Would eventually prove the undoing of the Rail, but loading the 2C aboard a specially-builtįlatcar was a difficult and time-consuming The tank had been designed with a comparatively Reluctant to authorize their use for training. The enormous fuel consumption made Army accountants No more than six of the 10 tanks were everįully operational at the same time, while Patriotic French mechanics disliked working May have given the French defective engines. Were reluctant to provide spare parts, and Reliability remained low: The German manufacturers The original engines were German-made Mercedesĭiesels, later replaced by Maybach models,Īll of them part of the war reparations takenīy France following the Great War. More advanced than other tanks of the Great Turret, and electric drive) almost two decades For its time the 2C representedĪ fighting marvel, with numerous features When combined with the gigantic target the In 1918, but much less so by 1940 particularly Separated by the engines, and the three-man Per mile) at a top speed of 15 kilometersĪ crew of 12 occupied two fighting compartments, Liters but a range of only 150 kilometersĢ.1 gallons per mile even the notoriouslyįuel-guzzling M1 Abrams rates 1.6 gallons The huge tank drank enormous quantities ofįuel, and seven separate tanks provided 1,260 Requiring two engines - one 250-horsepowerĭiesel for each track, with electrical transmission. The tank wasįour meters tall and weighing in at 68 tons, One machine gun was mounted in the bow,Īnd one more on either side. Turret covered the tank's rear with a machine With a single turret set far forward bearingĪ long-barreled 75mm gun.
Monstrous vehicle: long (12 meters) and narrow, Received a production order for 700 vehicles,Ĭut to 300 and, once the war ended, to 10. With a prototype appearing in December 1917.Īfter protracted political wrangling, FCM Program, argued French commander-in-chief Must not be allowed to impede the light tank One such big tank would preclude construction
Generals objected, reasoning that the steelĪnd production facilities tied up to build just Light tank, offered design and production Renault, then producing its successful FT-17 The British deployed their own heavy tanks,įrench generals and politicians began investigating,Īnd pressure grew for FCM to produce something, The bureaucracy noticed, since the army had Someone in the French Army launched a “blackĪ secret payment went to Forges et Chantiers Recipe for corruption and self-enrichment,īut fortunately that sort of greed doesn’t occur in modern Most participants develop what modern Americanīlack program is so secret that it doesn'tĮven appear in budget documents its costsĪre not reported lest enemies use that data In the secrecy bred by a wartime mentality,
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