Char B1 (Chieftain's Hatch)

[mTk]

In all the war games I ever play as the Axis this brute is always a problem to deal with.
Perhaps one of the more underrated tanks of the war?
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[Louis]

Added to index.

Liberating a French town, 1944.

 

[Louis]

Adolf Hitler examine a destroyed Char B1, 1940.

 

[Gunner]

I once saw a documentary on the invasion of France and German tank commander said they found a weakness in the Char's radiator on the left side of the tank.

 

[mTk]

See Chieftan's comment about that.

 

[Otosan]

Adolf Hitler examine a destroyed Char B1, 1940.

Der Führer needs a good ironing.

 

[Louis]

Der Führer needs a good ironing.

Whoever had that task ended his days on the Russian front

 

[Rico]

Knocked out Char B1 in France 1940 ... tried the CM tactic of having the trees soak up the AP rounds -- nearly worked

 

[Louis]

Knocked French Char B1 tank, France, May 1940.

 

[Louis]

Out of service, Toulouse, May 1940.

 

[Louis]

This is a wrecked Char B1-bis tank, France, 1940.

 

[Otosan]

In better condition than a lot of the Russian tanks in Ukraine, it still has its turret.

 

[mTk]

And nobody stole the tracks either!

 

[Gunner]

I still can't get over given the size of the tank how little room there is inside.

 

[mTk]

I'm still struggling with the designers who didn't think the crew would need to sit down.

 

[Louis]

Cutaway

 

[Louis]

German soldiers examine a destroyed French Char B1-bis #238 "Hardi", in the area of Origny Sainte Benoîte. Tank defended the bridge over the Sambre Canal - Oise (Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise), where it was hit by a shell from a German tank and caught fire. May 17, 1940.