Capabilities included a top speed of 37 miles per hour and an operational road range of 250 miles while the hull was suspended on a torsion bar system which provided the needed cross country mobility.

Power was derived from a SOFAM Model 8Gxb 8-cylinder water-cooled gasoline-fueled engine developing 250 horsepower. She was designed around a traditional 'track-and-wheel' system allotted five double-tired road wheels per track side, a front-mounted drive sprocket and a rear-mounted track idler. Beyond the 4,300 units produced for the French Army, a further 3,400 examples were exported to French allies worldwide.Īs can be expected, the AMX-13 was highly influenced by World War 2 armored warfare doctrine. Production was handled by Atelier de Construction Roanne to which some 7,700 units were completed from the span of 1952 to 1987. The result was a conventional tracked armored vehicle mounting a unique 'oscillating' turret assembly which, after trials, was adopted by the French Army as the 'AMX-13'. Design on a new light tank commenced in 1946 and was handled by the concern of Atelier de Construciton d'Issy-les-Moulineaux. In the post-war years, France was rebuilding from years of German occupation and war and eventually restocked her inventory through Allied donations, captured German equipment and pre-war supplies. The AMX-13 Light Tank was designed to a new post-World War 2 French Army requirement.

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