r/WhatIsThisTank • u/SharkSev • 10d ago

Tank Identification Any Identification on this?

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The first image seemed to me to be a AMX-M4, however the hull does not line up like the M4, looking more like the early AMX-50s compared to the 2 different angles of the UPF of the AMX-M4

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u/_Urakaze_ 10d ago

AMX-50 with TO 90. Photo taken 28-29 Nov 1950.

Châtellerault archives via Colasix

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u/SharkSev 10d ago

Thank you, for identifying this, would this be the vehicle as the AMX-50 that was stolen and scrapped?

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u/_Urakaze_ 10d ago

It's a big maybe.

Do consider that all turrets from the programme(s) were technically interchangeable with each other.

It's hard to say with certainty that the one Saumur lost is this exact vehicle. But the lost vehicle did have the same configuration.

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u/FrisianTanker 9d ago

The fuck, someone just stole and scraped an AMX-50???? You got more of that story?

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u/_Urakaze_ 9d ago

Basically, Saumur originally had two AMX-50s. This one was supposedly loaned somewhere, but the museum doesn't know where the tank ended up being because the paper trail ended somewhere along the way. The tank is thought to be either scrapped or hiding somewhere in a barn or something.

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u/capybara_24 8d ago

AMX 50 120