ARL 44 [SEP] service entry
learned for many engineers was that it was unwise to construct too-heavy types, and this opinion was reinforced by the failure of the tank project to which the ARL 44 formed the transition: the much more ambitious heavy AMX 50. Only after a gap of sixteen years would France, in 1966, again build a main battle tank, the AMX 30.
Operational history.
On 26 October 1950 the type was reclassified as a tank destroyer, the "Chasseur de Chars de 48 tonnes". The ARL 44s
heavy tank - post-war stopgap prototype heavy tank
- United States T29 heavy tank - post-war prototype heavy tank
- Soviet IS-2 model 1944 heavy assault tank - late-war heavy tank, entered service 1944
- German Tiger II heavy tank - late-war tank that inspired the ARL 44's design
- French AMX 50 heavy tank - similar post-war heavy tank project
External links.
- Specifications and Description
- ARL-44 tank @ 5 Star General site