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Political concerns restrict French tank exercises

Having enough tanks did not by itself make large French exercises easy to organize.

Question

Did France have enough tanks for large exercises but draw the wrong lessons?

Short answer

Political nervousness about concentrating large numbers of tanks obstructed the organization of exercises.

Notes

France's difficulty is described as organizing large exercises despite possessing tanks. Gathering too many tanks together made politicians nervous. That political constraint affected the opportunity to conduct exercises in the first place.