Gregers,
sorry, but i have to respond.
French armor at the time of the German invasion was actually superior to the German armor of the conflict.
but they were outnumbered, outmanuevered, out planned, outwitted & out fought.
had they ever tried to mass their armor and apply it in a small area (ala the attacking Germans) instead of spreading it out as thinly as possible, and spending days trying to arrange rail transport when the action was less than 30 miles away, etc
they would have created some real problems for the Germans.
the tanks were not bad at all.
poor generalship squandered them.
much the same w/ the French airforce.
politicians more concerned w/ overthrowing their own government
than protecting their nation were of little help to the military as well.
but that is a different rant.
recommended reading:
The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
by William Lawrence Shirer
but, yes, ugly indeed.
ed.