French
French forces in Indochina consisted of an army of approximately 50,000 men, of whom 12,000 were French, organised into forty-one infantry battalions, two artillery regiments, and a battalion of engineers. The most obvious deficiency of the French army lay in its shortage of armour: it could only field 20 antiquated Renault FT tanks against nearly one hundred armoured vehicles of the Royal Thai Army. The bulk of the French forces stationed near the frontier with Thailand consisted of Indochinese troops of the 3rd and 4th Tirailleurs Tonkinois (Tonkinese Rifles), together with a battalion of Montagnards, French regulars of the Colonial Infantry, and Foreign Legion units.
The Armée de l'Air had in its inventory approximately 100 aircraft, of which about 60 could be considered front line. These consisted of thirty Potez 25 TOEs, four Farman 221 bombers, six Potez 542s, nine Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters, and eight Loire 130 flying boats.
French
French forces in Indochina consisted of an army of approximately 50,000 men, of whom 12,000 were French, organised into forty-one infantry battalions, two artillery regiments, and a battalion of engineers. The most obvious deficiency of the French army lay in its shortage of armour: it could only field 20 antiquated Renault FT tanks against nearly one hundred armoured vehicles of the Royal Thai Army. The bulk of the French forces stationed near the frontier with Thailand consisted of Indochinese troops of the 3rd and 4th Tirailleurs Tonkinois (Tonkinese Rifles), together with a battalion of Montagnards, French regulars of the Colonial Infantry, and Foreign Legion units.
The Armée de l'Air had in its inventory approximately 100 aircraft, of which about 60 could be considered front line. These consisted of thirty Potez 25 TOEs, four Farman 221 bombers, six Potez 542s, nine Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 fighters, and eight Loire 130 flying boats.
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