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Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/12/2004 9:51:33 PM   
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See if anyone knows anything about this? Called an ARL44.

Looks like a Renault D2 body um.. with a Patton turret...??

Post war French - U.S. lovechild??

Anybody know? Just have the image in a WWII book - but no description..




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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/13/2004 1:42:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ah, ARL-44. That's a Char B1 chassis (with plate skirts) and a Schneider turret w/ 90mm gun. It was an "undercover" project started by the French during the German occupation, and got started for real with the liberation. First one ready in 1946, I only think they were used once in a parade in the early 50's though. Not many built.

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/13/2004 2:21:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		The tank is modelled in the game. Here is a picture of that parade, perhaps......




for more information, go here http://www.chars-francais.net/archives/arl44.htm

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/13/2004 3:56:38 AM   
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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/13/2004 8:18:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, it was the first tank developed for the Post-WWII France, though the design was from the 1940, only about 50-55 tanks were ever built for it was cheaper to buy massproduced m47 Pattons to USA than to massproduce the ARL-44.

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/13/2004 10:25:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		The turret looks solid but what was the side body armor thickness?

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/14/2004 11:45:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		Incredibly tough to find resources on, unless you happen to sit with a "French post WWII armor" encyclopedia...

The Char B1-bis had 60mm of side armor, and a WAG on my part would be that the ARL 44 in any case didn't have less...

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/15/2004 6:05:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		This page has some armour values..unfortunately it is in Czech..so perhaps one of our Czech members could translate or try to find a web translator.

http://www.mainbattletanks.czweb.org/Tanky/arl44.htm

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RE: Sniper Renault?? Mystery tank? - 9/16/2004 2:18:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Guessing only, because this is the only value with vertical armour and therefore represents the side armour,
the value of thickness is 45mm
- Boky typ/tloušťka (mm)/úhel (°) .......... ocel/45/0

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