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1st Light Mechanized Division (France)

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99:, not the other way around. In French military parlance, light troops were those that engaged in scouting and skirmishing, and the distinction traditionally applied to both cavalry and infantry arms. A mechanized light division was therefore one designed for this role but using modern motorized and armored equipment to perform it. Some motorised infantry divisions without tracked vehicles would also be called "light divisions". 35: 90:
In July 1935, the mechanised components, though still not fully equipped, were given a separate identity, while confusingly 4th Cavalry continued to exist, giving the false impression the armoured division was a completely new force. The name of the unit is most often translated as "Light Mechanized
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Another confusion often caused by the category indication is the mistake to assume that such units were "lightly" equipped: in fact most heavy equipment was concentrated into the motorised units which represented the most powerful in the French Army. The
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as main battle tanks, though the latter vehicle was not really suited for this role as its armament was too weak. The artillery and infantry components were fully motorised; part of the organic infantry was also mechanised, using
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Division", but a better translation, both from a linguistic as military point of view, would be "Mechanized Light Division". In French the adjective
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Preparations to create such a unit began in 1931. Slowly the 4th Cavalry Division was mechanised.
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Index

French 1st Light Mechanized Division
1st Division

AMR 35s
French
French Army
World War II
armoured divisions
French Cavalry
AMR 35
Somua S-35
Hotchkiss H35
half-tracks
Panzerdivision
Panzerwaffe
German Cavalry
Battle of France
division
4th Mechanized Dragoon Regiment
6th Cuirassier Cavalry Reconnaissance Regiment
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