So, by 1935, the French ordered the creation of the Char B1 bis, which featured additional armor and a more powerful turret gun. Although the Char B1 bis was already a powerful tank, the French ...

By 7 a.m., two hours after the battle had started, the French had retaken ... Thus, the Char B1/Bis goes down as the single most legendary tank of WW2.

This was Eure, a 31.5-ton Char B1 bis tank commanded by ... out the stubby guns of Panzer IV tanks, only to shatter in clouds of shrapnel against the French tank’s glacis. More than 140 shells ...

This was Eure, a 31.5-ton Char B1 bis tank commanded by ... out the stubby guns of Panzer IV tanks, only to shatter in clouds of shrapnel against the French tank’s glacis. More than 140 shells ...

The French Char B1 – a behemoth weighing 28 tons – was not the pinnacle of tank design. It was underpowered, often unreliable, and in the face of the German blitzkrieg, it seemed almost archaic.