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Bat.-Châtillon 12 t

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[Client Values; Actual values in
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2,370,000  Credits Cost
1000200 HP Hit Points
12.02/12.57.96/15 t Weight Limit
Crew
  1. Commander (Radio Operator, Loader)
  2. Driver
  3. Gunner (Loader)
Mobility
320400 hp Engine Power
68/23 km/h Speed Limit
4042 deg/s Traverse
26.6250.25 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio
NoNo Pivot
Armor
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25/25/2525/25/25 mm Turret Armor
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Shell Cost
170/170/260170/170/260 HP Damage
144/182/38170/210/38 mm Penetration



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8 r/m 

Magazine-fed Gun

Burst Length: 1 rounds
Magazine Size: 4 rounds
Cycle Time: 2 s
Magazine Reload Times
Nominal: 24 s
50% Crew: 30.55 s
75% Crew: 26.88 s
100% Crew: 24 s
With Vents: 23.45 s
With Vents and BiA: 23.01 s

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9.23 r/m 

Magazine-fed Gun

Burst Length: 1 rounds
Magazine Size: 4 rounds
Cycle Time: 2 s
Magazine Reload Times
Nominal: 20 s
50% Crew: 25.46 s
75% Crew: 22.4 s
100% Crew: 20 s
With Vents: 19.54 s
With Vents and BiA: 19.18 s

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1337.9

Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (170 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 1337.9
50% Crew: 1247.8
75% Crew: 1297.1
100% Crew: 1337.9
With Vents: 1346.4
With Vents and BiA: 1351.5

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 1516.4
50% Crew: 1460.3
75% Crew: 1490.9
100% Crew: 1516.4
With Vents: 1521.5
With Vents and BiA: 1524.9

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (170 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 1337.9
50% Crew: 1247.8
75% Crew: 1297.1
100% Crew: 1337.9
With Vents: 1346.4
With Vents and BiA: 1351.5

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 1516.4
50% Crew: 1460.3
75% Crew: 1490.9
100% Crew: 1516.4
With Vents: 1521.5
With Vents and BiA: 1524.9

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 3 (260 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 2046.2
50% Crew: 1908.4
75% Crew: 1983.8
100% Crew: 2046.2
With Vents: 2059.2
With Vents and BiA: 2067

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 2319.2
50% Crew: 2233.4
75% Crew: 2280.2
100% Crew: 2319.2
With Vents: 2327
With Vents and BiA: 2332.2

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1419.5

Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 1 (170 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 1419.5
50% Crew: 1305.6
75% Crew: 1366.8
100% Crew: 1419.5
With Vents: 1431.4
With Vents and BiA: 1439.9

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 1638.8
50% Crew: 1560.6
75% Crew: 1603.1
100% Crew: 1638.8
With Vents: 1645.6
With Vents and BiA: 1650.7

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 2 (170 Damage):


Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 1419.5
50% Crew: 1305.6
75% Crew: 1366.8
100% Crew: 1419.5
With Vents: 1431.4
With Vents and BiA: 1439.9

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 1638.8
50% Crew: 1560.6
75% Crew: 1603.1
100% Crew: 1638.8
With Vents: 1645.6
With Vents and BiA: 1650.7

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Magazine-fed Gun

Using Shell Type 3 (260 Damage):
With wholly penetrating hits

Theoretical Damage Per Minute
Nominal: 2171
50% Crew: 1996.8
75% Crew: 2090.4
100% Crew: 2171
With Vents: 2189.2
With Vents and BiA: 2202.2

Advantageous Damage Per Minute
Loaded-mag DPM: 2506.4
50% Crew: 2386.8
75% Crew: 2451.8
100% Crew: 2506.4
With Vents: 2516.8
With Vents and BiA: 2524.6

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Damage Per Minute


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0.38 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.471 m
With 75% Crew: 0.411 m
With 100% Crew: 0.364 m
With BiA: 0.356 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.349 m
Maximum possible: 0.334 m

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0.38 m 

With 50% Crew: 0.471 m
With 75% Crew: 0.411 m
With 100% Crew: 0.364 m
With BiA: 0.356 m
With BiA and Vents: 0.349 m
Maximum possible: 0.334 m

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2.3 s 

With 50% Crew: 2.849 s
With 75% Crew: 2.488 s
With 100% Crew: 2.205 s
With GLD: 2.005 s
With BiA: 2.157 s
With BiA and Vents: 2.11 s
With both and GLD: 1.918 s
Maximum possible: 1.839 s

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2.3 s 

With 50% Crew: 2.849 s
With 75% Crew: 2.488 s
With 100% Crew: 2.205 s
With GLD: 2.005 s
With BiA: 2.157 s
With BiA and Vents: 2.11 s
With both and GLD: 1.918 s
Maximum possible: 1.839 s

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Aim time
4646 deg/s Turret Traverse
360° Gun Arc
-6°/+13°-6°/+13° Elevation Arc
4452 rounds Ammo Capacity
General
2020 % Chance of Fire






380 m 

With 50% Crew: 298.6 m
With 75% Crew: 339.3 m
With 100% Crew: 380 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 399.2 m
With Coated Optics: 418 m
With Binocular Telescope: 475 m
Maximum possible: 544 m

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380 m 

With 50% Crew: 298.6 m
With 75% Crew: 339.3 m
With 100% Crew: 380 m
With Recon and Situational Awareness: 399.2 m
With Coated Optics: 418 m
With Binocular Telescope: 475 m
Maximum possible: 544 m

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View Range


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400 m 

With 50% Crew: 314.3 m
With 75% Crew: 357.2 m
With 100% Crew: 400 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 480 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 440 m
Maximum possible: 575.6 m

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750 m 

With 50% Crew: 589.3 m
With 75% Crew: 669.7 m
With 100% Crew: 750 m
With 100% Signal Boost: 900 m
When affected by 100% Relaying: 825 m
Maximum possible: 1079.2 m

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Signal Range
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VIII

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The Bat.-Châtillon 12 t is a French tier 8 light tank.

A light tank developed by Batignolles-Châtillon in the late 1940s. The vehicle featured an oscillating turret and 75-mm gun. Never saw mass production.

The only tank in French LT line that's not AMX series, this tank doesn't share its equipment with other French tanks so you have to research everything from scratch. However, its play style is the same as most of the AMX LT series. Abbreviated in-game as "B-C 12 t".

The Bat.-Châtillon 12 t leads to the Bat.-Châtillon 25 t AP, and the AMX 13 90.

Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables

Modules

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Guns

Tier Gun Penetration
(mm)
Damage
(HP)
Rate of fire
(rounds/minute)
Dispersion
(m/100m)
Aiming time
(s)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VII Canon de 75 mm Vo 920 m/s 144/182/38 170/170/260 8 0.38 2.3 1700 72000
VIII Canon de 75 mm Vo 1000 m/s 170/210/38 170/170/260 9.23 0.38 2.3 1700 102000

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Engines

Tier Engine Engine Power
(hp)
Chance of Fire on Impact
(%)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VII Mathis 210 320 20 400 36000
VIII Mathis 300 400 20 400 44500

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Suspensions

Tier Suspension Load Limit
(т)
Traverse Speed
(gr/sec)
Rmin Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

VII Batignolles-Châtillon 12 t 12.5 40 B/2 3000 19000
VIII Batignolles-Châtillon 12 t bis 15 42 B/2 3000 29000

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Radios

Tier Radio Signal Range
(m)
Weight
(kg)
Price
(Credits)

X SCR-528 Fr 750 80 54000
VI SCR 508 400 100 21600

Compatible Equipment

Low Noise Exhaust System Class 1 Vertical Stabilizer Class 1 Light Spall Liner Camouflage Net Class 2 Coated Optics Class 1 Commander's Vision System Stabilizing Equipment System Experimental Optics Wear-Resistant Gun Laying Drive Improved Configuration Venting System Enhanced Gun Laying Drive Class 1 Improved Hardening Class 2 Additional Grousers Class 1 Modified Configuration Class 1 Improved Radio Set Improved Rotation Mechanism Class 1 Improved Aiming Class 1 Improved Ventilation Class 3 Binocular Telescope Class 1 Turbocharger Class 1 

Compatible Consumables

Stabilizer Greasing Automatic Fire Extinguisher Natural Cover Optical Calibration Aim Tuning Experienced Firefighters 100-octane Gasoline 105-octane Gasoline Manual Fire Extinguisher Strong Coffee Pre-Battle Maintenance Vent Purge Large First Aid Kit Large Repair Kit Duty Comes First Shell Organizer Focus on Target Increased Focus Small First Aid Kit Small Repair Kit Gearbox Intricacy Steady Hand Combat Course 


Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:


  • Unlocks 2 vehicles: AMX 13 90 and the Bat.-Châtillon 25 t AP.
  • Excellent mobility; great at flanking and penetration is good for the flanking capabilities
  • Decent accuracy, gun handling and aiming time
  • Reasonable ammo capacity compared to others autoloading French LTs
  • Exceptional camouflage, only slightly better than big LTs like the HWK 30 or LeKpz M 41 90 mm GF


Cons:


  • Lengthy drum reload for its rather limited burst damage, poor DPM
  • Doesn't share modules with other French tanks, except for the radio
  • Low survivability: poor armor, frequent engine damage/fire, low HP pool
  • Inferior to wheeled vehicles in every regard, DPM, mobility, camo, and firepower
  • Turns like a drunk whale, huge turning radius


Performance

The BatChat 12t features a fast-firing, low burst autoloader on a highly mobile chassis with effective camouflage and workable gun handling. This creates a platform which is good for passive scouting, flanking and firing from ambush. Engagements should not occur from long range, as the gun is unreliable enough that you can miss entire clips due to poor aim, low penetration, and the damage output is too mediocre to punish exposed enemies. Instead, the player should keep at a distance where they can spot the enemy without being spotted in return (~300-400m) and fire from cover. When the enemy is distracted or low health targets present themselves, the BatChat 12t makes for an effective flanker and assassin. However, it should not be used in a brawl. The tank is arguably one of the worst tier 8 light tanks, being inferior in almost every aspect (firepower, armour, mobility) in exchange for an autoloader, smaller profile and better camo.

With the introduction of wheeled vehicles and the LT-432, the B-C 12t has largely been outclassed in mobility, firepower, and camo. If the enemy team has a wheeled vehicle, it is unadvised to take an active scouting role as your poor mobility, gun handling, and lower camo will not do you any favours. The only major redeeming quality that remains is the 380m base view range, which is workable but requires optics to be anywhere in the 440 range (combined with vents, BIA, and Situational Awareness, the view range can exceed 450m which is effective at spotting through enemy camo at 445m).

Thanks to the incredible camouflage values of this tank, it saw extensive use as the tier 8 of choice in the 7/68 format battles of the WGL Grand Finals.


Suggested Equipment


Vertical Stabilizer Coated Optics Camouflage Net Binocular Telescope Improved Ventilation


Documented Tank and Crew Builds

The two defining aspects of the BC12t are its autoloader and its exceptional camouflage and builds should focus on optimizing these two aspects. All crew should be trained with camouflage and the commander should have 6th sense in order to optimize for the passive scouting role. Further improvements for the scouting role would include situational awareness on the commander (as it provides a better bonus than recon). For the gunner, either snapshot or dead-eye are good choices. The driver should learn smooth ride to give the BSC12t at least a chance to hit targets while moving.

The BatChat can mount common equipment pieces such as vertical stabilizers, optics and vents. However, a camo net should be considered as it boosts the camo when stationary to up to 50%. Commander's vision system and exhaust system can be combined with optics for a scouting only setup, at the cost of firepower and slight crew performance.



External Reviews and Opinions

Gallery

Historical Info

The Bat.-Châtillon 12t, or the Char 12 Tonnes Batignolles-Châtillon, was a prototype French light tank.


Post-War Light Tank Requirements

After World War 2, the French military was in dire need of new tanks. As such, on September 1946 a draft was issued by the Direction des études et fabrications d'armement (DEFA) for a new light tank to fulfill anti-tank and reconnaissance roles. This draft dictated that the tank must have:

  • strong firepower
  • a weight of less than or equal to 12 tons in order to be transported by air
  • good mobility
  • a long operational range

Further requirements came in later. In January 1947, it was decided that the new tank must be able to accommodate many different types of weapons, and soon after the decision to use an oscillating turret was made - specifically, the FL-4 turret made by the Fives-Lille company with a high-velocity 75mm gun. By the end of 1945, the requirement that the tank must be air transportable was dropped.

The Char 12 Tonnes Batignolles-Châtillon

By April 1947, four companies entered the competition to design France's future light tank: AMX, Renault, FCM, and Batignolles-Châtillon. The latter's prototype became known as the Char 12 Tonnes Batignolles-Châtillon, or Bat-Chat 12t. This tank had the following characteristics:

  • Length: 4.31 meters
  • Width: 2.4 meters
  • Height: 2.17 meters
  • Ground clearance: 0.315 meters
  • Track Width: 0.37 meters
  • Crew: 3 members
  • Armament: 75mm cannon with 1000 meters/second muzzle velocity and 40 shells
  • Motor: Mathis 7-Cylinder 8 GZ 00 with 210 horsepower
  • Maximum speed: 73 kilometers/hour
  • Operational Range: 240 kilometers
  • Slope-climbing ability: 70 degrees

One should note that these statistics are either planned or tested a dummy turret. There are no known images of the Bat-Chat 12t with a proper turret, and it is unknown if the prototype was ever fitted with one.

Cancellation

The AMX prototypes won the competition with 5 prototypes built by December 1949, and entered service in 1952 as the AMX-13. In contrast, Batignolles-Châtillon's tank was not ready to be shown until June 1950. With the AMX prototype having been declared the winner, all development on and experiments with the Bat-Chat 12t ceased by September 1951.


Historical Gallery

Historical Accuracy Errata

The following are consensus errors or inconsistencies which have been identified with the configuration of the vehicle in question and conflict with information available on the public record. The causes for these divergences in the game are normally not disclosed and may be rooted in game balance.

* The in-game Bat-Chat 12t looks bigger than the dimensions on the blueprints.
  • The Bat-Chat's gun, the Canon de 75 mm Vo 1000 m/s, was an earlier version of the 75 mm SA50 used by the AMX 13. Despite that, the SA50 vastly underperforms compared to its prototype version.


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