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Oddly perfect form, more like a cartoon emoji of a tank than an actual tank.
The picture on Wikipedia makes it look even more badass. Seems they weren’t terribly effective though.
So you’re saying unprotected tracks aren’t a good design idea?
They also look stamped (maybe cast, possibly forged). Pros/cons there - faster manufacturing, easy to carry, fast to replace, easier to damage.
I had to look this up because I somehow didn’t know about this one.
They turned out to have a really unreliable drivetrain, so only a few were produced. Shortly after the Patton was available with a similar gun an therefore chosen as replacement. Most ARL-44 were therefore scrapped, being in service for less than two years.
Those were some chonky boys
I love French tank design
