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@sporked on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2019-01-13T10:41:01-05:00

otakubouzu said:

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.

@RYANC00P3R_Youtuber on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-09T04:11:48-05:00

I think Akitsumaru got a idea that french tank armor is like made of cardboard box and ducktape, that can penetrated by any tank.

@otakubouzu on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T19:00:25-05:00

sanitaeter said:

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.

@chaosrealm93 on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T17:55:35-05:00

m i f f e d .

@sanitaeter on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T16:56:24-05:00

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.

@Asteriaphoenix on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T12:53:43-05:00

Boksi said:

I'd say that even the Chi-Ha was a better tank than the B1. Why? Because the most important ability of a tank is to actually be there when you need it. It doesn't matter how big your gun is or how thick your armor is if you're not actually participating in the battle. And be B1, with low numbers and low speed, coupled with incompetent French leadership and doctrine, was very bad at being where it was needed. With the Chi-ha, it's cross-country mobility meant that you could at least have a tank when you needed it, albeit not a very good one.

Of course, if you fight in small island, it would be easy to get your tank available. But once he's engaged? You get a crappy little thing with low FP and armor. Meanwhile, the B1 can destroy dozen panzer without a scratch.

@Boksi on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T10:26:14-05:00

I'd say that even the Chi-Ha was a better tank than the B1. Why? Because the most important ability of a tank is to actually be there when you need it. It doesn't matter how big your gun is or how thick your armor is if you're not actually participating in the battle. And be B1, with low numbers and low speed, coupled with incompetent French leadership and doctrine, was very bad at being where it was needed. With the Chi-ha, it's cross-country mobility meant that you could at least have a tank when you needed it, albeit not a very good one.

@Jarlath on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T10:19:42-05:00

BRB, courting Richelieu.

@Nekurumi on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T10:10:06-05:00

Too bad that their technology going down too fast during WW2 that their tanks could not compete with Germans.

Fun fact: B1 was designed to be a main breakthrough tank similar to Mk-1 but the urgent of war forcing the French to mount a turret in order to provide better flexibility. Therefore the turret looks weird and armament is not impressive either.

@jindo90 on post #3310277 (akitsu maru and richelieu (kantai collection) drawn by ido_(teketeke))

2018-11-07T10:09:02-05:00

Chezz-jizz, pouting Richelieu is so cute.