An Extremely Powerful Tank... If You Can Operate It | Char B1 Bis (part 1)

The B1 Bis is arguably the most famous and popular French tank of the 1940 campaign. A very notable design, featuring thick armor and a combination of anti-tank and anti-infantry firepower with the turreted 47 mm and hull-mounted 75 mm guns, the vehicle has a considerable reputation as the most potent vehicle of the French Army of 1940 and a major headache for the Germans. However, as often with the French military of 1940, the reality is more complex and less glamorous, with the B1 Bis proving to be a troublesome beast to operate, maintain and produce.

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Trackstory n°13: Le Char B1, Editions du Barbotin, Pascal Danjou
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An article by Marisa Belhote
Narrated by WOOD
Edited by ya boy Jim Zawacki