The French plan of 1926, calling for the creation of a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development of the existing Renault NC1 prototype into the Char D1. One hundred and sixty vehicles of this type were produced between 1931 and 1935. There was a pre-series of ten vehicles and later 150 standard vehicles were built. Until 1936 the vehicles were fitted with Renault FT turrets because the intended cast ST2 turrets were not yet ready. The ST2 turret was armed with a short 47mm SA34 tank gun with a coaxial 7.5mm machine gun. The hull carried a 7.5mm MG in the bow. The type did not serve as an infantry support tank as originally intended, but as France's major battle tank of the early 1930s; it was quickly phased out in 1937 because of its mechanical unreliability and relegated to colonial units in North Africa.
The CharD1 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...
The Char D2 was a French medium tank of the interwar period. In 1930, at a time the CharD1 had not even entered production, the Renault company agreed...
(23 March 2015). World War II Album Volume 10: French Tanks Char B1 - CharD1 - Char D2 - Char 2c. Merriam Press. ISBN 978-1-329-01004-8. François, 2011...
Siemens-Schuckert D.I WKF D.I, an Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops aircraft CharD1, a 1930s French tank Dewoitine D.1, a 1920s French single-seat fighter...
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)...
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...
Medium Tanks (Chars de Bataille), these were in fact meant to be specialised breakthrough tanks (CharD1, Char D2, Char B1). Heavy Tanks (Chars Lourds); only...
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...
specifications. The first tank to be developed to fulfil its requirements, the CharD1, proved to be neither cheap nor particularly light. In 1933, Hotchkiss...
The Char D3 was a French tank. It was CharD1's colonial version. In the early 1930s, when Char D had not entered production, Renault was ordered to develop...
One CharD1 had been rebuilt into an artillery radio communication tank. One Char D2 was being used for the development of a flamethrower. The Char B1...
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...
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...
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...
equipped with a light and cheap infantry tank, a char d'accompagnement. For this role at first the CharD1 was developed which type however, proved to be...
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...
in the colonies; however, when the 67e BCC, which was equipped with the CharD1, was brought over from Tunisia in June, it was provided with tractors....
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long line of French tanks: the FT Kégresse, the NC1, the NC2, the CharD1, and the Char D2. The Italians produced the FIAT 3000, a moderately close copy...
suspension of the earlier CharD1 and Char D2 but was in fact inspired by the Char B1 suspension. It also used the same track as the Char B1, reducing the number...
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Medium Tanks (Chars de Bataille), these were in fact meant to be specialised breakthrough tanks (CharD1, Char D2, Char B1). Heavy Tanks (Chars Lourds); only...
Tančík vz. 33 TKS Type 92 Type 94 Type 97 Te-Ke Light 7TP 38M Toldi I CharD1 Disston Tractor Tank Fiat 3000 H35 L-60 Light tanks Mk I–V Light Tank Mk...
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