The SOMUA and FCM projects were discontinued for being too vague or lacking innovation; also the production capacity of these two companies had already been directed to the manufacture of other types.
ソミュアとFCMの設計案は曖昧過ぎるか新規性に欠けたため拒絶され、この2社の生産能力は既存の戦車の生産のために集中された。