Third French Republic Factbook

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Born from defeat, the Third French Republic has strived to avenge the blamage of 1870/71 and to stand tall in the world once again. With victory in the Guerre Mondial, the French Army, no, the French people have proven their finesse and willingness to bring the ultimate sacrifice to their homeland and despite the immense losses, France stands tall once again. And as the shield and sword of the République, the Armée Française represents traditions of martial spirit, grandheur, victory and power that hail from the days of Charlemagne, to the days of Verdun. and when the République calls, the French people shall respond once again.
 
Organised around the Three Years Law of 1913, the French Army is made up of conscripts from all over France, as well as a professional cadre of officers, backed by a veritable industrial base and French ingenuity and engineering.
 
The Marine Nationale is the Naval Force of the République, defending the sealanes of the nation, from Metropolitan France to her colonies and strangling trade and lifeblood out of her opponents.
 
Lastly, the Armee de l'Air is the newest of the branches, representing an innovation of the last few decades, but a tradition going back to the brothers Montgolfier. French pilots support the Army from above, providing reconaissance and bombs.
 
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Point allocation:
 
150 points for 1940 technology
140 points for industry
140 points for 1.4 million soldiers
60 points for 18,000 artillery pieces
20 points for an additional 6,000 anti-air guns
50 points for 5,000 tanks and armoured cars
20 points for 1,000 heavy tanks
120 points for a navy (1 carrier, 8 battleships, 4 seaplane tenders, 17 cruisers, 50 destroyers, 60 submarines)
100 points for 10,000 aircraft
 
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L'Armée de Terre
 
920,000 soldiers in the regular army
450,000 soldiers in the Troupes Coloniales (including such units as the Zouaves, the Tirailleurs and Goumiers)
30,000 soldiers in the Légion étrangeres
 
Equipment:
 
Bolt-action rifles
 
Fusil Berthier Mle 1916
Mousqueton Berthier Mle 1916
Fusil MAS Mle 36
 
Automatic rifles
 
Fusil automatique Mle 1917
Fusil MAS Mle 40
 
Submachine guns
 
Pistolet MAS Mle 38
 
Machine guns
 
Fusil mitrailleur Mle 1924 M29
Mitrailleuse Hotchkiss Mle 1922
Mitrailleuse Hotchkiss de 13,2 mm Mle 1929
 
Artillery
 
Canon antichar de 47 mm Mle 1937 (4,000)
Canon de 75 M Mle 1928 (2,000)
Canon de 75 CA Mle 1940 Schneider (6,000)
Canon de 105 mm Mle 1936 Schneider (8,000)
Canon de 105 court Mle 1935B Schneider (2,000)
Canon de 155 mm GPF (1,200)
Canon de 194 Mle GPF (800)
 
Armoured cars and tanks
 
Automitrailleuse de Découverte Mle 1935 Panhard (1,500)
Automitrailleuse de Combat Mle 1935 Somua (3,500)
Char B1 bis (1,000)
 
Marine Nationale
 
Flotte de l'Atlantique (based in Brest)
 
Béarn (converted carrier)
Battleship Richelieu (Richelieu-class battleship)
Battleship Jean Bart (Richelieu-class battleship)
Suffren (Suffren-class heavy cruiser)
Colbert (Suffren-class heavy cruiser)
Duplex (Suffren-class heavy cruiser)
Foch (Suffren-class heavy cruiser)
Algérie (Algérie-class heavy cruiser)
Jeanne d'Arc (Jeanne d'Arc-class light cruiser)
La Galissonière (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Montcalm (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Gloire (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Georges Leygues (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Le Fantasque (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
Le Malin (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
Le Terrible (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
L'Indomptable (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
L'Audacieux (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
Le Triomphant (Le Fantasque-class destroyer)
L'Adroit (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Basque (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Bourdelais (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Brestois (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Forbin (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Frondeur (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
L'Alcyon (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
La Palme (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
La Railleuse (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Le Fortuné (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Le Mars (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Foudroyant (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
Fougueux (L'Adroit-class destroyer)
 
Flotte de Mediterranée (based in Toulon)
 
Battleship Clemenceau (Richelieu-class battleship)
Battleship Gascogne (Richelieu-class battleship)
Battleship Dunkerque (Dunkerque-class battleship)
Battleship Strasbourg (Dunkerque-class battleship)
Battleship Lyon (Dunkerque-class battleship)
Battleship Lille (Dunkerque-class battleship)
Commandant Teste (seaplane tender)
Guillaumet (seaplane tender)
Montgolfier (seaplane tender)
Fabre (seaplane tender)
Duquesne (Duquesne-class heavy cruiser)
Tourville (Duquesne-class heavy cruiser)
Duguay-Trouin (Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser)
La Motte-Picquet (Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser)
Primauguet (Duguay-Trouin-class light cruiser)
Émile Bertin (Émile Bertin-class light cruiser)
Jean de Vienne (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Marseillaise (La Galissonière-class light cruiser)
Aigle (Aigle-class destroyer)
Vautour (Aigle-class destroyer)
Albatros (Aigle-class destroyer)
Gerfaut (Aigle-class destroyer)
Milan (Aigle-class destroyer)
Épervier (Aigle-class destroyer)
Vauquelin (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Tartu (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Mogador (Mogador-class destroyer)
Volta (Mogador-class destroyer)
Le Hardi (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Fleuret (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Épée (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Mameluk (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Casque (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Le Flibustier (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Lansequenet (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
Le Corsaire (Le Hardi-class destroyer)
La Melpomène (La Melpoméne-class torpedo boat)
La Pomone (La Melpoméne-class torpedo boat)
La Flore (La Melpoméne-class torpedo boat)
L'Iphigénie (La Melpoméne-class torpedo boat)
 
Flotte d'Algérie (based in Saint André de Mers-el-Kébir)
 
Verdun (Guépard-class destroyer)
Vauban (Guépard-class destroyer)
Cassard (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Chevalier Paul (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Kersaint (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Maillé Brézé (Vauquelin-class destroyer)
Trompe (Bourrasque-class destroyer)
Typhon (Bourrasque-class destroyer)
 
Sous-marines (based in Saint-Nazaire and Toulon)
 
31 Redoutable-class
2 Argonaute-class
6 Minerve-class
8 Aurore-class
4 Sirène-class
4 Ariane-class
4 Circé-class
1 Surcouf-class
 
L'Aéronavale
 
Latécoère 298 (as seaplane on ships)
Dewoitine D.371 (20 on Béarn)
Loire-Nieuport LN.401 (10 on Béarn)
 
L'Armée d'Air
 
Dewoitine D.520 (3,500)
Morane-Saulnier M.S.410 (2,500)
Arsenal VG-33 (1,000)
Bloch MB.175 (500)
Breguet Bre 693 (400)
Potez 630 (1,100)
Lioré-et-Olivier LeO 451(1,000)