| 31. | The Char B1 was expensive enough as it was, eating up half of the infantry tank budget.
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| 32. | In the 1936 reorganization, it became an infantry tank unit, The Three Rivers Regiment ( Tank ).
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| 33. | During the inter-war years, the French Army adopted three light tanks in the infantry tank role.
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| 34. | The T-26 was a light tank assigned to infantry units and thus fulfilled the infantry tank role.
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| 35. | Until then an interim design based on the A27 to replace the Churchill as an infantry tank was considered.
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| 36. | Subsequently, both companies worked together to design a joint infantry tank project, designated ` P-IIb.
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| 37. | The Allies had 500 that would see action during this battle . 170 of these were Valentine infantry tanks.
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| 38. | The New Zealanders and the attached Infantry tanks from the 1st Army Tank Brigade overran the German defenders and took
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| 39. | In order to give them the required speed, cruiser designs sacrificed armour and armament compared to the infantry tanks.
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| 40. | Infantry tanks proved capable in this new role however, and the designation was rarely applied outside of experimental production.
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