In 1803, a load of French weapons was delivered to his fort.
The AN-52 was a French tactical nuclear weapon carried by fighter bomber aircraft.
There are at least two variants, with both sharing similar characteristics with the French weapon.
In 1956, it had 48,000 non-uniformed troops armed with French weapons.
In 1953 France announced that it intended to sell French weapons to Israel.
Its soldiers were issued French weapons and equipment to simplify resupply.
If French nuclear weapons (Force de Frappe) were used, the fire order might pass through this relay.
The effect of French weapons was especially significant in field artillery and infantry.
With the rise of the French independent nuclear weapons by 1960 the line became an expensive anachronism.
What this actually means is disarmament instead of modernisation of British and French atomic weapons.