Char D-1 Infantry tank open-day18

Char D-1 Infantry tank open-day18The French plan of 1926, calling for the creation of a Light Infantry Support Tank, led to the development of the existing Renault NC1 prototype into the Char D1. One hundred and sixty vehicles of this type were produced between 1931 and 1935. There was a pre series of ten vehicles and later 150 standard vehicles were built. Until 1936 the vehicles were fitted with turrets because the intended cast ST2 turrets were not ready yet. The ST2 turret was

Although its sloped sides suggest otherwise

the game of close-quarters tank-on-tank combat

which they employed by the thousand

This band of Clubmen contains 3 Squires model and 21 random clubmen

at 45 tons and with frontal armour over 100mm thick

sapper and two NCOs

Minor modifications and improvements were made throughout the production runs of all variants

In games of Bolt Action this can be included in Artillery Platoons and is a Light Howitzer

men sorely under-represented in our sources

screaming oaths and warcries that echoed in the dark forests of Germania

a fitting tribute to perhaps the greatest and earliest trained fighting force

They could also handle up to 30 tons of cargo or 60 troops