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was in pressing need of a modern tank with heavy armament. In March 1945, French industry was invited to design a tank, which resulted in the
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592:Canon Automoteur AMX 50 Foch
587:Batignolles Chatillon 155mm
477:Armoured personnel carriers
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505:Infantry fighting vehicles
485:Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé
289:(in French), 15 March 2017
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39:Place of origin
597:Canon D’Assaut Lorraine
308:1952 LORRAINE 40 tonnes
246:The Lorraine 40t had a
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218:Canon D’Assaut Lorraine
671:Tanks with autoloaders
661:Medium tanks of France
232:design similar to the
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269:Jeudy (1997) p. 215
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495:Panhard VCR
467:Panhard AML
462:Panhard EBR
416:Heavy tanks
371:M24 Chaffee
364:Light tanks
311:(in French)
224:Description
203:French Army
193:Development
183:medium tank
152:Operational
146:torsion bar
33:Medium Tank
16:Medium Tank
650:Categories
490:Panhard M3
439:M47 Patton
407:M46 Patton
392:M4 Sherman
315:2020-02-02
293:2020-02-02
257:References
143:Suspension
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230:pike nose
220:project.
122:Secondary
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187:Cold War
124:armament
112:armament
104:30-45 mm
607:FCM 50t
518:AMX-10P
513:AMX-VCI
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248:SCR 508
185:of the
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567:AMX-40
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423:ARL 44
376:AMX-13
207:AMX-50
201:, the
180:French
158:300 km
138:850 hp
133:Engine
78:Height
62:Length
43:France
154:range
100:Armor
70:Width
432:MBTs
234:IS-3
214:IS-3
174:The
110:Main
86:Crew
54:Mass
29:Type
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