FRENCH

Les automitrailleuses de reconnaissance. 1, L'AMR Renault modèle 1933 type VM : ses précurseurs, ses concurrentes et ses dérivés

By Francois , Vauvillier

Book information

Publisher
Histoire et collections
Year
2005
ISBN
978-2-915239-67-6, 2915239673
Language
french
Format
PDF
Filesize
60 MB (63224880 bytes)
Series
Matériels de l'Armée française 1
Pages
65\68
Time added
2016-04-05 23:00:00

Description

At the outbreak of WWII, the French cavalry comprised a wide number of AFVs that will be ''the first and the last to fight'', according to the great traditions of this branch of service. In this first volume, the emphasis is put on the Renault VM model 1933 light cavalry tank which had received the official and rather confusing name of ''automitrailleuse de reconnaissance'' (AMR), i.e. recce armoured car. In fact, it was a proper tank, although very light and ill-armed (a single 7,5 mm machine-gun), but fast and agile, as should be any cavalry combat vehicle. The AMRs fought gallantly in May 1940

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