Self Propelled 47mm Anti-tank Platoon (FRX01)

This advantage it was theorised would allow the vehicle to quickly establish a firing position, fire a number of shots before quickly moving to a new firing position. Keeping the enemy at a distance disadvantageous to fighting back.

The resulting vehicle was designated the Laffly W15 TCC (CC = chasseur de chars or tank destroyer). The prototype of the Laffly W15 TCC included a fully armoured hull to provide protection for the crew. However, the rapid advance of the German Army in May 1940 forced the French to discard such luxuries; the Laffly W15 TCC that went into action against the German Panzers during the Summer of 1940 lacked the benefit of a fully armoured hull.

Organised into batteries d’anti-char automoteurs (BACA) or self-propelled anti-tank batteries; these tank-hunters proved to be an effective fighting force on the battlefield. In only eight days of combat 54ème BACA destroyed 28 tanks, 5 armoured cars, and shot down 1 fighter, with none of its tank hunters damaged by the enemy.