• Thumbnail for Modèle 1939 (mine)
    The Mle 1939 (Model 1939) was a French anti-personnel bounding mine used at the start of the Second World War, it was developed largely in response to...
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  • M(montagne) modele 1919 Schneider Canon de 75 M(montagne) modele 1928 Canon de 75 modèle 1897 Mortier de 280 modèle 1914 Schneider F1 grenade (France) Modèle 1939...
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    modèle 1912 Schneider Canon de 75 modèle 1914 Schneider Canon anti-aérien de 75mm modèle 1939 Canon de 85 modèle 1927 Schneider Canon de 105 modèle 1930...
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  • Thumbnail for Lance Grenades de 50 mm modèle 37
    50 mm modèle 37 was a French light infantry mortar designed and produced shortly before the Second World War. The modèle 37 was issued during 1939 to replace...
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    plans of the Modele 1939 bounding mine. The M2 series of mines were based on this design, and were first fielded in mid-1943. The mine has not been in...
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    designed to use four newly designed twin-gun Modèle 1934 "pseudo-turrets" that used the same Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929 as the preceding Le Fantasque-class...
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    pneumatic weapons, obusier pneumatique Brandt de 60 mm modèle 1915 on a tripod carriage and later also modèle 1916 on a cast aluminium baseplate. Already the...
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    with either the anti-aircraft version of the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 or the Canon de 75 mm modèle 1924. French ships armed with the L/40 M1885 and L/50 M1902...
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  • Thumbnail for Le Fantasque-class destroyer
    the Le Fantasques consisted of five 50-caliber Canon de 138 mm (5.4 in) Modèle 1929 guns in single shielded mounts, one superfiring pair fore and aft of...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Bretagne
    4 in) modèle 1910 guns mounted individually in casemates along the length of the hull. She also carried a pair of Canon de 47 mm (1.9 in) modèle 1902 guns...
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  • M1895 FN 1900 Mitraillette Modèle 1934 (MP 28/II produced under license at Pieper) Sten (Used by Free Belgian forces) Fusil Modèle 1935 (Standard issue rifle...
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    During the Invasion of Poland in 1939 the Hotchkiss Char léger modèle 1935 H tanks together with 3 Renault Char léger Modèle 1935 R tanks were incorporated...
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    (3 in)/62.5 Modèle 1908 gun on a central high-angled mount as anti-aircraft artillery. Initially armed with four single 8 mm (0.31 in)/80 Modèle 1914 machine...
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    contract for the development of a heavy tank, a char d'assaut de grand modèle. At the time, French industry was very active in lobbying for defence orders...
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  • Behelfs-Schützenmine S.150 Glasmine 43 Hohl-Sprung mine 4672 Holzmine 42 Panzer stab 43 Riegel mine 43 Schu-mine 42 S-mine Teller mine (all models) Topfmine (all models)...
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  • Thumbnail for French battleship Richelieu
    and a crane to handle the floatplanes. She was armed with eight 380 mm/45 Modèle (Mle) 1935 guns arranged in two quadruple gun turrets, both of which were...
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    navy did introduce a new, longer 45-cal. version of the 305 mm gun, the Modèle 1906 type. Pressure from Parliament to keep technological pace with foreign...
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    The FCM 36 or Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM, was a light infantry tank that was designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and...
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  • modèle 1934) – Two-man light reconnaissance tank for French cavalry. Renault Type VM. AMR 35 (Auto-mitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault, modèle 1935)...
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    C/34 naval guns Mogador class  France 1939 2 2,994 39 10 8 × Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929 L and M class  UK 1939 16 1,920 36 8 6 × 4.7-inch QF Mark XII...
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  • AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy) Grenades and Grenade Launchers Mines and Anti-Tank Mines List of equipment used in World War II List of German military...
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  • Thumbnail for French destroyer Le Malin
    37 mm (1.5 in) Modèle 1925 guns in single mounts positioned amidships and four Hotchkiss Mitrailleuse de 13.2 mm (0.52 in) CA Modèle 1929 machine guns...
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    weapons in World War I, especially the French-made 400 mm (15.75-inch) Modèle 1916 railway howitzer, new barbette carriages were designed with an elevation...
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  • Thumbnail for Polish Army Museum
    open-air exhibition of heavy military equipment (tanks, artillery, aircraft and mine detection and diffusion). The Fort houses also the Museum of Katyń Victims...
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  • Thumbnail for Richelieu-class battleship
    680 hp) for up to five minutes. The ships were armed with eight 380 mm/45 Modèle (Mle) 1935 guns arranged in two quadruple gun turrets, which were placed...
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    installation was removed. The ship's main battery consisted of ten 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 guns in five twin gun turrets. The turrets were mounted all on the...
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  • Thumbnail for Bourrasque-class destroyer
    of the Bourrasque-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm (5.1 in) Modèle 1919 guns in shielded single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and...
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    (61 km/h; 38 mph). The Dantons also had storage space for 10 Harlé Modèle 1906 mines, which had an explosive charge of 60 kilograms (130 lb) of guncotton...
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  • Thumbnail for French destroyer Mogador
    tons) at deep load. Mogador carried eight 138.6 mm (5.5 in) Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1929 in four twin turrets, two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure...
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  • "Finland donates defence materiel assistance to Ukraine including more of mine-clearing Leopard 2 tanks". Ministry of Defence. 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-03-23...
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