"Keith Willshaw" wrote in
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"L'acrobat" wrote in message
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France had the means to respond properly. They had more and better
armor than the Germans did.

The French had ~3400 tanks, vs ~3200 German ones. Not a huge difference.

Their armour was not better than the German armour, you have fallen
into the
common trap of only comparing how big the gun was and how thick the
armour plating was.

There are pros and cons on either side, the big difference
was doctrine. If the Germans had the French tanks and
vice versa the Germans would still have won.

Probably true, but it would have been much harder for the Germans. French
tanks were *slow*. Of the 3,473 French tanks, ~1,400 were only capable of
12mph on roads, and another 1,000 or so could only do 18mph. Compare that
to the 3,200+ German tanks that were all capable of 25+mph. The size of
your gun, and the thickness of your armor doesn't matter if you never get
to engage another tank.