[1] Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) participate in the competition to create the next generation light tank for the French Army.
The AMX 38 was designed to have better mobility than the Char D1, while having the same armour and a small weight increase.
It was planned to have a 100-horsepower CLM diesel engine, 37mm SA 18 gun and the new APX-R turret.
[1] However, the AMX 38 first prototype was proved to be inferior to other current French tanks both in armor and armament.
Additionally, the frontal turret and hull armor was increased to 60mm which is impenetrable by the standard German 3.7 cm Pak 36.