French heavy tank regiment in flooded rice paddy vs Thai Anti Tank infantry E of image - Axis & Allies: Uncommon Valor mod for Axis & Allies
this is a sequel to the Gizmotron user-mod for Axis and Allies. featuring new types of weather & terrain. new, larger territory maps in skirmish mode. new experience ranks and bonuses (regiments improve up to 2000 exp points). 100+ special ops, new water-based units like cruisers and submarines (with torpedo attacks). nations included are Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Communist China, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India (Allied), Indian National Army (Axis), Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mongolia, Nationalist China, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic (Axis), South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, Yugsolavia, and the Yugoslav Partisans more nations and territories available for WW2 mode, see images for details.
historically, the French only had access to the World War I vintage FT17 light tanks. after France surrendered it was impossible for them to get the AMR35 light tanks and armored cars they requested. most of the bridges in South East Asia were too light to support the weight of medium tanks... so the FT17 was considered more than adequate.
in this test scenario we have a regiment of French Char heavy tanks charging at a pair of Thai army light anti-tank gun regiments. it's worth noting that the swamp terrain is constantly inflicting damage on these vehicles as they fight their way towards the infantry. although the French tanks were able to blast the enemy troops away and take the nearby village... they lost half of their tanks doing so.
it's worth pointing out that the Char tanks had a health of roughly 850 and those little anti-tank guns only have attack values of 30-40 each.
if you want your tanks to win on this map--- don't go charging at infantry through rice paddies.