Future Infantry Soldier - France.
The FELIN (Fantassin quipements et Liaisons Intgrs) system will be an integrated part of the French Army's future air and land network centric system, called BOA. The system will provide the soldier with improved close-combat capability in terms of lethality...
Image from a sheet of miniature posters, based on the originals, intended for military modelling dioramas. I think this one states - 'Abandoned population, have confidence in the German soldier!'
1976 DETROYAT One of a class of 17 corvettes (which the French Navy classifies as Avisos - Despatch Ships), optimised for coastal anti submarine patrols and colonial duties, with good endurance at the expense of speed.
THE TYPE A-69
The primary mission of the 17 ships of the DEstienne...
1937 BOUCLIER Last of a class of twelve light coastal defence ships, classified as Torpilleurs (torpedo boats), constructed for the French Navy between 1935 and 1937.
THE MELPOMENE CLASS
Under the London Naval Treaty of 1930, signatories were allowed to build small warships of up to 600...
1982 LINFLEXIBLE. Added as an afterthought to the five-strong Le Redoutable
class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines developed independently in the 1960s, LInflexible is sufficiently different from her sisters to be considered as the leader of a new sub-class.
AN INDEPENDENT...
1981 SAPHIR The smallest of their type in the world, the Rubis-class boats were Frances first nuclear-powered attack submarines, appearing almost two decades after Britains prototype Valiant class.
THE SOUS-MAPJNS NUCLEATRES DATTAQUE (SNAS)
Rubis (formerly Provence), the class leader, was...
1913 PROVENCE, was almost a relic of a bygone age by the time of the fall of
France in 1940, having already been in service for 25 years, but there were momentous events still to come.
THE BRETAGNE CLASS
The three ships of the class Bretagne and Lorraine were the others were authorised...
1913 BRETAGNE. Leader of a class of three battleships constructed under the 1912
Programme for the French Navy, which entered service during the First World War.
1911 COURBET. The leader of Frances first class of Dreadnought monocalibre battle ships, four of which were completed on the eve of the First World War.
THE CO URBET CLASS
Authorised under the 1910 construction programme, the Courbets were a rather tardy reply to the monocalibre...
1894 CARNOT. One of a group of five very similar battleships constructed for the French Navy throughout the 1 890s, characterised by the extreme tumblehome of their hull form.
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Naval architects of this period were forced to pay considerable attention, for the first...
1935 MARSEILLAISE. One of the six-strong La Galissonnire class of light cruisers, completed for the French Navy in 1935 and 1937, three of which, including the Marseillaise, were scuttled at Toulon on the collapse of the Vichy regime in November 1942.
THE LA GAIJISSONNIERE CLASS
During the...
1925 SUFFREN Leader of a class of four heavy cruisers which entered service with the French Navy in the early 1930s.
THE SUFFREN CLASS
These four ships, sometimes referred to as First Class cruisers in their home land, were modified versions of the first French treaty cruisers, the...
1985 CASSARD. Originally there were to have been four frigates of this class, but the second pair was cancelled. Optimised for protection against air attack, they were also able to operate in the anti-ship ping and anti-submarine roles, thanks to a very comprehensive mix of weapons and sensors...
1970 ACONIT A prototype anti-submarine corvette or destroyer built for the French Navy. Her name commemorates a Flower-class corvette of the wartime Free French Navy.
AN EXPERIMENTAL SHIP
The Aconit was the prototype for what the French Navy hoped would be a new series of convoy escorts...
1937 BALISTE. Baliste was one of a class of 12 sub- 600 ton ships originally designated as escorts and intended for operation in the Mediterranean. She was to serve with three navies in the course of her very short life.
THE 600-TON CLASS
The London Naval Conference of 1930 allowed...
1936 KLEBER. Along with a sister-ship, the Desaix, Klber originally served with the Kriegs marine before serving briefly with the French Navy during the 1950s.
THE GERMAN TYPE 1934A DESTROYERS
These formed a class of 12 ships, launched in 1 936-7, four of which were lost on 13 April 1940...
1933 LETERRIBLE. The six ships of the Le Fantasque class, of which Le Terrible was the second to be completed, were what the French call Contre-Torpilleurs: heavily-armed, fast destroyers with good endurance in all sorts of conditions.
THE LE FANTASQUE CLASS
The six ships were ordered...
1899 DURANDAL. The first true torpedo-boat destroyer constructed for the French Navy, leader of a class of four and a series of six basically similar classes, all of around 300 tons.
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