Bat.-Châtillon 12 t
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Bat.-Châtillon 12 t
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[Client Values; Actual values in
2,370,000  Cost |
| 1000200 HP Hit Points |
| 12.02/12.57.96/15 t Weight Limit |
- Commander (Radio Operator, Loader)
- Driver
- Gunner (Loader)
| 320400 hp Engine Power |
| 68/23 km/h Speed Limit |
| 4042 deg/s Traverse |
| 26.6250.25 hp/t Power/Wt Ratio |
| NoNo Pivot |
| // mm Hull Armor |
| 25/25/2525/25/25 mm Turret Armor |
AP/APCR/HE
AP/APCR/HE Shells |
210/3200/145
210/3200/145 Shell Cost |
| 170/170/260170/170/260 HP Damage |
| 144/182/38170/210/38 mm Penetration |
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8 r/m ▲
9.23 r/m Magazine-fed Gun ▲ Rate of Fire Magazine-fed Gun |
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1337.9 ▲
Magazine-fed Gun
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Magazine-fed Gun
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1419.5 Magazine-fed Gun ▲
Magazine-fed Gun
▼
Magazine-fed Gun
▲ Damage Per Minute Magazine-fed Gun |
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0.38 m ▲
0.38 m With 50% Crew: 0.471 m ▲ Accuracy With 50% Crew: 0.471 m |
| 2.3 s 2.3 s Aim time |
| 4646 deg/s Turret Traverse |
| 360° Gun Arc |
| -6°/+13°-6°/+13° Elevation Arc |
| 4452 rounds Ammo Capacity |
| 2020 % Chance of Fire |
| 380 m 380 m View Range |
| 400 m 750 m Signal Range |
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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
Guns
| Tier | Gun | Penetration (mm) |
Damage (HP) |
Rate of fire (rounds/minute) |
Dispersion (m/100m) |
Aiming time (s) |
Weight (kg) |
Price (  )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Engines
| Tier | Engine | Engine Power (hp) |
Chance of Fire on Impact (%) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VII | Mathis 210 | 320 | 20 | 400 | 36000 | |
| VIII | Mathis 300 | 400 | 20 | 400 | 44500 |
Suspensions
| Tier | Suspension | Load Limit (т) |
Traverse Speed (gr/sec) |
Rmin | Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VII | Batignolles-Châtillon 12 t | 12.5 | 40 | B/2 | 3000 | 19000 | |
| VIII | Batignolles-Châtillon 12 t bis | 15 | 42 | B/2 | 3000 | 29000 |
Radios
| Tier | Radio | Signal Range (m) |
Weight (kg) |
Price ( )
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | SCR-528 Fr | 750 | 80 | 54000 | |
| VI | SCR 508 | 400 | 100 | 21600 |
Compatible Equipment
Compatible Consumables
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
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
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 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.
