   Algeria
   Burkina Faso
   Burundi
   Côte d'Ivoire
   Democratic Republic of the Congo
   Ecuador
   Mauritania
   Morocco
   Niger
   Nigeria
   Pakistan
   Rwanda
   Saudi Arabia
   Senegal
   South Africa: Eland-60 retired, Ratel-60 still in service
   Togo
   Yemen
   Zimbabwe
caption: Eland-60 armoured car with its K1/M2 mortar at full elevation.
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