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By the mid-1930s the French Army was replacing the aging FT fleet with a mixed force of light tanks both in the Infantry and Cavalry branches, as well as medium and heavy tanks. The Infantry light tanks included the Renault R 35 , which followed the FT concept quite closely with its very small size, two-man crew, and short 37 mm gun armament.
French Army Leclerc tank navigating a course during exercise Strong Europe Tank Challenge in 2017. The Leclerc has an eight-cylinder SACM (now Wärtsilä) V8X-1500 1,500 hp Hyperbar diesel engine and a SESM (now Renk AG) [22] automatic transmission, with five forward and two reverse gears. The official maximum speed by road is 71 km/h and 55 km ...
French Army Components Structure List of current regiments Army Light Aviation Armoured Cavalry Troupes de marine French Foreign Legion Chasseurs alpins Administration Chief of Army Staff Equipment Modern Equipment Personnel Army ranks History Military history of France Awards Croix de Guerre Médaille militaire Légion d'honneur
ARL 44 - entered service in 1949, replacing German Panther tanks in French service. Design proved unsatisfactory and was phased out in 1953. M47 Patton - A US tank entering French service in 1954, replacing the ARL 44 due to the cancellation of the AMX 50 design. AMX-30 - Entered service in 1966, replacing M47 Patton in French service. It would ...
The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT) and first delivered to the French Army in August 1966. The first five tanks were issued to the 501st Régiment de Chars de Combat (Tank Regiment) in August of that year.
Leclerc XLR, French fourth-generation main battle tank (in production); EMBT ADT140, French-German enhanced fourth-generation main battle tank; Main Ground Combat System, French-German project of new generation main battle tank and other tactical military vehicles
Alarmed by the rapid build-up of the Red Army, the French Army, on 24 December 1931, conceived a preliminary plan for the mechanisation of the Cavalry.This foresaw the development of several types of automitrailleuses — the official term for cavalry tanks because chars ("tanks") were by law part of the infantry arm — among which an Automitrailleuse de Combat (AMC), a lightly armoured ...
The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before World War II.. The Char B1 was a specialised break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a "battle tank" fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm ...