Comments by "Chef Chaudard" (@chefchaudard3580) on "Christian Prouteau on the FR-F1 Rifle" video.

  1. It's even worst tha that! When french army discovered that the tanks had lmited antitank capability with the short gun in the second half of the 30s, they planned to replace it with the standard AT gun of the time, the 47mm. But it did not fit in the light tanks and a new long barrel 37mm had to be design first, delaying the solution further..
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  2.  @janwitts2688  "a tank has to be able to overcome the enemy it faces...". Antitank capability on tanks was not seen as a priority before the 30s, based on the experience of WWI where tanks were used against entranched infantry only. Most tanks designed at this time had very limited or no antitank capability, like the numerous tankettes, Pz1, French or British light tanks, etc... In the 30s, it was recognised that tank could meet other tanks and a fight would follow. Antitank guns were designed in France (the 47SA35, followed by the 37SA38), UK (the 2 pounders), Germany (the 3,7cm PaK36, later adopted by the US) and many other countries, all fielded in the second half of the 30s.
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