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By the mid-1930s the French Army was replacing the ageing 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.
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.
The Char D1 was an Interwar French light tank. The French plan of 1926, calling for the creation of a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development of the existing Renault NC1 prototype into the Char D1. One hundred and sixty vehicles of this type were produced between 1931 and 1935.
Vickers Tank - Number 01 & Number 02 (1921–22) Vickers 6-Ton (153) Vickers Commercial Light Tank - Model 1933, Model 1934, Model 1936, Model 1937 - sales for export. Design based on Carden-Loyd Light Tank. Medium Tank A/T 1 - amphibious tank, experimental; Vickers Medium Mark C & D - intended for export, prototypes sold to Japan and Ireland.
Renault R-35 infantry light tank. Most numerous French tank of World war II FCM 36; Hotchkiss H35, and derived variants; Renault FT; Renault R-35; Renault R-40; Char D1; Medium tanks. Char D2; Cavalry tanks. SOMUA S-35.One of the best tanks of its time in armour and firepower and outclassed German Tanks such as the Panzer III and IV in this ...
The Char D2 was a French medium tank of the interwar period.. In 1930, at a time the Char D1 had not even entered production, the Renault company agreed to build a better armoured version called the Char D2.
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 French tanks destroyed some lighter German armoured fighting vehicles, but their weak guns were insufficient to deal with the Panzerkampfwagen III, armoured with 30 mm plate, though the latter had likewise trouble in penetrating the FCM 36 armour, as the tungsten core APCR round was not yet made available. Both sides slugged it out, often ...