The main distinction between the two mortars was a better sighting and rangefinding system in the Gr. Ultimately, after the Brandt mortar's 1931 update, the GrW project shifted to being a copy, and was eventually completed and put into service in 1934. After years of delay and difficulty in recreating the Stokes, the French introduced the Brandt Mle 27, which, as an evolution of the British design, was the next to be studied. In 1922, as part of Germany's covert rearmament scheme, the Weimar Republic commissioned a new light Mortar for Infantry support purposes. The Lanz only found any success defending, as its short range and long setup time made it completely unacceptable on the offense. However, the slow and heavy cart made it ill-suited for that role compared to the Stokes mortar. The former was moved from Pioneer battalions, where it had been used as a siege weapon, to the Infantry to keep up with advances. However, Germany's lighter mortars, the bulky 7.58 cm Minenwerfer and 9.15cm Lanz, were not particularly successful. However, Germany's Minenwerfer series of Mortars were predominantly heavier siege weapons made to target bunkers, a role which they performed to a great degree of success. In the leadup to the First World War, Germany was among the first of the European nations to identify the strengths of the Mortar. 3.2 Maschinenpistole 40 Sub-Machine Gun.

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