LBN - Renault R-35 (2 pdr gun)

Several, originally French Renault R 35 tanks that found themselves in the Syrian army's arsenal were rearmed with English 2-pounder guns.


Incorrect ID in the above source - it was the Lebanese army see. Jirka's post below, so the story described below probably belongs to the standard R 35.


Such machines were deployed in 1948 in the fighting against Israel. Specifically, for example, they took part in the action against Kibbutz Degania in the Galilee area (northern Israel near the Sea of Galilee) on May 20, 1948, where three machines of this type were destroyed by the defenders. The year 1948 was probably the last combat appearance of this French type. The machine in the picture was captured by Israeli soldiers and later found itself in the Saumur Museum.

Pascal Danjou - Renault R 35, Renault R-40, Trackstory No4, ISBN 2-9520988-3-2

Note:[/i]
According to a claim by a discussant in this+topic, the Saumur machine belonged to the ex-Lebanese army and was used by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and was captured by the Israeli IDF in 1982. Originally, the tank probably stood in a fixed firing position in a barracks in Beirut.

Exemplář z tankového muzea Saumur.

Libanon nikoliv Sýrie


Vážení,
dozvěděl jsem se, že tento stroj se sériovým číslem 945 a registračním číslem 50945, byl ve výzbroji libanonské armády, nikoliv syrské. Bližší informaci by mohli poskytnout zaměstnanci Musée des Blindés v Saumuru, kteří před léty tento stroj odvezli do Francie a hobbysti z France 40 véhicules association, kteří tento stroj pro muzeum opravují.

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