AMX-40

The AMX-40 is a special export prototype that was designed by GIAT in the late Cold War as an export tank to replace its predecessors, the AMX-32 P1 and AMX-32 P2. GIAT opted to produce another prototype, the AMX-40 main combat tank, after the previous AMX-32s failed to attract any buyers. The AMX-40's development began in 1980 as a completely new design. It was designed to be a low-cost tank aimed at militaries with limited defence resources, with a weakly armoured hull and good mobility typical of past French main battle tanks, as well as a powerful 120 mm GIAT CN120-25 G1 tank gun.