Ruprecht has always been not optimistic about the Western Front, and even after he made a bunch of things that can be called ahead of the times and quite German and three fighting styles, he still does not think that Germany's turbo strategy on the Western Front can be successful, in addition to the military strength of Britain and France themselves, another very important factor is that these things made by the prince are more of an integration, if Britain and France are willing, they can also do it, don't you see how long it took the British to make the MK series tanks? Didn't the French still make a few thousand Renaults despite the fall of part of the industrial area on the mainland?

The fundamental reason why Ruprecht has always been secretive about what he has made, and even kept it secret to Prussia to a certain extent, is that he is afraid that once Germany has a large number of equipment, Britain and France will quickly catch up. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAdvanced things have an expiration date, and after expiration, there is nothing powerful.

But unfortunately, the prince's measures can only be delayed but not eliminated, the German army will eventually be equipped with a large number of tanks, armored vehicles and aircraft these new weapons, and Britain and France, although slightly behind, but as the same degree of industrial power, in the more than 2 years before the war, Britain and France also used this time to make the final adjustment!

On an army training ground outside Bordeaux, France, things that look like Charlie from a distance and Renault up close are running at high speed in the wilderness, well, the so-called high speed is not very fast, a little faster than a person running, these cars are no more than 5 meters long, The hull width is 1.9 meters, the height is 2.5 meters, and the steel monster weighing 8 tons is easily attacking distant targets with the machine gun and 37mm gun at the top of the hull.

"It's a nice thing, it reminds me of the cuirassiers of Emperor Napoleon, they were mighty, they were unstoppable when they charged, and they could crush everything in their path." Xia Fei showed a keen interest in this Renault tank.

"The only downside is that the firepower of this vehicle is too weak, and if we can fit our 75mm rapid-fire gun, then everything will be perfect!" An officer next to him said that the French were still obsessed with 75mm rapid-fire guns, and they still thought that they could win the war with such a gun alone. Even on the basis of the 75mm rapid-fire gun, the French came up with a theory of attack artillery.

They demanded rapid-fire guns that could follow the infantry and provide intensive and heavy artillery fire at all times, completely destroying the opponent's resistance at a distance of 1000 to 1500 meters, and then continue to advance! And now, when the Renault tank appeared, the French thought they had completed the last link of the offensive, a weapon that could attract the enemy's firepower and at the same time make a quick assault!

"The 75mm gun is too big and heavy, if we can give up defense and off-road performance, then it is still possible to make an armored vehicle, but I am afraid it will not work to make a tracked tank that can cross trenches." Schneider's technician said.

In fact, it's not impossible, if you don't consider issues such as stability and time, it's still possible to make a turtle speed assault gun in this plane, but just as Bavaria took about 6 years, with the help of Ruprecht, the traverser, it will solve the service problem of the Vespa assault gun, and now that the time is so tight, it is absolutely impossible for the French to make a usable assault gun by themselves.

The reason why the French made the first tank a tracked type instead of a wheeled one is also a consideration, because of the appearance of traversers, since the beginning of the Boer War, the armies of both sides have used various obstacles, including trenches and barbed wire, to hinder each other's attacks, and in the Boer War, the British suffered from it, so the French considered that if the Germans defended, how to break through themselves, the wheels were not good, so they could only use tracks. In this era, tractors have become more common, and you can think of it with a casual brain hole.

Under the guidance of the idea that the 75mm rapid-fire gun is a magic cannon and justice, the French Renault, Logo and other industrial giants began to consider how to find a suitable site for the 75mm rapid-fire gun. Eventually, they found a flatbed truck with a capacity of 2.5 tons to carry the 75mm rapid-fire gun. After integration, the new vehicle was named the Iconic FT10 armored vehicle.

First of all, the FT10 vehicle has made a lot of improvements to the original structure, and the engine and transmission have been moved to the back of the hull. In this way, the gun was moved forward, the cab was lowered slightly, the gun had a better firing range, and important components such as the engine had better survivability. A pair of wheels have been added to the front of the car, so that the vehicle has four pairs of wheels, which increases the contact area and improves passability by the way. And with an 80-horsepower engine, the vehicle can be called a Scud, and with a weight of 10 tons, it can reach a speed of more than 45 kilometers per hour on the road. And the frontal armor was also raised to 15mm. And the hull is also immune to machine gun fire, even with armor-piercing bullets.

The performance of this chariot was so good that the French used it from the first war to the interstitial war, and was named the protector of Paris, the indomitable god of war on the battlefield, the most powerful knight of France and many other names. Although there is no shortage of exaggerations, it is undeniable that this vehicle was considered by later generations to be the best vehicle of the First World War except for the Bavarian thoroughbred tanks and tank destroyers.

In addition to the Renault tank and the FT10 wheeled tank destroyer, the French also made some wheeled machine gun armored vehicles because of their simplicity, which were either produced in small quantities or generally did not make much impression on people. But it is undeniable that when these armored vehicles joined the already very large French legion, the combat effectiveness of the French was greatly improved!

You must know that at the beginning of the war, the French had 5 army groups on the front line, with 21 armies and a large number of other troops, with a total strength of more than 1.3 million troops, and in addition, the French War Department and General Headquarters also had 336,000 troops, and the total strength of all French troops together had 1.726 million people! Such a huge force is already on par with Germany's 7 armies, and the collision of such a corps is really like Mars hitting the earth!

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