(July 3, 2016 at 3:31 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(July 3, 2016 at 2:49 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: The Pz I's were meant to provide the panzertruppen with experience in the use of tanks while the II's and III's were coming online. After the IV's arrived the I's were relegated to lesser roles, some being assigned to occupation forces for policing use.
Everyone seems to have had an armored machine gun carrier....the Brits had the Mk VI L and the Italians the CV 33. Seems to have been part of the right of passage to modernity.
I'm sure the French had one, too although I can't think of the name at the moment.
You might be thinking of the Renault UE Chenillette. But although it looks like a tankette, it was not really meant as a fighting vehicle like a tankette. It was intended instead to provide the French with a means to move supply up to forward trench positions while the trench position is undergoing WWI style shelling. It's a small armored supply crawler.
