![]() Although the tank’s defenses were considered secondary, it is far from deprived of armour – it has rolled and cast armour plates reaching thicknesses of 80 mm with significant clean angles. ![]() As of 1972, instead of a high-calibre machine gun twinned with the main gun, a 20 mm cannon was installed in the turret – this very version of the tank (sometimes designated AMX-30B) we have added to the game. It served with the French Army, as the Char 13t-75 Modèle 51, and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Its main armament was the CN-105-F1, a 105 mm gun with fixed ammunition and a complement of 50 shells. This is a 1/64 (scalable to other scales) scale model of the AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987. The tank’s powertrain was a 700 hp HS-110 engine, which allowed it to reach speeds comparable to those of light tanks – 65 km/h on the highway and 40 km/h off-road. Accordingly, the focus in development was placed on two other factors that were decisive in the field – mobility and armament. ![]() Like the engineers of other countries, the French tank designers understood that the race for maximum armour was leading nowhere – modern HEAT shells and anti-tank rockets gave tanks with traditional homogeneous armour absolutely no chance. Initially, the AMX-30 was developed to specifications from the armies of three countries – France, Italy and Germany, but the joint project collapsed and the AMX science and research centre undertook to finish the tank on its own. ![]() We are pleased to present the 1972 model of the AMX-30, with which truly modern French tanks begin. ![]()
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