 Only after a gap of sixteen years would France, in 1966, again build a main battle tank, the AMX 30.On 26 October 1950 the type was reclassified as a tank destroyer, the "Chasseur de Chars de 48 tonnes".The ARL 44s equipped the "503e Régiment de Chars de Combat" stationed in Mourmelon-le-Grand and before the end of 1950 replaced seventeen Panther tanks used earlier by that unit.