Renault Modèle 1935, AMC 1935:
Initially produced by Renault and then AMX, who then built the majority of them.
The driver sat in the middle of the front. Some models had 25 mm gun installed.
The tracks were guided on the outside and had a front sprocket.
The hull was riveted with rolled steel plates.
Suffered from mechanical difficulties delayed its entry into service.
Belgium Use:
Mitrailleuses de Corps de Cavalerie: Belgium purchased 12 in 1937. Used a turret of Belgium design. Had a coaxial 13.2 mm Hotchkiss MG.
German Use:
PzKpfw AMC 738 (f)
| ACG1 | ACG2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | Commander, gunner, driver 31 |
32 | |
| Physical Characteristics | |||
| Weight | 32,000 lb 14,500 kg1 14.27 tons1 |
31,967 lb 14,500 kg 14.5 tons2 |
|
| Length w/gun | 15' 8.25", 14' 11"1 4.55 m1 |
14.58'2, 15' | |
| Length w/o gun | |||
| Height | 2.3 m1 8' 3", 7' 6.5"1 |
7.67'2, 7' 8" | |
| Width | 2.2 m1 7' 5.5", 7' 2.5"1 |
6.92'2, 7' 4" | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| Ground contact length | |||
| Ground pressure | |||
| Turret ring diameter | |||
| Armament | |||
| Main | 47 mm1 or 25 mm1 | 47 mm2 | 25 mm2 |
| Secondary | |||
| MG | 7.5 mm MG1 coaxial | 7.5 mm MG, coaxial.2 | |
| Side arms | |||
| Quantity | |||
| Main | |||
| Secondary | |||
| MG | |||
| Side arms | |||
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 5, 251 | 252 | |
| Hull Front, Upper | |||
| Hull Front, Lower | |||
| Hull Sides, Upper | |||
| Hull Sides, Lower | |||
| Hull Rear | |||
| Hull Top | |||
| Hull Bottom | |||
| Turret Front | |||
| Turret Sides | |||
| Turret Rear | |||
| Turret Top | |||
| Engine (Make / Model) | Renault water cooled | Renault2, water cooled2 | |
| Cylinders | 41 | 42 | |
| Net HP | 1801 | 1802 | |
| Transmission | |||
| Fuel type | Gasoline1 | Gasoline2 | |
| Octane | |||
| Capacity | |||
| Performance | |||
| Traverse | 360° | ||
| Max Speed | 26 mph1 42 kph1 |
25 mph2 | |
| Cross Country | 18.6 mph | ||
| Road radius | 124.3 miles, 99.4 miles1 160 km1 |
100 miles | |
| Turning Radius | |||
| Elevation Limits | |||
| Fording depth | |||
| Trench crossing | 6' | ||
| Vertical Obstacle | 2' | ||
| Suspension (Type) | Bell crank Scissors with horizontal springing | ||
| Wheels each side | 5 | ||
| Return rollers each side | 5 | ||
| Track length | |||
| Tires | |||
| Track width | |||
| Track centers/tread | |||
| Production | 1935: 100 |
Sources:
- The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles - The Comprehensive Guide to Over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles From 1915 to the Present Day, General Editor: Christopher F. Foss, 2002
- Tanks of the World, 1915-1945, Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
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