Renault Modèle R-40 Light Tank:
Improved R-35 with new suspension system.
Sometimes known as the AMX-40.
AMX R-40:
Experimental model with AMX running gear that consisted of 12 small road wheels, suspended on 6 vertical coil springs on each side.1
Some were armed with 37 mm Sa38, and/or trench crossing tail. Suspension system was designed by AMX with armored side skirts.
Two battalions saw action in 1940.
| Renault Modèle R-40 | |
|---|---|
| Crew | Commander, driver |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 23,000 lb |
| Length w/gun | 15' |
| Length w/o gun | |
| Height | 7' 8.5" |
| Width | 6' 7.5" |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure (psi) | |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 37 mm Sa38 L/33 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 7.5 mm MG31 |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | 65 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | 3,000 |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Hull Front, Upper | 58 |
| Hull Front, Lower | |
| Hull Sides, Upper | |
| Hull Sides, Lower | |
| Hull Rear | |
| Hull Top | |
| Hull Bottom | 20 |
| Turret Front | |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | Renault water cooled |
| Cylinders | 4 |
| Net HP | 82 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | Gasoline |
| Octane | |
| Capacity | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | 360° |
| Max Speed | 12.4 mph |
| Cross Country | 7.5 mph |
| Road radius | 62 miles |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical Obstacle | |
| Suspension (Type) | vertical coil springs, protected by skirting plates. |
| Wheels each side | 12 mounted in pairs |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread | |
| Production | 1940- |
Sources:
- Tanks of the World, 1915-1945, Peter Chamberlain, Chris Ellis, 1972
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