If you ever watch discovery you'll know that the french have some tanks, and the remarkable thing about their tanks is not that they are the smartest, or the most powerful, or most heavily armoured, its that they are the fastest. This is so the frenchman can run away with the greatest haste, run away from the danger and let everyone else fight the battle, the British for example. In WW2 france was overcome very quickly, within the first year of battle.
Do a google search for "french military victories" and click i'm feeling lucky