The AMX-30 is a French main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT) and first delivered to the French Army in August 1966. The first five tanks were issued to the 501st Régiment de Chars de …

Main Battle Tank - France. 3571 built 1965-88. Designed at the same time that the German Leopard, the AMX-30 was France\'s attempt to provide its armoured forces with a potent second generation main battle tank, and the first French medium tank built since the late 1950s.

Le projet AMX-30 arrive dans l'industrie d'armement française après un succès et trois échecs. Le succès est le char léger AMX-13 qui donne naissance à une série d'engins blindés dont la production se prolonge jusqu'en 1976 et dont les derniers exemplaires ont cessé le service dans les années 1990-2000.

AMX-30 series MBTs were used by France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar during operations conducted early in 1991 to retake Kuwait following its invasion by Iraq in 1990. Production of the AMX-30 series was completed late in 1993 when the last AMX-30 …

Sep 9, 2023 · Amidst this backdrop, France and West Germany embarked on a collaborative journey in 1956 to design a new medium tank, a project known as the Europa Panzer. This vehicle was envisioned as a...

The AMX 30 has a 105mm rifled gun. There is no muzzle brake or fume extractor. Compressed air evacuates fumes from the barrel. The gun is fitted with a magnesium alloy thermal sleeve.

Apr 19, 2020 · The turretless AMX30D armoured recovery version used a new front hull with crane and supporting earth anchor which can be used as a dozer blade. For the engineers, the EBG had its own design of front hull with dozer blade and earth auger.

Announced for a long while by MR Models, this conversion designed for the Heller kit is finally issued under Azimut branding thanks to a joint venture between both manufacturers. The set comes in a black, thin cardboard box as is usual with Azimut. The upper hull is wrapped in bubble wrap plastic, whereas the other parts come in 5 ziploc bags.

Conçu en même temps que le Leopard allemand, l'AMX 30 était la tentative de la France de fournir à ses forces blindées un puissant MBT de 2 e génération et le premier char moyen français construit depuis la fin des années 50. L'AMX 30 était une avancée radicale par rapport aux conceptions précédentes comme l'AMX 50.

…the 105-mm gun of its AMX-30 tank, introduced in the mid-1960s. However, during the 1970s both APDS and HEAT began to be superseded by armour-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot (APFSDS) ammunition. These projectiles had long-rod penetrator cores of tungsten alloy or depleted uranium; they could be fired with muzzle velocities of 1,650…