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0/0Expression error: Unexpected < operator./Expression error: Unrecognized word "unable". t Weight Limit |
engine Engine Power |
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traverse Traverse |
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//Unable to match configuration for query: turret:d1::top|armorturretfront/Unable to match configuration for query: turret:d1::top|armorturretside/Unable to match configuration for query: turret:d1::top|armorturretback mm Turret Armor |
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0/0/0 Shell Cost |
//Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|damage1/Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|damage2/Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|damage3 HP Damage |
//Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|penetration1/Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|penetration2/Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|penetration3 mm Penetration |
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Unable to match configuration for query: turret:d1::stock|turrettraverseUnable to match configuration for query: turret:d1::top|turrettraverse deg/s Turret Traverse |
0° Gun Arc |
-°/+°-Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|depression°/+Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|elevation° Elevation Arc |
Unable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::stock|maxammoUnable to match configuration for query: gun:d1::top|maxammo rounds Ammo Capacity |
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Unable to match configuration for query: radio:d1::top|distance Signal Range With 50% Crew: Expression error: Unexpected < operator. m |
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It has better armor than the RenaultFT while maintaining similar mobility. Its guns are capable of dealing more damage, but penetration remains poor, particularly against tier 3 opponents. Physically, it's much larger than the RenaultFT.
The <value_unset_error> marks the end of its line.
Modules / Available Equipment and Consumables
Player Opinion
Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Good hull and turret armor
Cons:
- Poor top speed and maneuverability
- Poor damage and/or penetration (depending on the gun)
Performance
Designed long before World War 2, the D1 was designed to fight infantry, not armor. As such, it has pretty good armor, but it's slow and considerably under-gunned. With the 13.2 mm auto-cannon and the 47 mm SA34, it has good damage, but very low penetration. With the 25 mm Canon Raccourci Mle. 1934, it gets penetration, but weak damage. When armed with anything other than the 25 mm, you'll certainly want to avoid opposing French tanks. However, this tank can typically survive a larger beating than the tier 2 tanks from other nations. Working as a team, this tank can try to absorb hits while other team members provide the firepower. That's not to say it's invincible by any means. There are a few guns available to tier 2 and especially tier 3 tanks that can punch right through this tank's armor. Expect to see a stark contrast between surviving countless hits from some enemies and only a few from others.
Early Research
- The 13.2 mm Hotchkiss mle. 1930 and the 25 mm Canon Raccourci Mle. 1934 guns transfer over from the RenaultFT, so they're available immediately.
- The engine is a good place to start researching for an additional 9 horsepower and no additional weight.
- It's a good idea to upgrade the suspension next.
- Now research the D1b turret and the 47 mm SA34 gun.
- You should be sure to research the ER 53 radio before moving on.
Suggested Equipment
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Historical Info
As the ST1 turret type had been rejected, a new one had to be developed. Until it was ready all 160 Char D vehicles were temporarily fitted with existing Renault FT turrets, taken from the Renault FT matériel reserve. Two new turret designs were proposed by Schneider. The ST3 was a modification of the ST1. To solve the balance problem, this type had an armoured extension at the back, with a large square opening. The hatch in the back of the main armour could be opened through the square hole of the extension, providing more room for the commander, who, when operating the gun, would still enjoy some protection against small arms fire, without the weight penalty of a larger turret. The matériel commission judged this system, though ingenious, to be hugely impractical — it made the turret more vulnerable in precisely those situations where it was most likely to be hit: when fighting the enemy — and decided to accept the weight penalty, choosing the alternative ST2 that was simply a larger turret that had more room at the back, weighing three metric tonnes. Nevertheless a single pre-series vehicle was fitted with the ST3 for trials and afterwards used in this configuration by the driver school.
This ST2 turret had a very complex geometry with many shot traps. This was partly caused by the large protruding diascopes at the sides, but also a result of forcing the commander to operate in three height levels: he had to stretch himself to observe his surroundings via the cupola, had a forward observation hatch that he could look through while standing in a normal position and had to crouch to operate the 47 mm SA34 gun to the right of him and the coaxial 7.5 mm machine gun to the left. The lower level had its own extension, where extra room had been found in the front of the turret to bring the machine gun forward, while retracting the main gun, thus improving balance even further. Needless to say, the army was very critical of this general arrangement, but it could not be rejected as deliveries were already greatly delayed: the first replacement turrets were fitted only in early 1936.
The ST2, weighing 1788 kg, brought the total weight to fourteen metric tons and, costing 100,000 FF per piece, the total vehicle price to 475,000 FF. The Char D1 was thus neither particularly light nor cheap, causing the Hotchkiss company to propose a design better conforming to the role of mass produced light infantry tank, which proposal would eventually result in no less than three production types: the Hotchkiss H35, Renault R35 and FCM 36. However, even in 1926 the project had been seen as more of a cheaper alternative to the Char B than as a pure light infantry tank; the political situation of the early thirties would force the Char D1 completely into the role of Char de Bataille or "battle tank".
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