The amx-50 was an attempt to develop a powerful medium takn for the French Army.

However, developments in anti-tank technology made it obsolete and only five prototypes were manufactured before the project was terminated.

The AMX-50 was developed immediately after World War II to give the French army a powerful new medium tank.

Many of its design features were adopted from French experience with German Tiger and Panther tanks.

The first AMX-50 was armed with a 90mm cannon which was soon upgraded to 100mm.

Subsequent versions were armed with a 120mm cannon to counter Russian heavy tanks but the development of new anti-tank ammunition, which could penetrate very thick armour, made the AMX-50 concept obsolete and it was abandoned in favour of the lighter and more mobile AMX-30 as France’s MBT.

This model represents the third AMX-50 prototype in 1950.

Combat 72 1/72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in June 2014.