The Char B1 was a specialised break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled gun with a 75 mm howitzer in the hull; later a 47 mm gun in a turret was added, to allow it to function also as a Char de Bataille, a "battle tank" fighting enemy armour, equipping the armoured divisions of the Infantry Arm. Starting in the early ...

2020年12月26日 · The Char B1 was the first production model of France's 1930s heavy tank, notable for long development as well as original and complex features.

2021年5月15日 · The Char B1 Bis was a heavy tank used by the French army in 1940, famous for strong firepower and armor, but also complexity and unreliability.

The Char Renault B1, is a famous French medium/heavy tank of the interwar, design to breakthrough trenches system, slow, well protected and well armed, it still hold its ground well in May-June 1940.

The Char B1 and its improved version, the Char B1 bis, stand as the symbol of French tank building in WWII. At the start of WWII, these were the best medium tanks, combining shell-proof armour and serious armament, capable of destroying any tank in the world.

2023年5月12日 · Chris Copson goes inside one of his personal favourite tanks, the Second World War French Char B1, to discover the quirks and surprises hidden within. Find out why these tanks performed so...

2017年8月29日 · The revolutionary weapon underwent protracted development before finally entering service in 1936 as the Char B1, with an armor-piercing 47 mm cannon mounted in a one-man turret and a 75 mm howitzer in the hull.