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The FCM 36 or Char léger Modèle 1936 FCM, was a light infantry tank designed for the French Army prior to World War II. It had a crew of two and was equipped with a short 37mm main armament and a 7.5mm coaxial machine gun. The FCM 36 was developed from 1934 onwards as part of a programme to replace the obsolete Renault FT. As it was more ...
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The origins of the Char 2C have always been shrouded in a certain mystery. [3] In the summer of 1916, likely in July, [3] 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.
In the Battle of France, despite an advantage in number and armour against the Germans, the French tanks were not used to good enough effect. Ironically, cooperation with the infantry was poor. The Cavalry units alone were too few in number. In armour and firepower, French tanks were generally not inferior to their German counterparts.
At the same time the Char D1 was ordered, a plan was made to develop a more modern tank. The Char D1 had already departed from the pure infantry support concept and evolved from a light into a medium tank, capable of fighting enemy armour; this made it the obvious candidate to be quickly changed into a lighter alternative for the Char B1 battle tank, needed because the latter type was in ...
The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char léger Modèle 1935 R or R 35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War.. Designed from 1933 onwards and produced from 1936, the type was intended as an infantry support light tank, equipping autonomous tank battalions, that would be allocated to individual infantry divisions to assist them in executing offensive operations.
French Hotchkiss H39 – Artillerieschlepper 38H(f) French Hotchkiss H35 – Panzerkampfwagen 35H(f) mit 28/32 cm Wurfrahmen; French Hotchkiss H39 – Panzerbeobachtungswagen 38H(f) French Char D1 – Pz. D1 732(f) French Char D2 – Pz. D2 733(f) French FCM 36 – Pz. FCM 737(f) French FCM 36 – 7.5 cm Pak 40 auf Geschützwagen FCM(f) French ...
The ZT3 was not a tank but a tank destroyer. The ZB was an export version for China. The Char D1 number includes the ten pre-series "NC31" vehicles. All 36 NC27's had been exported: one to Sweden, one to Greece, ten to Japan and perhaps 24 to Poland. One Char D1 had been rebuilt into an artillery radio communication tank.