![]() ![]() The 37mm SA18 gun can be used at 300-400m against the Panzer I and Panzer II but to knock out a Panzer III Ausf.E/F (the previous models are less armored and easier to destroy) or a Panzer IV Ausf.C/D, they have to get as close as < 25-100m, whereas the enemy can destroy them at about 300m (3.7cm KwK) to 500m (7.5cm KwK) and even from longer range if you consider the obsolete Renault FT17. The huge majority of the French tanks (2251 tanks) are light tanks armed with the 37mm SA18 gun or only MGs. That makes 850 French tanks (27%) with an excellent to good anti-tank capacity. from the about 279 AMR33/35s, 259 are only armed with a single 7.5mm or 13.2mm MG and 20 AMR35 have a 25mm SA35 gun (AMR35 ZT2 and ZT3).only about 480 French tanks armed with a 47mm SA35 (including the B1bis tanks with their 75mm hull gun).That makes 3101 French tanks (if the 279 AMR33/35s are counted as tanks) : On 10th May are 2352 modern French tanks (2822 tanks with the obsolete FT17 and FCM-2C tanks) and about 609 armored cars or light reconnaissance tanks (330 armored cars and 279 light tanks). That leads to 1088 German AFVs armed with a good AT capacity (not counting the 6 8.8cm self-propelled AT guns). 965 tanks are armed with a 3.7cm or 7.5cm gun, 99 Panzerjäger I with a 4.7cm gun and 24 StuG III with a 7.5cm gun. 8 and at least 917 armored cars for a total of 3720 AFVs. On 10th May 1940, there are 2636 German tanks, 99 Panzerjäger I, 24 Sturmgeschütze, 38 15cm s.I.G.33 auf Pz.Kpfw.I, 6 8.8cm FlaK (Sfl) auf Sd.Kfz. Thanks to William Schneck I have a better idea of the number of French tank losses and of the causes of these losses. Probably not 150% accurate for all the numbers but it gives a good overall idea.
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