![]() ![]() Many of these obsolete machines were still in service two decades after the grand victory of 1918 and their age was showing. And, of course, there still were the stocks of the WW1 FT-17, the first mass-produced tank to feature the classic “rotating turret with an engine in the back” layout. However, much of its armored force was quite dated with a large portion consisting of tiny light tanks such as the Renault R35. In the May of 1945, the five year long German occupation ended and the French military industry awoke to a very different world from the one of 1940.īefore the Second World War, France boasted one of the most powerful militaries of the continent with some rather modern vehicles entering service by the time the conflict broke out, such as the Somua S35 cavalry tank. The story of the AMX-50 begins right at the end of the Second World War in France. ![]() The second part of the Arabian Nights season will bring the long-awaited French line of progression vehicles and today, we are happy to introduce the first one of them to you – the Tier 3 AMX-50 Main Battle Tank that will appear as the initial vehicle of the branch.
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