Re: How about Second WW1 tank?

[William and Melissa Johns <gizmology-at-gizmology.net>]

At 08:38 PM 8/22/2004, you wrote:

>Well, since the title of first WW1 tank has been taken by the wonderful 
>Mk.V*, perhaps I'll manage to take second?
>
>... I've finnaly settled upon doing a Char FCM 2C heavy French tank from 
>1918. It never saw combat in WW1, and all of the ones built were destroyed 
>on their train transporters by the Germans when they took France in WWII. 
>But it did have Operational French service from 1918 to 1940.

   Cool tank - VERY large!  here's an image that illustrates the size of 
it: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/france/Fra-Char2C-70tons.jpg

http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/france/France-Heavy.html - about a 
quarter of the way down.

B.




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