AMX-50
Sign in to saveThe AMX-50 (historically stylized AMX 50) is a French heavy tank designed in the immediate post Second World War period. It was proposed as, in succession, the French medium, heavy, and main battle tank, incorporating many advanced features. It was cancelled in the late 1950s due to unfavourable economic and political circumstances after serious delays in development.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Char M4 / AMX-50Char moyen A.M.X. de 50 t
- Weapon.image
- AMX-50.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- The AMX 50 (lowered) cast hull with the Tourelle D, at Saumur
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.type
- Medium Tank/heavy tank (lowered variant)
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.weight
- 57.8 metric tonnes (lowered version with D turret)
- Weapon.crew
- 4
- Weapon.suspension
- Torsion bar
- Weapon.speed
- , 65km/h planned
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 120mm SA46
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 2 x 7.5 mm machine guns
- Weapon.engine
- Maybach HL 295 12VC
- Weapon.engine_power
- 850 HP (1200 HP planned)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 15 hp/ton
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- AMX 50 development
- Char M 4 (90 mm)
- AMX 50 (100 mm)
- AMX 50 (120 mm)
- AMX 50 Surblindé (120 mm)
- AMX 50 Surbaissé (120 mm)
- Related development
- CDC AMX
- CA Lorraine
- CA AMX-50
- SOMUA SM
- Description
- Design policy
- Notes
- References
- External links
The AMX-50 (historically stylized AMX 50) is a French heavy tank designed in the immediate post Second World War period. It was proposed as, in succession, the French medium, heavy, and main battle tank, incorporating many advanced features. It was cancelled in the late 1950s due to unfavourable economic and political circumstances after serious delays in development.
== AMX 50 development == === Char M 4 (90 mm) === After the Second World War the French Army possessed no modern tanks with a heavy armament. The ARL 44 was being developed, but this vehicle, although ultimately to be armed with a powerful 90 mm anti-aircraft gun, could hardly be called modern, as its suspension system was obsolete. Therefore, already in March 1945 the French industry had been invited to design a more satisfactory vehicle. The same year the ''Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) company presented its projet 141, a project to build the so-called M 4 prototype, armed with a 90 mm Schneider gun with a 1000 m/s muzzle velocity and comparable in performance to the German 8.8 cm KwK 43.