French weapons, tanks and more

1. Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917
designer: Ribeyrolles, Sutter, Chauchat
designed: 1913
manufacturer: Manufacture Nationale d’Armes de Tulle (MAT) for Mle 1917. Manufacture d’armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS) for Mle 1918

produced: 1916 - 1918
No. built: ~85.333 for Mle 1917 and 4,000 for Mle 1918

mass: Mle 1917 = 5,25kg (11,6lb); Mle 1918 = 4,8kg (11lb)
length: Mle 1917 = 133 cm (52,4 in); Mle 1918 = 110 cm (43,3 in)
barrel length: Mle 1917 = 80 cm (31,5 in); Mle 1918 = 58 cm (22,8 in)

cartridge: 8×50mmR Lebel
action: gas operated, rotating bolt
rate of fire: 250 rounds/min
muzzle velocity: 701 m/s (2.300 ft/s)
feed system: 5-round capacity clip-fed internal box magazine
sights: iron sights

2. Pistolet Mitrailleur Modèle ETVS
designer: Captain Martin
designed: 1933
manufacturer: Établissement Technique de Versailles

produced: 1933-1939
No. built: 100

mass: 5,95 kilograms (13,1 pounds)
length: stock extended: 26,4 inches (67 centimetres); stock folded: 16,5 inches (42 centimetres)
barrel length: 8,27 inches (21,0 centimetres)

cartridge: 7,65×20mm Longue
action: blowback
rate of fire: 500 rounds/min
muzzle velocity: 380 metres per second (1.200 feet per second)
feed system: 32-round detachable box magazine

3. Pistolet Mitrailleur de 7,65mm MAS modèle 38
designer: -
designed: 1938
manufacturer: Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne

produced: 1938—1949
No. built: 1.958 (made before May 1940) thousands more made under german occupation and post war

mass: 2,87 kg (6,3 lb)
length: 630 mm (25 in)
barrel length: 224 mm (8,82 in)

cartridge: 7,65mm Longue
caliber: 7,65mm
action: off-axis bolt travel blowback
rate of fire: 600–700 rounds/min
muzzle velocity: 350 m/s (1.148 ft/s)
feed system: 32-round detachable box magazine
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4. Laffly S15 (maybe as an APC?)
type: gun tractor

mass: 2,85 tonnes (6.300 lb)
length: 4,64 m (15 ft 3 in)
width: 1,85 m (6 ft 1 in)
height: 2,15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew: 2 + 3 passengers

armor: none
engine: 4-cylinder, petrol, 2300 cc & 55 hp
payload capacity: 800 kg (1.800 lb)
suspension: front: coil springs, rear: leaf springs, independent wheels
maximum speed: 72 km/h (45 mph)

5. SOMUA S35
type: cavalry tank
in service: 1936–1945

designed: 1934–1935
manufacturer: SOMUA
produced: 1935–June 1940
No. built: ~440

mass: 19,5 tons (19,2 long tons)
length: 5,38 m (17 ft 8 in)
width: 2,12 m (6 ft 11 in)
height: 2,62 m (8 ft 7 in)
crew: 3 (driver, radio operator/purveyor, commander/gunner)

armour: 47 mm (hull front); 42 mm (turret front); 40 mm (hull sides and turret sides); 20 mm (top)
main armament: 47 mm SA35 L/32 gun
secondary armament: 7.5 mm Mitrailleuse mle 1931 optionally coaxial
engine: SOMUA V-8 12.666cc petrol engine & 190 hp (140 kW)
power / weight: 9,7 hp / tons
suspension: leaf spring bogies
maximum speed: 40 km/h (25 mph); off-road: 32 km/h (20 mph)

6. Char B1
type: Break-through tank, Heavy tank
in service: 1936–1940 (France); 1944–1945 (Free French Forces)

designed: 1921–1934
manufacturer: renault and others
produced: 1935–1937 (Char B1); 1937–1940 (Char B1 bis)
No. built: 405 (34 Char B1, 369 Char B1 bis and two Char B1 ter)

mass: 28 tonnes
length: 6,37 m (20 ft 11 in)
width: 2,46 m (8 ft 1 in)
height: 2,79 m (9 ft 2 in)
crew: 4

armour: 40 mm (Char B1); 60 mm (Char B1 bis)
main armament: 75 mm ABS SA 35 howitzer
secondary armament: 47 mm SA 34 (Char B1); 47 mm SA 35 (Char B1 bis); 2× 7.5 mm Reibel machine guns
engine: Renault inline 6 cylinder 16,5 litre petrol engine &272 hp
power / weight: 9,7 hp / tons
transmission: 5 forward, 1 reverse gear
suspension: bogies with a mixture of vertical coil and leaf springs
maximum speed: 28 km/h (17 mph); 21 km/h (13 mph) off-road

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when should developers introduce all this? if the UK and Italy are next in line

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yes maiming two existing lines to introduce a second Japan everyone will demand stops at BR3/truncated line.

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the question is who get this ? german wich used the most than french or french wich could be strange and you can’t really give them to usa too

A lovely RSC 18 <3

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that’s not my cup of tea to decide :wink:

technically DF has enough content to make france and italy as standalone - at least for low BR / mid BR

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Personally I think it should be the germans, since it is true that french tanks ironically saw the longest use in the war with the germans. But I would mainly like to see their abominations made from them, like the B1 with the flamethrower or the the various models butchered and hacked apart to fit a field gun or howitzer.

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are you talking about this cutie ?
105mm-char-b1

it’s mainly the only way they have to give us french

Or a subfaction limited to tier II only ?

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He is missing his white flag :(( It feels so incomplete.

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Good idea, but you should include Mas-36, Mas-44 and MS.406
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This is more suitable to be a rider vehicle than APC, France had Lorraine 38L for APC.

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MAS-36 is already in the game so that’s why I haven’t suggest it.
I know that there are many more weapons / tanks / vehicles but I don’t wanted to spam many of them.

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Fair enough.

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Watch as DF adds all of this but to the German lineup

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The last thing we need is more factions, maybe a “subfaction” like in WT with their own line that would only run to BR2 and thats it, that or later war US gear copy paste but with Free French markings?

But yeah I love those cursed designs, they always will hold a special place in my heart, same reason I want the Churchill mk1 in game among other things.

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B1 is so nice, I love 2 gun on tanks my favorite us tank is the LEE followed by GRANT ^^

they could never add a faction like france, japan already lack lots of things. france can’t even go BR III or IV

And then they will forcing themselves to make them viable at BR5

yes everyone loves br 4 5 japan

looks like german reuse not complete french?!

german modification of the french heavy tank B1

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Yes that is what we were talking about, how for the French vehicles that would fit best into the german tree would be the abominations the germans made with them.

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