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French development into tanks began during World War I as an effort to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare, and largely at the initiative of the manufacturers.The Schneider CA1 was the first tank produced by France, and 400 units were built.
The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. [3] In the summer of 1916, likely in July, [3] General Léon Augustin Jean Marie Mourret, the Subsecretary of Artillery, verbally granted Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), a shipyard in the south of France near Toulon, the contract for the development of a heavy tank, a char d'assaut de grand modèle.
1 Uniforms and Protective ... 6 Ships. 7 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of French military equipment of World War II. Add languages ... Laffly S15T ...
World War I field artillery of France (11 P) Pages in category "World War I artillery of France" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
The Saint-Chamond (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʃamɔ̃] ⓘ) was the second French tank to enter service during the First World War, with 400 manufactured from April 1917 to July 1918. Although not a tank by a strict definition of a heavily armoured turreted vehicle, it is generally accepted and described as such in accounts of early tank ...
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 French Army did not intend to create an independent tank force; the tank units would be part of the Artillery Arm, which was reflected in the organisational terminology. The basic units were officially called Groupes, but had the designation "AS", for Artillerie Spéciale. Each group consisted of four batteries, each battery again of four ...
Renault FT tanks were also fielded in limited numbers during World War II, in Poland, Finland, France, Greece, Romania and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, although they were already obsolete. [33] In May 1940, the French Army still had seven front-line battalions, each equipped with 63 FTs, one under-strength battalion as well as three independent ...