But monsieur they were and surprisingly survived until 1945 ))bru888 wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 11:22 pm Two good partisan uprising pictures in that batch.
By the way, no old French tanks (Renaults, Hotchkiss, etc.) any more. Lend-lease would be in full swing by now, from an historical perspective. There might still have been some of those tanks around but from a game perspective, they would be absolutely useless against even the PzKw IV tanks, let along Panthers and Tigers. You may see some references to those old French tanks in your sources but gameplay decides the issue. Even the M5A1 Stuart tank is questionable, but I see much more evidence of those light tanks in French armoured units than Renaults and Hotchkisses at this point in the war.
http://tankfront.ru/france/history/FFL.htmlOn August 15, 1944, the landing was carried out. The French units, having taken Marseille and Toulon, acting in conjunction with the US 7th Army, advanced along the Swiss border to join the US 3rd Army, which included the 2nd Armored Division. On September 11, this meeting took place. Later, the French 1st Army fought in the south-west of Germany, May 1945. she met in Tyrol (western part of Austria).
It should be noted that new units, including tank units, were created from the resistance units using the domestically produced armored vehicles captured from the Germans, which helped the regular troops.
So, together with the 2nd armored division, the 13th Dragoon Regiment fought, which had 3 squadrons equipped with tanks of English production "Sentor" (14 units), French production Somua S35 (17 units), B1bis (19 units), as well as several Renault R35 tanks and Lorraine 37L armored personnel carriers.
In the south-west of France, the 5th Dragoon Regiment fought, equipped with 40 H39 tanks, mostly "German modification" and several Sentor tanks. For the transportation of infantry, the American T16 armored personnel carriers and the British Universal Carrier were used.
https://coollib.com/b/344813/readR35 participated in combat operations as part of the 5th Dragoon Regiment of the French Army during the liberation of France from the German invaders in 1944-1945.
P.s.
https://www.designmodproject.de/panzer- ... -1939-1945
Такое есть на первый Panzer Corps