The AMX 30 study was performed in 1957 by the Issy-les-Moulineaux production workshop with a view to replacing the combat tanks then in service in the French army. The features of the AMX 30 tank are designed to optimize the balance between the three major qualities of a tank (fire power, mobility and protection). NBC protection provided one of the primary focuses of the study. The AMX 30 tank with twin 30 mm cannons is designed to help protect advanced divisional elements and key targets vulnerable to low and very low altitude air attacks.
