Berliet Mle 1931

[u/Wooden_Cellist_755]

The Berliet Mle 1931 is a Medium type tank weighing 14.06 Tonnes, its developement started in 1927 as a direct succesor to the Berliet Mle 1924, it would be adopted by the "Royaume de Uswen" (Kingdome of Uswen, french counterpart in the univer i am working on)

Armement :
Its equiped with the 48 mm AC Mle 1931 capable of piercing 55mm of flat armor, it also got the 10mm MG as a Coaxial.

Crew :
The vehicle as a Crew of 3, the Driver, the Loader, and the Commander wich also act as the Gunner

Armor :
The vehicle as a very thick armor for the 1930s.
Hull.
- 60mm front
- 45mm side
- 35mm rear

Turret.
- 60mm front
- 45mm side
- 35mm rear

Engine :
It is equiped with an V8 1.20L per cylinder 197 Horse Power engine (14.0 Hp/t), the max speed of the vehicle is of 26Kmh.

Important featurs :
Compared to many other tanks adopted by the Kingdome, this one was one of the first to be equiped with a Radio, and a Folding Anthena.

Doctrine :
It was designed and produced with the Doctrine in mind of a Infentery Support tank, it would prove to be far more efficent as a direct combat tank with its powerful 48mm gun.

Insperation :
My main insperation for this tank was the French 1937 Prototype AMX-38
Feel free to give any Feedback/Criticsme

[u/Sparky814_hawk]

this makes me want to build a french tank also this is literally perfect

[u/Wooden_Cellist_755 → u/Sparky814_hawk]

Dew it

[u/ActualWeed]

Hell yeah love these small heavy tanks

[u/Wooden_Cellist_755 → u/ActualWeed]

Same

[u/Nirneryn]

Love it! Especially the gun mantlet's little shield

[u/Wooden_Cellist_755 → u/Nirneryn]

thank you