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Panzerserra Bunker Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale Char FCM 2C Superheavy French tank

The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. In the summer of 1916, probably in July, General Léon Augustin Jean Marie Mourret, the Subsecretary of Artillery, verbally granted Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), a shipyard in the south of France near Toulon, the contract for the development of a heavy tank, a char d'assaut de grand modèle.


Char FCM 2C bis Superheavy French tank prototype done!! MissingLynx

The FCM Char 2C was the result of these requirements. It is, to date, the dimensionally largest tank ever put into production (albeit limited), with a length of 10.27 meters, a width of 3 meters, and a height of 4.10 meters. For a time, it was also the heaviest, at 69 tonnes. The 2C's role was to be that of a massive breakthrough tank for France.


Char FCM 2C bis Superheavy French tank prototype done!! MissingLynx

The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, is a French heavy tank, later also seen as a super-heavy tank, developed during World War I but not deployed until aft.


French Army Char 2C or FCM 2C heavy tank destroyed during battle of France 1940 ebay 01

It is the French Char 2c, a 69 tons behemoth that was in use between 1921 and 1940. During World War I, there was only one super-heavy tank that ever achieved operational status, and that was the Char 2C. A super-heavy tank is much heavier than the regular tanks used during the same time period.


Французский тяжелый танк Char 2C №99 «Шампань» фото Военный альбом 19411945

The Char 2C bis is an experimentally modified Char 2C that primarily differs in its main armament. Following a decision made in December 1922, a standard Char 2C was modified at La Seyne from 1923 to 1926 and designated Char 2C bis, an experimental super-heavy tank with a 155 mm Schneider 155 C howitzer in a rounded cast steel turret.


HISTORICAL Char FCM 2C heavy tank by LiquidNitrogen on DeviantArt

FCM 2C Heavy Breakout Tank CHAR FCM 2C Jean-Pierre Valantin By the beginning of 1939, all 10 copies were preserved (numbers 90-99), some of which were not in combat readiness.


Panzerserra Bunker Military Scale Models in 1/35 scale Char FCM 2C bis Superheavy French

Now for something a bit special - the Char 2c FCM - the only operational super-heavy tank in military history. This absolute beast will give the German panzer formations something to think about! A fully loaded FCM Char 2C weighed in at a colossal of 69 tonnes. This was in no small part due to it's armour - 45 mm at the front, 22 mm at.


Super heavy tank FCM 2C

The Char 2C is a French heavy tank that was eventually designated as a super-heavy tank. It was developed during World War I but did not enter service until after the war was over. In terms of overall volume or physical dimensions, it was the largest operational tank ever built during World War I.


Char FCM 2Cbis n°9 CHAMPAGNE France, 1930

The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, was a French post WWI heavy tank landship, later considered a super-heavy tank. It was developed during World War I but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made.


Char FCM 2c work in progress... MissingLynx

A "Char de Bataille" (battle tank) thought of as a vehicle of medium weight, that would feature a fixed 75 mm gun able to engage enemy fortifications and positions, and to move through the devastated terrain typical of trench warfare in an artillery-saturated battlefield.


Char FCM 2C Marcos Serra Model tanks, French tanks, Armored vehicles

The Char 2C, also known as FCM 2C, is a French super-heavy tank developed, although never deployed, during World War I. It was, in physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made. The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. In the summer of 1916, probably in July, General Léon Augustin Jean Marie Mourret, the Subsecretary of Artillery, verbally.


FCM Char 2C Modelhobby.eu

Char 2C. 45 mm (1.8 in) max. The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, was a French post WWI heavy tank landship, later considered a super-heavy tank. [1] It was developed during World War I but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made.


Char FCM 2C

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Char FCM 2c work in progress... MissingLynx

The Char FCM 2C remains the only super heavy tank produced in series and used operationally in any army, and the heaviest tank ever built until the arrival of the German Tiger II in 1944.


Тяжелый танк Char de rupture "FCM 2C" Энциклопедия военной техники

The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, was a French post WWI heavy tank landship, later considered a super-heavy tank. [1] It was developed during World War I but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made. [2] Development The Char d'assaut de grand modèle


Char FCM 2C NORMANDIE Superheavy French tank DONE !!!! MissingLynx

Where their armor was the thickest of any tank to be fielded in World War 1, by World War 2 standards, the Char 2C was extremely vulnerable to most types of anti-tank fire. 1939 saw the ten serviceable Char 2C pressed into "active" service with French forces in the Battle of France.©MilitaryFactory.com

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