France[]
Armored fighting vehicles designed or produced by the French Republic. French tanks tend to be extremely specialized tanks and each should be examined carefully before committing to play it.
French tanks vary wildly between the tiers, due to the paradigm changes in historical doctrines around WWII. However, their core philosophy is geared around offensive action. At lower tiers, they accomplish this with trench-assault tanks with great armor, but are as slow as foot
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infantry and have mediocre anti-tank penetration power. At higher tiers, they are mobile and armed with great guns; but as very theoretical tanks developed in an era where HEAT made armour less useful, they sacrifice their armor in order to achieve that performance. Most mid or above tier French tanks have an autoloader with a drum magazine, which allow for several shots in a short period of time. Almost all French tanks suffer from having few crew members which makes for less variety when choosing crew skills or perks, lack of sufficient hull and turret armor at mid-high tier, lack sufficient speed and mobility at lower tiers, and their guns almost always have long aim times. All are meant for offensive action; lower tier French tanks rely on their armor to withstand enemy hits (especially machineguns, and autocannons) and higher tier French tanks rely on their speed to position stealthily and avoid hits. Lower tier guns tend to have poor anti-tank penetration, and will have trouble stopping other heavily armored vehicles advancing on them without premium munitions. Conversely higher tier tanks will find themselves handicapped on the defensive, due to the extremely long reload times on the automatic loaders. On most tiers, poor turret armor prevents them from using hull-down positions effectively. They also generally have very poor gun dispersion and aim times, which can be very frustrating and inconsistent.
| Name | Tank type | Tier | Premium/Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT | Light tank | I | Standard |
| FT AC | Tank destroyer | II | Standard |
| H35 | Light tank | II | Standard |
| D1 | Light tank | II | Standard |
| FCM 36 | Light tank | II | Standard |
| R35 | Light tank | II | Standard |
| FT BS | Self-Propelled Gun | II | Standard |
| AM Gendron | "Elite" Light tank | II | Premium |
| AMR 35 | "Elite" Light tank | II | Premium |
| UE 57 | Tank destroyer | III | Standard |
| Somua S35 | Medium tank | III | Standard |
| D2 | Medium tank | III | Standard |
| FCM 36 Pak 40 | "Elite" Tank destroyer | III | Premium |
| AMX 38 | Light tank | III | Standard |
| Lorr. 39L AM | Self-Propelled Gun | III | Standard |
| SAu 40 | Tank destroyer | IV | Standard |
| SARL 42 | Medium tank | IV | Standard |
| B1 | Heavy tank | IV | Standard |
| AMX 40 | Light tank | IV | Standard |
| AMX 105 AM | Self-Propelled Gun | IV | Standard |
| S35 CA | Tank destroyer | V | Standard |
| G1 R | Medium tank | V | Standard |
| BDR G1 B | Heavy tank | V | Standard |
| AMX ELC bis | Light tank | V | Standard |
| M10 RBFM | "Elite" Tank destroyer | V | Premium |
| leFH18B2 | "Elite" Self-Propelled Gun | V | Premium |
| AMX 13 AM | Self-Propelled Gun | V | Standard |
| ARL V39 | Tank destroyer | VI | Standard |
| ARL 44 | Heavy tank | VI | Standard |
| AMD 178B | Light tank | VI | Standard |
| AMX 12 t | Light tank | VI | Standard |
| AMX 13 F3 | Self-Propelled Gun | VI | Standard |
| Bretagne Panther | "Elite" Medium tank | VI | Premium |
| AMX AC 46 | Tank destroyer | VII | Standard |
| AMX M4 45 | Heavy tank | VII | Standard |
| EBR Hotch. | Light tank | VII | Standard |
| AMX 13 75 | Light tank | VII | Standard |
| AMX 13 57 | "Elite" Light tank | VII | Premium |
| AMX 13 57 GF | "Elite" Light tank | VII | Premium |
| Lorr. 155 50 | Self-Propelled Gun | VII | Standard |
| AMX AC 48 | Tank destroyer | VIII | Standard |
| AMX 65 t | Heavy tank | VIII | Standard |
| AMX 50 100 | Heavy tank | VIII | Standard |
| AMX M4 49 | "Elite" Heavy tank | VIII | Premium |
| AMX M4 49 Liberté | "Elite" Heavy tank | VIII | Premium |
| Lynx 6x6 | Light tank | VIII | Standard |
| EBR 75 FL 10 | "Elite" Light tank | VIII | Premium |
| B-C 12 t | Light tank | VIII | Standard |
| ELC EVEN 90 | "Elite" Light tank | VIII | Premium |
| M4A1 Rev. | "Elite" Medium tank | VIII | Premium |
| AMX CDC | "Elite" Medium tank | VIII | Premium |
| Bourrasque | "Elite" Medium tank | VIII | Premium |
| Lorr. 40 t | "Elite" Medium tank | VIII | Premium |
| Somua SM | "Elite" Heavy tank | VIII | Premium |
| FCM 50 t | "Elite" Heavy tank | VIII | Premium |
| Lorr. 155 51 | Self-Propelled Gun | VIII | Standard |
| AMX Cda 105 | "Elite" Tank destroyer | VIII | Premium |
| Foch | Tank destroyer | IX | Standard |
| AMX M4 51 | Heavy tank | IX | Standard |
| AMX 50 120 | Heavy tank | IX | Standard |
| EBR 90 | Light tank | IX | Standard |
| AMX 30 1er prot. | Medium tank | IX | Standard |
| B-C 25 t AP | Medium tank | IX | Standard |
| AMX 13 90 | Light tank | IX | Standard |
| AMX 30 | Medium tank | IX | Standard |
| B-C 155 55 | Self-Propelled Gun | IX | Standard |
| Char Futur 4 | "Elite" Medium tank | IX | Premium |
| Foch B | Tank destroyer | X | Standard |
| AMX M4 54 | Heavy tank | X | Standard |
| AMX 50 B | Heavy tank | X | Standard |
| EBR 105 | Light tank | X | Standard |
| B-C 25 t | Medium tank | X | Standard |
| AMX 13 105 | Light tank | X | Standard |
| AMX 30 B | Medium tank | X | Standard |
| B-C 155 58 | Self-Propelled Gun | X | Standard |
| Foch (155) | "Elite" Tank destroyer | X | Premium |