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Contents 1 Expand 2 Image:Armee de Terre organigramme.png 3 Equipment 4 Just a question. 5 Any good scources for french army man power?

[edit] Expand

article needs expansion. there is not much in the way of the french army other than a list of current units (which should be a separate article?). compare with the british army article which is good--203.218.92.126 02:46, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Quite agreed. The French Navy article is undertaking a similar refit which is quite beneficial. Rama 07:52, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Armee de Terre organigramme.png

I removed the image Image:Armee de Terre organigramme.png from the article, as it contains to many errors. i.e.:

• the 1st and 3rd Brigade are Brigades mécanisée and not Brigades motorisée
• the 2e régiment de dragons is (since July 2005) not anymore part of the 2e Brigade blindée but part of the Brigade du génie and a NBC Defence Rgt. And not a Tank Rgt.
• the symbol for the units of the logistics Brigades is wrong- these are not combat supply units
• the 13e Régiment de Dragons Parachutistes belongs to the Brigade des forces spéciales terre and does so since July 1st, 2002! (since 5 years!)

There are many, many more errors and clearly the graphic is anything but the actual structure of the French Army. What surprises me is that there is a complete and current (2007) listing of all units of the French Army and a correct graphic (except for the materials bases and support centres) in the article Structure of the French Army, to which this article links. Even the French, Italian and German wikipedia articles are correct and up to date. Therefore I removed the graphic and suggest a major update and correction of it. --noclador 23:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Equipment

The ERC-90 and the AMX-10 RC are listed here as light tanks. Neither is tracked, and so really don't qualify as tanks. Should "Light Tank" be changed to Armoured Car? Good Skoda (talk) 20:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

It is a matter of definition, apart from being wheeled vehicles, overall their aspect is more that of a tank than an armoured car, after all they carry respectively a 90 mm and 105 mm canon not a machine gun unlike armoured cars. The AMX 10RC share its automotive components whith the AMX 10P which is a tracked armoured personal carrier.

Although the 10RC is wheeled its front wheels can't turn, and is therefore driven like a tank. Overall, it is probably not so easy to classify them in either categories as they are more like hybrids between an armoured car and a tank. Also, but I don't have reference, when the 10RC was designed, there was a lot of discussion amongst French military, whether it should be tracked or wheeled. It's function is also hybrid, as it is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle and therefore could qualify as an armoured car but also that of a tank but with very poor protection favouring speed and agility to heavy armour. Blastwizard (talk) 08:56, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Just a question.

Didnt see a mention if the Vichy French goverment had an "Army"(They did have a Navy I know) Was this the Milice? Should it be mentioned in article? Merci',Thanks! (datedAfeternoon,Mn.Sept.21,2009,21stcent,by Dr. Edson Andre' Johnson D.D.ULC>) ANDREMOI (talk) 22:03, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

It was a very peculiar period, the French Army was devided, some units joined the Free French Forces to continue the fight against the Nazi and some recognised the Vichy regime as its legitimate authority. There was several occasions, when both sides confronted each other on the battlefield in Africa and the Middle East. Blastwizard (talk) 10:49, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Any good scources for french army man power?

Bro5990 (talk) 13:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)