AMX-30

The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux. It was first delivered to the French Army in August 1965. In the 1991 Gulf War, AMx-30s were deployed by both the French and Qatari armies. It has been used by the Spanish and Venezuelan armies since the late 1990s.

About AMX-30 in brief

The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux. It was first delivered to the French Army in August 1965. The French believed that it would have required too much armour to protect against the latest anti-tank threats. Protection was provided by the speed and the compact dimensions of the vehicle, including a height of 2. 28 metres. It had a 105 mm gun, firing a then advanced high explosive anti- tank warhead known as the Obus G. In the 1991 Gulf War, AMx-30s were deployed by both the French and Qatari armies. By the end of production, 3,571 units of the AMX -30s and its variants had been manufactured. The tank was also exported to Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Cyprus and Chile. In 1979, due to issues caused by the transmission, the French army began to modernize its fleet of tanks to AM X-30B2 standards, which included a new transmission, an improved engine and the introduction of a new OFL 105 F1 fin-stabilized kinetic energy penetrator. France and most other nations replaced their AMX 30s with more up-to-date equipment by the end of the 20th century. It suffered from distinct disadvantages, including an antiquated design and a trackrerere from distinct power from distinct firepower and power from the engine. The vehicle was replaced by the T-34 tank in the 1990s, which is still in service with the French military to this day. The T-38 tank was introduced in the early 2000s.

It is a much more modern version of the tank, with a more powerful engine and a more modern design. It has been used by the Spanish and Venezuelan armies since the late 1990s and the Qatari army in the Gulf War of 1991. It also saw action against Iraqi forces at the Battle of Khafji. Its replacement, the AMx 50, was cancelled in the mid-1950s in favor of adopting the M47 Patton tank. The first, the ARL 44, was an interim tank, which began production in 1946. The AMX 50 was a replacement for the ARl 44, which had been considered a stop-gap vehicle for French Army’s armoured forces since inception, but only 600 were ultimately produced by 1950. In 1956, France entered a cooperative development program with West Germany and Italy in an effort to design a standardized tank. Although the three nations agreed to a series of specific characteristics that the new tank should have, both France and Germany began work on distinctive prototypes with the intention of testing them and combining the best of both. Germany decided not to adopt the new French 105-millimetre tank gun and France declared that it will postpone production until 1965. As a result, both nations decided to adopt tanks based on their own prototypes. The German tank becameknown as the Leopard 1, while the French prototype became the AMZ-30. In 1969, the German tank was ordered by Greece, soon followed by Spain.