The main drawback of practically ALL French tanks was their one-man-turret. The poor guy in the turret had to command the tank, load, lay and fire the gun. This made them tactical inferior to the thinner armored German tanks, which had three men in the turret: The commander could concentrate on his job, while the other two handled the gun. The FCM 36 had the additional fault of a weak main gun, not able to penetrate armour.
The main drawback of practically ALL French tanks was their one-man-turret. The poor guy in the turret had to command the tank, load, lay and fire the gun. This made them tactical inferior to the thinner armored German tanks, which had three men in the turret: The commander could concentrate on his job, while the other two handled the gun. The FCM 36 had the additional fault of a weak main gun, not able to penetrate armour.
Not just one-man turret. According to what I see from Chieftain's Hatch videos while he is on Saumur, the vision is not great either.
And the problem with B1 also the fact that it need a specific castor oil to operate reliably, but somehow crews are not properly informed about this so they use any kind of Castor oil which affected B1 reliability.
Not just one-man turret. According to what I see from Chieftain's Hatch videos while he is on Saumur, the vision is not great either.
And the problem with B1 also the fact that it need a specific castor oil to operate reliably, but somehow crews are not properly informed about this so they use any kind of Castor oil which affected B1 reliability.
Don't forget that the french had somewhere between fuck and all radios for their tanks and thus had to rely on easily severed telephone lines, runners and even carrier pigeons. That more than anything probably contributed to most of the fuckups during the French campaign. Well that and the average dude on the ground couldn't call for arty fire support because they deemed only officers worthy of such a task.
The main drawback of practically ALL French tanks was their one-man-turret. The poor guy in the turret had to command the tank, load, lay and fire the gun. This made them tactical inferior to the thinner armored German tanks, which had three men in the turret: The commander could concentrate on his job, while the other two handled the gun. The FCM 36 had the additional fault of a weak main gun, not able to penetrate armour.
Not just one-man turret. According to what I see from Chieftain's Hatch videos while he is on Saumur, the vision is not great either.
And the problem with B1 also the fact that it need a specific castor oil to operate reliably, but somehow crews are not properly informed about this so they use any kind of Castor oil which affected B1 reliability.
Not gonna lie, like how Bud gets back Taurus, it would've been cool if Luna got back Ophiuca to be able to fight alongside Mega Man, Harp Note, and Taurus Fire.
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