France (1931-1940) Anti-tank Gun – Multiple Prototypes and 15 Pre-production Guns Built The French Army started to experiment with armor-piercing weapons as early as the Great War. During the German offensive of 1914, a vastly overestimated armored car scare led to the French army mobilizing...
The deeper Congress digs into the deal to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the worse the deal seems. When Secretary of State John Kerry, the key negotiator for the US in this deal, was asked about the secret side deals in Congress this week, he said he“did not have access to t...
France’s anti-terrorist prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard has told France Info that his office still does not “know the truth about many things,” more than five years after the tragedy. The attackers — the Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly — were killed within minutes of each other follo...
As War Minister Alexandre Millerand pointed out, these disabled auxiliary corps must be “surrounded by all the moral and material care and grateful solicitude they deserve”.4 In May 1915, 5 disabled Moroccan riflemen arrived in Casablanca. General Lyautey, General Resident in Rabat, refused to...
Each Schneider tank team also included three riflemen who functioned as and outside crew; during battle they accompanied the vehicle. All-around protection was provided by 11.4 mm steel plate, later improved by a spaced armour of 5.4/5.5 mm, raising the weight from 12.5 to 13.5 tonnes. The...
under Soviet rifle fire, by well-paid local fishermen. Another guy whose kids’ reunion with the US branch of the family I helped to organize was asked by his mom to run across the control line. Not too few of these people who came to the Soviet side after having witnessed first-hand ...
WW2 French Light Tanks FCM 36 Although relatively unknown, the FCM 36 was one of the French Army’s light tanks used during the battles of May and June 1940. Technically very advanced compared to other French vehicles of the type, it proved its effectiveness during a victorious counter-attack...
Designed as a follow-up to issues the French Cavalry had with the AMR 33, it lengthened the vehicle and adopted a more standard configuration with a rear engine. Although it improved on its predecessor in some ways, the AMR 35 would… ...