RENAULT R35 & R40 THROUGH A GERMAN LENS

Circa 120 foto dell’epoca recuperate dagli archivi della Wehrmacht in questa serie di monografie a cura di Alan Ranger, dedicata ai più famosi mezzi, uomini o battaglie della seconda guerra mondiale.

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The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char leger Modele 1935 R or R35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank. To this end it was relatively well-armored but slow and lacking a good antitank-capacity, fitted with a short 37 mm gun. At the outbreak of the war, the antitank-role was more emphasized leading to the development and eventual production from April 1940 of a subtype with a more powerful longer gun, the Renault R40. Due to the defeat of France the R35/40 remained the most numerous French tank of the war. About 1680 vehicles having been produced by June 1940.