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Renault R35 (1st Edition)

By: Warlord Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Bolt Action - French (28mm)

Last Stocked on 10/7/2017

Product Info

Title
Renault R35 (1st Edition)
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2013
Dimensions
6x4.5x2"
NKG Part #
2147540566
MFG. Part #
WLG402415502-13
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

Designed in 1933 and produced from 1936, the Renault R35 was intended as a light infantry support tank, equipping autonomous tank battalions, that would be allocated to individual infantry divisions to assist them in executing offensive operations. ¨ÜIt was relatively well-armoured but slow and lacking a good antitank-capacity, fitted with a short 37¨Ümm gun. ¨Ü

At the outbreak of the war, the anti-tank role was more emphasized leading to the development and eventual production from April 1940 of a subtype with a more powerful longer gun, the Renault R40. ¨ÜIt was planned to shift new production capacity to the manufacture of other, faster, types, but due to the defeat of France the R35/40 remained the most numerous French tank of the war, about 1685 vehicles having been produced in June 1940.

R35's were also exported to Poland, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia.