_____________Hotchkiss H-39*
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Number in service: 3*
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Three Hotchkiss H-39 light infantry tanks were*
bought for evaluation in France just before the war,*
along with fifty similar Renault R-35. They arrived*
in July 1939.*
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All three tanks were used in combat in an improvised*
half-company of Dubno Group, commanded by*
Lt. Jakubowski (along with four R-35 tanks).*
They fought against Germans and the Soviets*
near Kamionka Strumilowa in late September 1939.*
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_____________[description by PIBWL]*