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were replaced by captured German 6-cylinder 200 CV (150 kW) Mercedes engines allowing for a top speed of 12 km/h (7.5 mph). These original engines wore out quickly and were eventually in turn replaced by two 250 CV (180 kW) Maybach engines, 16,950 cc, which rendered a maximum speed of 15 km/h (9.3 mph). A corridor, tall enough for a crewman to stand upright, ran between the engines, allowing two electricians to constantly attend the complex apparatus. Seven fuel tanks, four to the left and three to the right, containing 1,260 litres, gave it a range of 150 kilometres. The suspension contained thirty-nine interleaving road wheels on each side, making for a total of ninety wheels on the tank. Designed to negotiate the challenging terrain of trench warfare, the type had in principle excellent mobility. The char 2C could cross a trench 4.25 metres wide, enough to pass the typical canal sluices in northern France. A vertical obstacle could be climbed of 170 centimetres and a slope of 70%. The wading capacity was 140 centimetres. Ground clearance was sixty centimetres. The
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alliance between Estienne and Mourret to bring about a reversal of this decision. While Thomas was visiting Russia, Mourret surreptitiously ordered a restart of the tank projects. On his return an enraged Thomas caused Mourret to be fired, removing Estienne's greatest rival. Meanwhile, there were unexplained delays in the delivery of the engines and the gearbox by Renault. On 5 June, FCM could only take note that the promised pieces had not arrived yet. On 24 June the ministry of armament complained about the situation. On 13 August Breton was told by Renault personally that it would take at least another three weeks. A possible explanation of the delays might be a decision by Renault to give priority to other projects. During a meeting of the CCAS on 18 October, Moritz at last announced that trials could begin on 20 November. In that meeting Estienne was critical of heavy tanks: "the infantry has as much need of large tanks, as it needs 400 mm cannon; it has need of small tanks, as much as it needs 37 mm and machine-guns".
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of its time; it was received very favourably, also because of the enthusiastic report by Breton, and a consensus began to form that the project was most promising and a potential "war-winner". It featured a 105 mm gun in a turret and had a proposed weight of 38 tons, as well as 35 mm armour. The committee decided to have two prototypes developed, one with an electrical transmission, the other with a hydraulic transmission. In this period, both the French and British military had become aware of severe mobility and steering problems with heavy tracked vehicles; the French designs paralleled extensive British experiments with all kinds of improved tank transmissions to solve them.
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and finally a large engine compartment at the rear. The last was enlarged at both sides over the tracks, to create room for long rectangular fuel tanks. The front of the hull followed the profile of the tall climbing faces of the tracks and therefore gradually curved upwards, ending in a high vertical nose plate. The glacis plate behind it was oriented almost horizontally and connected at its rear to the vertical top front plate of the driver compartment. As the turret ring was larger than the width of the hull, it partly rested on rounded lateral extensions. The turret was a truncated cone with a roof sloping down to the front, so that in side view its profile was wedge-shaped.
467:. Thomas answered on 5 February that there was no danger of this; anyway he had just happened to affirm on 1 February the policy of General Mourret, who had already ordered the simultaneous development of three prototypes: the lightened 30-tonne "A" version, 6.92 metres long, with a 75 mm gun, to fulfil the original order of 20 October; the 45-tonne "B" version with a longer hull (7.39 metres), armed with a 75 mm gun and two machine guns, and the 62-ton "C" version 9.31 meters long with a 75 mm gun. Nivelle's misgivings were reinforced by inquiries from a parliamentary financial commission led by 33: 652: 860:. However, fifteen kilometres south of Neufchâteau near the Meuse-sur-Meuse station, in a curve of the railway, the track was blocked by a blazing fuel train, while other trains jammed the exit to the rear. Due to the curve, it was impossible to unload the tanks. To prevent a capture of the matĂ©riel by the enemy, it was ordered to destroy the vehicles. Charges were placed and the fuel pipes cut. The gasoline was lit and the tanks exploded around 19:00. The crews escaped to the south. The wrecks were subsequently discovered by the 442:, on 27 November 1916 defending the light tank concept. He admitted that "colossal landships" might in certain circumstances have their uses, but claimed that while it was as yet unproven that a workable heavy type could be developed, let alone produced in sufficient numbers by French industry, it would be folly not to give priority to light tanks that could be constructed without delay. He insisted that Joffre use all his influence to bring about the cancellation of the heavy tank project. 1981: 617:"Liberty" heavy tank if France had made at least a token effort to produce its own heavy tanks. Thus the French authorities had to delay the project while outwardly endorsing it. Estienne had already set this course by choosing the heaviest version, the "C", for production, requiring a completely new prototype, causing a considerable delay. Then PĂ©tain demanded unreasonably high production numbers, thus delaying planning and initiating a political row. 1991: 728: 298: 449:, had committed himself openly to Mourret's cause and did not dare to retract support now. Joffre advised Estienne that he would make sure that the Renault FT would not be cancelled, and since heavy tank development would take such a long time it would not - for the immediate future - get in the way of light tank production. There would surely be no harm in allowing some prototypes to be built. 739: 499:
10 in). It was also the first tank with protection against artillery HE rounds: the front hull was protected by 35 mm (1.38 in) thick armour plate as was the turret. The sides and rear were 21 mm (0.83 in) plate, the top and roof 15 mm (0.6 in). Total weight was 41.4 tonnes, of which 5.5 tonnes of hull armour and 1.3 tonnes of turret armour.
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Without tail, the hull length was 10.37 metres (34 ft 0 in), the width 2.95 metres (9 ft 8 in), the height 3.8 metres (12 ft 6 in). With the main turret cupola, normally detached for transport, in place the overall height was 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in). The long track to relatively narrow width hampered steering and its manoeuvrability.
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turret roof and operating on an elevated level compared to the hull machine gunners below. The rear turret was made of 22 mm thick plate. Three independent 8 mm machine guns all in ballmounts, one at each side and one to the right of the driver at the front, gave protection against infantry assault. The machinegun ammunition load was 9,504 rounds.
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turret. The howitzer had a muzzle velocity of 200 m/s. New engines of the Soutter-HarlĂ© type were fitted and the three independent machine gun positions deleted. In this configuration the tank weighed perhaps 74 tons. The change was only temporary though, as the vehicle was brought back into its
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of 550 m/s (1,800 ft/s), and the second, at the rear of the tank, was topped by a machine-gun turret armed with a Hotchkiss 8 mm. The front turret, made of 35 mm plates, was placed so high that its crew had to climb into it by means of a ladder, sitting on seats suspended from the
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on 21 and 22 December. Mourret had been replaced as head of the commission by Estienne; British and American observers were present. The FCM 1A, with its futuristic appearance, made an excellent impression on those present. Moritz demonstrated that the vehicle was effortlessly capable of crossing 3.5
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of 240 m/s (790 ft/s). The large hull allowed for a large ammunition stock of 122 rounds. The commander pointed the gun by observing the target through a vane sight, fitted on the turret roof, from his rectangular "cupola". There were two Hotchkiss 8 mm machine-guns in fixed ball-mount
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The hull of the FCM 1A was very elongated, in order to cross wide trenches. It was more-or-less compartmentalised into four sections, but these were not separated by bulkheads: a relatively short driver compartment at the front, a fighting compartment with a turret at its top, a larger munitions room
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IT was the largest tank built until that date. It had a length of 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in), a width of 2.84 m (9 ft 4 in), a hull height of 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in), a turret roof height of 2.785 m (9 ft 1.6 in) with cupola included 3 m (9 ft
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on 13 January 1917, who was much impressed and developed a keen interest in the project. The design was presented to the Consultative Committee of the Assault Artillery on 16 and 17 January 1917, after the basic concept had been approved on 30 December. This proposed tank was the most advanced design
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Ten tanks were built in 1921. Although remaining operational, their value at the start of World War II was largely propagandistic. After Germany broke through French defences in June 1940, they were sent away from the front to preserve them. They were unable to reach safety and deliberately destroyed
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The tank required a crew of twelve: driver, commander, gunner, loader, four machine gunners, mechanic, electrician, assistant-electrician/mechanic and a radio operator. Some sources report thirteen, probably due to pictures of the crews that included the company commander. The assistant-mechanic was
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The fighting compartments were connected by the engine room. In the design four engines had been planned but this was reduced to two, each track being powered by its own engine via an electrical transmission. The first engines were of the Chenu type, of 210 CV (150 kW) each. In 1923, these
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to build a 600-tonne tank with 250 mm armour. At FCM, Jammy and Savatier finished the char 2C prototype, the other nine tanks being built almost simultaneously; all ten were delivered in 1921 and modified by the factory until 1923. They would be the last French tanks to be produced for the home
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and run over a 35 centimetre thick one. A speed of 6 km/h was attained. The main problem was that it proved difficult to steer the tank due to its extreme track length and insufficient chain link profile. The track would easily slip when braked, though it was on no occasion thrown. The aircraft
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to deliver some Mark Is to France but had received no answer. Concluding, correctly, that no such deliveries would materialise, on 23 January 1917 he ordered that French tanks should be developed that were faster, and more powerfully armed and armoured than any British vehicle. He specified a weight
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On 17 November, Moritz, introducing to the CCAS the forthcoming presentation of the FCM 1A prototype, explained it was a test bed that did not exactly correspond to the original "A version" specifications. The company, in its efforts to get a vehicle ready as soon as possible, had built a prototype
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At first, progress with the FCM 1A prototype was satisfactory. Moritz was assured by Renault in January 1917 that the desired 200 CV (150 kW) engines were reliable and would pose no danger to the project. Moritz predicted that the first prototype would be ready by 1 May 1917. On 10 April
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became known, tanks offered a new hope of final victory. The French public wanted to know about their own national tank projects and French politicians, up til then not having been greatly involved in them and leaving the matter to the military, were also interested. This sudden attention greatly
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The char 2C had a loaded weight of 69 tonnes, partly because of its armour, which was among the thickest of World War I-era tanks, but mostly because of its huge size. It is the largest tank ever taken into production. With the tail fitted, the hull was over 12 m (39 ft 4 in) long.
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strategy causing a quarrel to erupt between Clemenceau, who was both Prime Minister and Minister of War, and Loucheur, the Minister of Armament, who felt it was impossible to provide the labour and steel required. Meanwhile, Estienne and PĂ©tain complicated the issue with further demands. PĂ©tain
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light tank. This work had not, however, stopped them from considering other tank types. Renault, always expecting his employees to provide new ideas instantly, had by this attitude encouraged the team to take a proactive stance – setting a pattern that would last until 1940 – and to have various
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The ten tanks were part of several consecutive units, their organic strength at one time reduced to three. Their military value slowly decreased as more advanced tanks were developed throughout the 1920s and 1930s. By the end of the 1930s they were largely obsolete, because their slow speed and
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Originally a crew of seven had been planned, but in December 1917 this had been reduced to six: the commander in the left of the turret aimed the gun; a second man in the right of the turret who combined the functions of gunner, machine-gunner and loader; a standing assistant-loader handing new
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began, although it had tactical successes it failed to deal a strategic defeat on German forces and the first use of French tanks led to heavy losses (76 of the 128 combat tanks engaged were lost); in reaction Thomas ordered all tank production and projects to be ended. This led to an emergency
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The char 2C was the only super-heavy tank ever to attain operational status – a super-heavy tank is not simply a tank that is very heavy but one that has been deliberately made much heavier than regular tanks of its period. The next operational tank in weight would be the 70-tonne German
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as a solution to the problems of direct vision from a tank. An inner cylindrical frame carried thick glass vision blocks. Around this was a thick (30mm) armoured shell pierced with narrow slots spaced evenly. In use an electric motor spun the outer shell at such a speed that, due to
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engine tended to overheat and its basic lack of power resulted in a maximum 65% climbing slope. Though the first shortened 105 mm Schneider cannon had been received in October, the first live firing tests were only held on 5 and 7 February 1918, with satisfactory results.
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At first, the production order for the char 2C was cancelled. Despite the end of hostilities, however, strong political pressure to adopt new heavy tank projects remained, as there was now a considerable surplus capacity in the heavy industry. To stop this, the
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to spend fifty million French francs to construct a hundred FCM 1As, the first fifteen to be delivered from July 1918 onwards, in order to have a strength of eighty vehicles on 31 December. However, Clemenceau would leave the decision to Estienne.
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In the prototype, a single Renault 220-metric-horsepower (160 kW) engine was installed, giving a maximum speed of 10 km/h (6.2 mph) and a minimum speed of 2 km/h (1.2 mph). The transmission was mechanical, using a disc
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kinds of contingency studies ready for the occasion, including a feasibility study for a heavy tank. This fortunate circumstance allowed a full-size wooden mockup to be constructed in a remarkably quick time. It was visited by the
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to assist FCM in the development of a suitable heavy vehicle; this request Renault obliged. Even before knowing what the exact nature of the project would be, on 20 October Mourret ordered one prototype to be built by FCM.
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The armour thickness was 30 mm at the front, 22 mm at the sides, 13 mm at the top and 10 mm at the bottom. In 1930 and 1931, the vehicles were rebuilt with a frontal armour of 45 mm (1.8 in).
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Its large size and weight made transportation difficult reducing strategic manoeuvrability. To move the tanks by rail they had to be slung between two (specially built) rail wagons; a process that took around four hours.
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that was largely based on the original mock-up and so much closer to the "B"-concept, albeit with a 105 mm gun and a petrol-mechanical transmission; hydraulic transmission had been abandoned by the CCAS on 10 May.
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on instigation of Estienne decided in April 1919 to procure ten char 2Cs after all, and use this as an argument to reject any other projects. This was not completely successful; as late as 1920 it was proposed to the
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alarmed Mourret, who promptly investigated the progress that had been made at FCM and was shocked to find there was none. On 30 September, he personally took control of the project. On 12 October, knowing that the
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positions; reserve machine-guns or pistols could be fired through five vertical slits that could be plugged: one at the rear of the turret, two at the turret sides and two at the hull sides below the turret rear.
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Within its ample frame there was room for two fighting compartments. The forward compartment was crowned by a three-man turret – the first such in history – mounting a shortened 75 mm field gun of the
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driving the tracks through a rear sprocket. The suspension was leaf sprung bogies of four wheels each with alternating external and internal flanges. The tracks, 600 mm (24 in) wide, gave a
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In January 1917, the Ministry of Armament proposed building three weight classes of tanks: light, medium, and heavy tanks, the latter class corresponding to the new project. However, brigadier
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metre wide trenches, climb ninety centimetre high walls and descend into, and climb out of again, six metres wide and four metres deep craters. In woods, it could break a 28 centimetre thick
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Joffre answered that Estienne was no doubt correct in his tactical and organisational analysis, but that political backing of the heavy tank was simply too strong. The Minister of Armament,
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a suspension featuring forty-five road wheels, six main bogies and nine top rollers, and four engines of 110 CV (81 kW) combined with a petro-electrical transmission
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to make it immune to standard German antitank guns. The front armour was enhanced to 90 mm, the side to 65 mm. In this configuration, weighing about 75 tons, the
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concluded that the FCM 1A seemed a powerful combat vehicle capable of having an important negative effect on enemy morale. Already on 30 December, minister of munitions
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with a suspension featuring thirty road wheels, five main bogies and six top rollers, using a new 380 CV (280 kW) engine and a petro-hydraulic transmission
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asked for special pontoons, and Estienne demanded battering rams and electronic mine detectors to be fixed. When the war ended, not a single tank had been built.
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a suspension featuring twenty-nine double road wheels, four main bogies and five top rollers, powered by two Renault 200 metric horsepower (150 kW) engines
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rounds to the loader – at first two of these had been seen as necessary; a driver; a front machine-gunner; and a mechanic who doubled as a rear machine-gunner.
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was 400 mm (16 in). The design deliberately had no overhanging front or rear sections, which had greatly hampered the mobility of the earlier French
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or electrical lights. The tank could be entered through the turret cupola, but each crew-member also had escape hatches above or below him.
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On 20 December 1917 the first prototype was ready to be shown to an investigating commission of the CCAS, with actual trials being held at
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seated to the front right of the rear fighting compartment, over an escape hatch, and the radio operator was seated at the front left.
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Malmassari, Paul (2013). "Les Maxi-Chars au-delà du Char Lourd, 1re partie – 1916-1927: Du char de rupture au char de forteresse".
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tanks. The tank could overcome a 1-metre-high (3.3 ft) vertical obstacle and cross a trench 3.5 m (11 ft) wide.
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but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made.
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myth was accepted as an authentic event by contemporary writers and later repeated in many postwar sources. One tank, the
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company had some months earlier made several proposals to build a heavy tracked mortar which had been rejected, he begged
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The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. In the summer of 1916, likely in July, General
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had at that time the thickest armour of any operational tank, and is probably still the heaviest operational tank ever.
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Nevertheless, during the French mobilisation of 1939, all ten were activated and put into their own unit, the 51st
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effect, the individual slots disappeared while their armour protection (including against bullet splash) remained.
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tanks were ordered, another very large twin-turret tank. France was defeated before they entered service.
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of forty tonnes, immunity against light artillery rounds and a trench-crossing capability of 3.5 metres.
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to produce a tank superior to the British types. On 7 October, he had asked the British prime minister
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machine guns (three in gimbal ball mounts at front and both sides forward, one mounted in a rear turret)
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Mourret's stated motive in having the tank designed by a shipyard ensured much attention was given to
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1917 he still assumed that the first trials could have begun within five weeks. On 16 April the
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Discussing the results of the trials, on 4 January 1918 the technical department of the
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respectively. The six remaining tanks hastily embarked on two trains at the station of
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which was reached in the early morning of 15 June. There it was decided to travel to
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French command was aware that this reputation was undeserved. When the German
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PĂ©tain asked for 300 heavy tanks to be ready by March 1919, for the Allied
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After a decision taken in December 1922, from 1923 until 1926 the later
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previous condition after 1934; the new turret was used in the Tunisian
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had thought that France "hadn't a minute to lose" and suggested to the
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on 13 June. During the night they hid, still loaded, in the forest of
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These were aero-engines taken from German airships (Zeppelins)
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In December Joffre was replaced as supreme commander by
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Meanwhile, Renault had consulted his own team, led by
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Osprey Publishing. 454:ComitĂ© Consultatif de l'Artillerie d'Assaut 2042: 2028: 1990: 1403: 1389: 1359:Histoire de Guerre, BlindĂ©s & MatĂ©riel 1353:, MusĂ©e des BlindĂ©s, Mili doc n° 2, Saumur 1340: 1259: 1257: 1239:Histoire de Guerre, BlindĂ©s & MatĂ©riel 1236: 1200: 1198: 1189:Histoire de Guerre, BlindĂ©s & MatĂ©riel 1186: 1165: 1153: 1138: 906:, an experimental type with a 155 mm 2350:Military vehicles introduced in the 1920s 2050:French armoured fighting vehicles of the 1622:Vickers-Carden-Loyd light amphibious tank 1207: 636:Section Technique des Appareils de Combat 567: 1356: 737: 726: 650: 296: 1331: 1254: 1245: 1195: 1056: 2317: 1241:(in French). No. 100. p. 27. 722: 355:Forges et Chantiers de la MĂ©diterranĂ©e 120:Forges et Chantiers de la MĂ©diterranĂ©e 2023: 1384: 1031: 668:, nearly 500 of which were produced. 1177:Estes (2014) "Char 2C" ebook edition 181:10.27 m (33 ft 8 in) 13: 902:was modified at La Seyne into the 690:type, with 124 rounds firing at a 631:Direction de l’Artillerie d’Assaut 197:4.09 m (13 ft 5 in) 14: 2361: 1366: 1034:Super-heavy Tanks of World War II 1989: 1980: 1979: 1345:(in French), Saint-Cloud: Soteca 928:SociĂ©tĂ© des AciĂ©ries d'Homecourt 830:, in the execution of Operation 350:LĂ©on Augustin Jean Marie Mourret 31: 1296: 1284: 1275: 1266: 1191:. No. 106. pp. 39–48. 1180: 1171: 1011: 189:3 m (9 ft 10 in) 1361:. No. 98. pp. 42–51. 1057:Merriam, Ray (23 March 2015). 1050: 1025: 1002: 993: 984: 968: 937: 646: 335: 134: 1: 1325: 1293:"Upgrades, People. Upgrades." 483: 436:Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne 364:char d'assaut de grand modèle 343:char d'assaut de grand modèle 261:2 x 250 CV (180 kW) 220:45 mm (1.8 in) max. 148:Char 2C bis, char 2C Lorraine 2340:Tanks of the interwar period 2335:World War II tanks of France 1412:Tanks of the interwar period 765:, numbers 90-99 being named 759:Bataillon de Chars de Combat 513:Canon de 105 Court Schneider 7: 2330:World War I tanks of France 949: 893: 807:respectively. In 1939, the 291:15 km/h (9.3 mph) 10: 2366: 1032:Estes, Kenneth W. (2014). 510:The main armament was the 487: 324:. It was developed during 301:Painting of char 2C Alsace 2294: 2203: 2182: 2150: 2104: 2058: 1975: 1809: 1777: 1744: 1684: 1636: 1491: 1418: 1332:Bingham, Charles (1973). 763:ancient regions of France 430:Resistance to the project 285: 273: 265: 255: 239: 224: 214: 209: 201: 193: 185: 177: 157: 152: 144: 133: 125: 115: 107: 102: 92: 82: 74: 69: 60:Place of origin 59: 42: 30: 23: 1967:Vickers A1E1 Independent 1124:François, 2011, pp 42-51 961: 411:Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier 313:, was a French post WWI 281:150 km (93 mi) 687:Canon de 75 modèle 1897 234:Canon de 75 modèle 1897 16:French super-heavy tank 2190:Renault UE Chenillette 746: 735: 656: 568:The char 2C is ordered 302: 2086:Hotchkiss H35/H38/H39 1985:Interwar period tanks 1305:World War 2 In Review 817:September 1939 attack 741: 730: 705:persistence of vision 654: 595:French Prime Minister 396:Minister of Armaments 320:, later considered a 300: 87:French Third Republic 64:French Third Republic 37:Char 2C "Berry", 1928 2345:Multi-turreted tanks 2221:Gendron-Somua AMR 39 1676:Vickers medium Mk II 1516:Disston Tractor Tank 700:stroboscopic cupolas 643:pre-series of 1931. 599:PrĂ©sident du conseil 373:(heavy) tank at the 332:to prevent capture. 309:, also known as the 2006:Tank classification 2002:History of the tank 1671:Vickers medium Mk I 1281:Mayet (1996), p. 24 1263:Mayet (1996), p. 40 1251:Mayet (1996), p. 29 1204:Mayet (1996), p. 17 723:Operational history 587:Artillerie SpĂ©ciale 375:Battle of the Somme 2169:AMC Schneider P 16 2105:Medium/heavy tanks 1536:Light tanks Mk I–V 1376:Chars-francais.net 1349:Jean Mayet, 1996, 747: 736: 657: 655:Plan of the FCM 2C 603:Georges Clemenceau 423:Jules-Louis Breton 403:David Lloyd George 303: 249:Hotchkiss Mle 1914 103:Production history 2325:Super-heavy tanks 2312: 2311: 2183:Armoured carriers 2017: 2016: 1546:Light tank Mk VII 1315:978-1-387-21616-1 1218:Bingham, 1973 p 5 1070:978-1-329-01004-8 1063:. Merriam Press. 863:8. Panzerdivision 698:Both turrets had 477:Nivelle offensive 295: 294: 2357: 2246:Renault B1 (ter) 2174:White-Laffly AMD 2052:Second World War 2044: 2037: 2030: 2021: 2020: 1993: 1992: 1983: 1982: 1624: 1541:Light tank Mk VI 1405: 1398: 1391: 1382: 1381: 1374: 1362: 1346: 1337: 1320: 1319: 1300: 1294: 1288: 1282: 1279: 1273: 1270: 1264: 1261: 1252: 1249: 1243: 1242: 1234: 1219: 1216: 1205: 1202: 1193: 1192: 1184: 1178: 1175: 1169: 1163: 1157: 1151: 1142: 1136: 1125: 1122: 1075: 1074: 1054: 1048: 1047: 1029: 1018: 1015: 1009: 1006: 1000: 997: 991: 988: 982: 972: 942:In 1940, twelve 828:Panzerdivisionen 639:market till the 574:La Seyne-sur-Mer 535:Ground clearance 322:super-heavy tank 288: 136: 54:Super-heavy tank 35: 26: 21: 20: 2365: 2364: 2360: 2359: 2358: 2356: 2355: 2354: 2315: 2314: 2313: 2308: 2304:Tanks in France 2290: 2261:Panhard AM 40 P 2199: 2178: 2146: 2100: 2059:AMR/light tanks 2054: 2048: 2018: 2013: 2010:interwar period 1971: 1897:Stridsvagn m/31 1852:Medium Mark III 1842:Landsverk L-120 1814: 1805: 1773: 1740: 1680: 1632: 1620: 1487: 1414: 1409: 1372: 1369: 1328: 1323: 1316: 1302: 1301: 1297: 1289: 1285: 1280: 1276: 1271: 1267: 1262: 1255: 1250: 1246: 1235: 1222: 1217: 1208: 1203: 1196: 1185: 1181: 1176: 1172: 1166:Malmassari 2011 1164: 1160: 1154:Malmassari 2011 1152: 1145: 1139:Malmassari 2011 1137: 1128: 1123: 1078: 1071: 1055: 1051: 1044: 1030: 1026: 1022: 1021: 1016: 1012: 1007: 1003: 998: 994: 989: 985: 973: 969: 964: 956:Tanks in France 952: 940: 896: 872:Hermann Goering 868:Joseph Goebbels 838:Mairy-Mainville 725: 692:muzzle velocity 649: 611:Philippe PĂ©tain 570: 531:ground pressure 518:muzzle velocity 492: 486: 469:Pierre Renaudel 432: 379:Somme Offensive 346: 338: 278: 276: 260: 244: 242: 229: 227: 210: 75:In service 70:Service history 52: 38: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 2363: 2353: 2352: 2347: 2342: 2337: 2332: 2327: 2310: 2309: 2307: 2306: 2301: 2295: 2292: 2291: 2289: 2288: 2283: 2278: 2273: 2268: 2263: 2258: 2253: 2248: 2243: 2238: 2233: 2228: 2226:AMX Tracteur C 2223: 2218: 2216:ARL tracteur C 2213: 2207: 2205: 2201: 2200: 2198: 2197: 2192: 2186: 2184: 2180: 2179: 2177: 2176: 2171: 2166: 2160: 2158: 2148: 2147: 2145: 2144: 2139: 2134: 2129: 2124: 2119: 2114: 2108: 2106: 2102: 2101: 2099: 2098: 2093: 2088: 2083: 2078: 2073: 2068: 2062: 2060: 2056: 2055: 2047: 2046: 2039: 2032: 2024: 2015: 2014: 1998: 1997: 1987: 1976: 1973: 1972: 1970: 1969: 1964: 1959: 1957:Type 98 Chi-Ho 1954: 1952:Type 97 Chi-Ni 1949: 1944: 1939: 1934: 1929: 1924: 1919: 1914: 1909: 1904: 1899: 1894: 1892:Straussler V-4 1889: 1884: 1879: 1874: 1872:Neubaufahrzeug 1869: 1864: 1862:Medium tank A7 1859: 1854: 1849: 1844: 1839: 1834: 1829: 1824: 1818: 1816: 1807: 1806: 1804: 1803: 1798: 1793: 1787: 1785: 1775: 1774: 1772: 1771: 1766: 1761: 1756: 1750: 1748: 1742: 1741: 1739: 1738: 1733: 1731:Cruiser Mk III 1728: 1723: 1718: 1713: 1708: 1703: 1698: 1692: 1690: 1682: 1681: 1679: 1678: 1673: 1668: 1666:Type 97 Chi-Ha 1663: 1658: 1653: 1648: 1642: 1640: 1634: 1633: 1631: 1630: 1625: 1618: 1613: 1608: 1603: 1598: 1593: 1588: 1583: 1578: 1573: 1568: 1563: 1558: 1553: 1548: 1543: 1538: 1533: 1528: 1523: 1518: 1513: 1508: 1503: 1497: 1495: 1489: 1488: 1486: 1485: 1480: 1475: 1470: 1465: 1460: 1455: 1450: 1445: 1440: 1435: 1430: 1424: 1422: 1416: 1415: 1408: 1407: 1400: 1393: 1385: 1379: 1378: 1368: 1367:External links 1365: 1364: 1363: 1354: 1347: 1338: 1327: 1324: 1322: 1321: 1314: 1295: 1283: 1274: 1265: 1253: 1244: 1220: 1206: 1194: 1179: 1170: 1158: 1143: 1126: 1076: 1069: 1049: 1042: 1023: 1020: 1019: 1010: 1001: 992: 983: 966: 965: 963: 960: 959: 958: 951: 948: 939: 936: 895: 892: 878:. This German 821:Siegfried Line 752:anti-tank guns 745:in summer 1940 724: 721: 664:heavy tank of 648: 645: 591:Louis Loucheur 569: 566: 554:speaking tubes 488:Main article: 485: 482: 461:Robert Nivelle 431: 428: 345: 339: 337: 334: 293: 292: 289: 287:Maximum speed 283: 282: 279: 274: 271: 270: 267: 263: 262: 257: 253: 252: 245: 240: 237: 236: 230: 225: 222: 221: 218: 212: 211: 207: 206: 203: 199: 198: 195: 191: 190: 187: 183: 182: 179: 175: 174: 159: 155: 154: 153:Specifications 150: 149: 146: 142: 141: 138: 131: 130: 127: 123: 122: 117: 113: 112: 109: 105: 104: 100: 99: 94: 90: 89: 84: 80: 79: 76: 72: 71: 67: 66: 61: 57: 56: 44: 40: 39: 36: 28: 27: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 2362: 2351: 2348: 2346: 2343: 2341: 2338: 2336: 2333: 2331: 2328: 2326: 2323: 2322: 2320: 2305: 2302: 2300: 2297: 2296: 2293: 2287: 2284: 2282: 2279: 2277: 2274: 2272: 2269: 2267: 2264: 2262: 2259: 2257: 2254: 2252: 2249: 2247: 2244: 2242: 2239: 2237: 2236:AMX 40 (1940) 2234: 2232: 2229: 2227: 2224: 2222: 2219: 2217: 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Index


Heavy tank
landship
Super-heavy tank
French Third Republic
French Third Republic
World War II
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
tonnes
long tons
short tons
Armour
Canon de 75 modèle 1897
Hotchkiss Mle 1914

heavy tank
landship
super-heavy tank
World War I
LĂ©on Augustin Jean Marie Mourret
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Toulon
Mark I
Battle of the Somme
Somme Offensive
Renault
Louis Renault
Minister of Armaments
Albert Thomas
David Lloyd George

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