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    The Char D1 was an Interwar French light tank. The French plan of 1926, calling for the creation of a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development...
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    The Char D2 was a French medium tank of the interwar period. In 1930, at a time the Char D1 had not even entered production, the Renault company agreed...
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    (23 March 2015). World War II Album Volume 10: French Tanks Char B1 - Char D1 - Char D2 - Char 2c. Merriam Press. ISBN 978-1-329-01004-8. François, 2011...
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  • Siemens-Schuckert D.I WKF D.I, an Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops aircraft Char D1, a 1930s French tank Dewoitine D.1, a 1920s French single-seat fighter...
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    The Char B1 was a French heavy tank manufactured before World War II. The Char B1 was a specialised break-through vehicle, originally conceived as a self-propelled...
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  • The Char D3 was a French tank. It was Char D1's colonial version. In the early 1930s, when Char D had not entered production, Renault was ordered to develop...
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    la Méditerranée (FCM) company. Twelve were ordered in 1940 to replace the Char 2C, but France was defeated before construction could begin, a wooden mock-up...
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  • up Char or char in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Char may refer to: Char Fontane, American actress Char Margolis, American spiritualist René Char (1907–1988)...
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    Medium Tanks (Chars de Bataille), these were in fact meant to be specialised breakthrough tanks (Char D1, Char D2, Char B1). Heavy Tanks (Chars Lourds); only...
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  • a good medium tank had still to be designed, as the Char D1 was a manifest failure and the Char D2 only a slight improvement over its ancestor. Such...
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    Renault R35 (redirect from Char R35)
    specifications. The first tank to be developed to fulfil its requirements, the Char D1, proved to be neither cheap nor particularly light. In 1933, Hotchkiss...
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  • One Char D1 had been rebuilt into an artillery radio communication tank. One Char D2 was being used for the development of a flamethrower. The Char B1...
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  • 2 prototypes of Char D1 Renault R35 (1,540) - infantry tank Renault R40 (145) AMC 35 (>57) Char D2 (100) Char D3 (never built) Char G1 (experimental)...
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    front and back section. The turret was a variant of the APX 1 as used on the Char B1: the APX 1 CE (chemin élargi) with a larger 1,130 mm (44 in) as against...
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    Hotchkiss H35 (redirect from Char H35)
    equipped with a light and cheap infantry tank, a char d'accompagnement. For this role at first the Char D1 was developed which type however, proved to be...
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    Renault FT (redirect from Char Renault FT17)
    long line of French tanks: the FT Kégresse, the NC1, the NC2, the Char D1, and the Char D2. The Italians produced the FIAT 3000, a moderately close copy...
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    tanks were introduced, the larger tanks were classified as heavy. The French Char 2C was one of the largest tanks ever produced. At the start of World War...
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    shortened 11.08 litres V-4 180 hp version of the V-6 engine used in the Char B1. There were five road wheels. The suspension used horizontal rubber cylinders...
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  • Renault R-40 Char D1 Medium tanks Char D2 Cavalry tanks SOMUA S35 Char G1 (Prototype) Armoured combat tanks AMC 34 AMC 35 Heavy tanks Char B1 Char 2C AMX M4...
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    shown in Berlin as a trophy. Char 2C bis: 72 tons; modified Char 2C with 155 mm howitzer and different turret; one Char 2C was converted into this variant...
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    handicapped by their one-man turrets, even the larger tanks such as the Char B1, which overworked the commander who, besides directing the vehicle, or...
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    in the colonies; however, when the 67e BCC, which was equipped with the Char D1, was brought over from Tunisia in June, it was provided with tractors....
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    Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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    Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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    of Colonel J.B.E. Estienne, rejected in favour of char d'assaut ("assault vehicle") or simply char ("vehicle"). During World War I, German sources tended...
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    Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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    Medium Tanks (Chars de Bataille), these were in fact meant to be specialised breakthrough tanks (Char D1, Char D2, Char B1). Heavy Tanks (Chars Lourds); only...
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    Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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    Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I Char D1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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    types of automitrailleuses — the official term for cavalry tanks because chars ("tanks") were by law part of the infantry arm — among which an Automitrailleuse...
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