France will of course go down in history for being defeated by tanks in World War II, but it was not due to lacking tanks—the French army fielded nearly 4,000 tanks of more than a dozen ...

Saying the Char B1 was France's best tank during World War II might sound incongruous, considering the European country (along with Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium) fell to the Nazi war ...

The French also remarked that the Panther V's engine wasn't altogether reliable either, with issues such as overheating, fuel leaks, and a total lifespan of only 1,000 kilometers.