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āchars Schneiderā Can anyone stand up to these machines? No, itās absolutely impossible. So victory is certain! The end of the war! With tanks, why not? Can you stop a tank or kill it? (Jules Ninet, 89th Infantry) The timing of the Nivelle Offensive coincided with the first French tanks becoming available to commanders in the field. The French tank…
The French industrialist Eugene Schneider began cannon production in 1870 and by the turn of the century commanded an arms empire to rival the German industrial giant Krupp. The Schneider concern employed some 14,000 employees and incorporated company- owned railways and mines as well as a huge factory complex. By…
Napoleon Watching The Battle Of Friedland 1807 A major engagement between French forces under Napoleon and the Russian army under General Levin Bennigsen Friedland was the decisive battle of the campaign of 1807. Following the bloody stalemate at Eylau in February, the Russian and French armies spent the spring recuperating…
The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, has announced that the launch of the Joint Light Helicopter (HĆ©licoptere InterarmĆ©es LĆ©ger; HIL) programme has been brought forward to 2021. The HIL programme, for which the Airbus Helicoptersā H160 was selected in 2017, was initially scheduled for launch in 2022…
A total of 340 Gazelles were procured for the Aviation LĆ©gĆØre de lāArmĆ©e de Terre (ALAT), 171 SA.341Fs with the TurbomĆ©ca Astazou IIIC turboshaft, which entered service in 1969, and 161 of the later SA.342M that was a dedicated anti-tank variant with the more powerful TurbomĆ©ca Astazou XIVH engine. The…
A decade after his lucrative dealings in India came to an end, Dupleix died a broken man, his wealth spent and honor impugned. (1697ā1763), influential governor-general (1742ā1754) of the French East India Company. During his three decades in India, the Marquis Joseph FranƧois Dupleix expanded the commercial, political, and military…
A Panhard 178B. The APX3B turret is of the latest type with a rear episcope. Rear view showing the position of the second driver; the hull, despite having been repainted with a number belonging to the third production batch. Panhard 178B/FL1, French Indo-China, 1947. Panhard 178 tank hunter with the…
British coastal assault on St Cast in Brittany in September 1758. A German map, published…
European matchlock musketeers of the Elizabethan period. By the early 1570s the Puritans had grown…
A series of sharp but also intermittent conflicts broke out over control of Italy at…
The artillery of the Imperial Guard, which grew into the Grande ArmĆ©eās artillery reserve, had…
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