2nd - Ausf.A

M3A3 Stuart "Valmy", 1re Section, 4e Compagnie, 501e Régiment de Chars de Combat, 2e Division Blindée. Strasbourg area, late November 1944.

Commanded by Lt. Jean Nanterre, Compagnon de la Libération and commander of the Legion of Honor: www.ordredelaliberation.fr/fr/compagnon...

Follow-on from earlier post on port of Casablanca, October 1943:
1. American stevedore, Technician, 4th Grade.
2. Ships in the harbor.
3. West African colonial troops open a crate of tires.
4. A French Sherman equipped with a crane moves a 90mm AA gun.

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A SOMUA S35 of the 4e Régiment de Cuirassiers, 1st Light Mechanized Division (DLM) crossing a pontoon bridge built by the 10e Régiment du Génie during an exercise, 7 December 1939. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #tank #armor

Continuing with this streak of armored car posts: White-Laffly AMD 50s of the 44e GRRF (Groupe de Reconnaissance de Région Fortifiée/Fortified Region Recon Group) in September 1939. The obsolete AMD 50 served small numbers with the 44e GRRF, operating in advance of the Maginot Line near Thionville.

Schneider P16 armored halftracks of the 7e Groupe de Reconnaissance de Division d'Infanterie (GRDI, Divisional Recon Group), 1939. Already viewed as obsolete, P16s soldiered on with the divisional recon units due to shortages of modern vehicles. #WWII #WW2 #History #France #Armor

From /r/WWIIplanes on reddit: Bloch 152 of GC II/1 on 10 May 1940. L to R: Sgt André Largeau (MIA 14.9.43 near Smolensk, USSR with Normandie-Niemen), WO René Munier (KIA 15.5.40), WO Autier (KIA 15.5.40), Sgt Guitard (WIA 3.6.40). #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Aviation

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Vought 156 F no. 13 of the Aéronavale's dive bomber squadron AB1, at the naval air base at Hyères, 1940. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #Aviation

Renault FTs of the 29e Bataillon de Chars de Combat, 2nd Army sector, 27 September 1939. Later transferred to the 3rd Army, most would be sacrificed in rearguard actions to cover the withdrawal from the Maginot Line to avoid encirclement in June 1940. #WWII #WW2 #History #France #Tank

Recovery of an overturned M10 GMC "Dôme des Invalides" of 4th Squadron, 2nd Dragoon Regiment, in the Vosges, October 1944. Possibly in the vicinity of Cornimont. #WWII #WW2 #history #France #tank #armor