47mm SA37 gun and six machine guns; anti-aircraft twin 20mm Bofors
Engine
two Renault V12 KGM of 550 hp 1100 hp total
Power/weight
7.9 hp/t
Suspension
vertical coil springs
Operational range
200 km
Maximum speed
20 km/h
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History of the tank
Era
World War I
Interwar
World War II
Cold War
Post–Cold War
Country
Australia
United Kingdom
Cuba
China
Canada
New Zealand
Czechoslovakia
France
Germany
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Israel
Japan
Poland
North Korea
South Korea
Soviet Union
Spain
Sweden
United States
Ukraine
Type
Light tank
Medium tank
Heavy tank
Super-heavy tank
Cruiser tank
Flame tank
Infantry tank
Main battle tank
Tank destroyer
Tankette
Assault gun
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon
Self-propelled artillery
Self-propelled mortar
Multiple rocket launcher
The FCM F1 was a French super-heavy tank developed during the late Interbellum by the Forges et Chantiers de 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 being all that was finished. The FCM F1 was large and elongated, and had two turrets: one in front and one in the back, with a single high-velocity gun in each turret. The rear turret was superfiring, meaning it was raised higher and fired over the top of the forward one, a common practice in naval vessels. The vehicle was intended to be heavily armoured. Its size and protection level made it by 1940, at about 140 tons, the heaviest tank ever to have actually been ordered for production. Despite two engines its speed would have been low. The primary purpose of the tank was to breach German fortification lines, not to fight enemy tanks. The development path of the FCM F1 was extremely complex, due to the existence of a number of parallel super-heavy tank projects with overlapping design goals, the specifications of which were regularly changed. For each project in turn several companies submitted one or more competing proposals.
The FCMF1 was a French super-heavy tank developed during the late Interbellum by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM) company. Twelve were...
The Char 2C, also known as the FCM 2C, was a French post WWI heavy tank landship, later considered a super-heavy tank.[page needed] It was developed during...
wooden mock-up was part produced, but the project was terminated in favor of FCMF1, a directly competing design, which proved to be superior. The vehicle was...
context of the FCMF1 project. FCM was considering use of a revised 7.5 tonne version of the welded octagonal auxiliary turret of the heavy FCMF1, to be equipped...
Two versions were considered on 24 April 1942, both fitted with the larger FCM-turret, originally developed for the Char G1. The first would have been armed...
Méditerranée(FCM) company took part in this project. The AMX company designed the AMX Tracteur C while the FCM company designed the FCMF1. The name “Tracteur...
these types, they were also working on super-heavy breakthrough tanks (FCMF1). The French didn't have an independent Tank Corps. All tanks belonged to...
Chantiers de la Méditerranée (FCM), the FCM 21. Renault and Schneider would each get to produce 250 units, FAMH and FCM each 125. A fifth producer, Delaunay-Belleville...
M4 (Prototype for the AMX 50.) AMX 50 (Later replace with the AMX 30.) FCMF1 (Prototype) List of French World War II military equipment Beckhusen, Robert...
these types, they were also working on super-heavy breakthrough tanks (FCMF1). The French didn't have an independent Tank Corps. All tanks belonged to...
on types they already knew well, mainly the Char B1, the Char G1 and the FCMF1 — contrary to what some sources state the ARL 44 was not directly derived...
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