Designed by Edgar Brandt, it was copied by other countries, such as the United States and China, as well as purchased and built by Romania.

[5] The Brandt Mle 1935 was a simple and effective weapon, consisting of a smoothbore metal tube fixed to a base plate (to absorb recoil), with a lightweight bipod mount.

[10] This weapon provided a pattern for other light mortars used during World War II.

[11] Romania also purchased and license-built the Mle 1935 mortar prior to and during the Second World War.

[12] The mortars were produced at the Voina Works in Brașov,[13] with a production rate of 26 pieces per month as of October 1942.