Two French 1940 questions for the Grogs

[Hans]

First

The rivers in Morthern France...characteristics? broad, swift, narrow, fordable???

Second

French tank attack tactics (De Gaulle in this case at Montcornet) how would a French tank unit attack, what frontage and what formation?

Thanks

[von Paulus]

Characteristics :

- Not especially broad (around 150/200 meters large in Paris, often not more than 100m)

But it depends Whether you are in Rouen or in Sedan

- Absolutely not swift, maybe excepted in the the first 100 kilometers of the river

- Narrow in the first 50 kilometers (well, only the source of the river )

- Generally fordable in the first 60 kilometers

For the second question, I don't have any clear idea. I'd suppose they used wedge platoon formations, with small frontages. But the grogs will answer you better

Paulus