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The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II.Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry because steering proved difficult during cross-country use, and was instead adopted in 1936 by the French Cavalry arm.
French Hotchkiss H35 – Pz. 35H 734(f) French Hotchkiss H39 – Pz. 38H 735(f) French Hotchkiss H39 – 7.5 cm Pak 40 auf Geschützwagen 39H(f) French Hotchkiss H39 – 10.5 cm leFH18(Sf) auf Geschützwagen 39H(f) French Hotchkiss H39 – Artillerieschlepper 38H(f) French Hotchkiss H35 – Panzerkampfwagen 35H(f) mit 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen
The Hotchkiss H35 numbers include the informally named "H 38" or "H 39" variants (at the time both informal names indicated the same derived type). The total production number of 1200 given, is the minimal proven by photographic evidence regarding the series numbers. [3]
In 1933, they developed the Hotchkiss H35 tank. In 1920, there was an unsuccessful attempt to build Hotchkiss cars by a British arm of Hotchkiss in the United Kingdom—only a prototype was made. The company made several successful racing cars. Hotchkiss racers won the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1939, 1949 and 1950.
These included the Hotchkiss H35. Armoured Combat Tanks (AMCs or Automitrailleuses de Combat), a medium tank that sacrificed some armour for speed, and had similar armament to the infantry tanks (AMC 34, AMC 35, SOMUA S35).
One of these, the "combat" brigade, contained two tank regiments, each regiment having 2 medium tank squadrons equipped with the SOMUA S35, and 2 light tank squadrons fielding the Hotchkiss H35. [9] Each squadron's organic strength was 44 S35s and 43 H35s; also eight armoured command vehicles were present.
During the inter-war years, the French Army adopted three light tanks in the infantry tank role. These were the Hotchkiss H35, the Renault R35 and the FCM 36. All three had two–man crews and were similar to the Matilda I in terms of size, weight and armour. However, they were better armed, having 37mm guns as well as co-axial machine guns.
Hotchkiss H35 (1,100) - Hotchkiss H35 or modified version H39. FCM 36 (100) Char D1 (160) Renault R40 (130) Renault FT (1,580) - World War I era tank. AMX 38 - trials.