AMC 35 | |
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![]() ACG1, displayed at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France. | |
Type | Cavalry tank |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
Used by | France Belgium Germany |
Wars | Second World War |
Production history | |
Designer | Renault |
Designed | 1934 |
Manufacturer | Renault, AMX |
Unit cost | ₣ 360,000 per hull |
Produced | November 1938 - January 1940 |
No. built | at least 57 |
Variants | ACG 2 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 14,500 kg (32,000 lb; 14.3 long tons) |
Length | 4.572 m (15 ft 0 in) |
Width | 2.235 m (7 ft 4.0 in) |
Height | 2.336 m (7 ft 8.0 in) |
Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) |
Armor | 25 mm (0.98 in) |
Main armament | 47 mm SA 35 L/32 gun or FRC 47 mm |
Secondary armament | coaxial 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun or 7.65 mm Hotchkiss |
Engine | Renault water-cooled 4-cylinder petrol engine 180 hp (130 kW) |
Power/weight | 12.4 hp/tonne |
Suspension | horizontally rubber-sprung scissors bogies |
Fuel capacity | 300 L (66 imp gal) |
Operational range | 161 km (100 mi) |
Maximum speed | 42 km/h (26 mph) |
The AMC 35 (from Automitrailleuse de Combat Renault modèle 1935), also known under a manufacturer's designation Renault ACG-1, was a French medium cavalry tank of the later Interwar era that served in the Second World War. It was developed as a result of the change of the specification that had led to the design of the AMC 34, calling for a vehicle that was not only well-armed and mobile but also well-armoured. Due to technological and financial problems production was delayed and limited. The AMC 35 was one of the few French tanks of the period featuring a two-man turret.