GWF-06      Saint-Chamond Tank,  Late Version   (1 pc)      US$188

The Saint-Chamond was the second French heavy tank of the First World War,
with 400 manufactured from April 1917 to July 1918. Born of the commercial rivalry
existing with the makers of the Schneider CA1 tank,
the Saint-Chamond was an inadequate underpowered design. Its principal weakness was the "caterpillar" tracks.
They were much too short in relation to the vehicle's length and heavy weight (23 tons ).
Later models, however, attempted to rectify some of the tank's original flaws by
installing wider and stronger track shoes, thicker frontal armor and the more effective 75mm M1897 field gun.

The Saint-Chamond tanks remained engaged in various actions until the late summer of 1918,
belatedly becoming more effective since combat had moved out of the trenches and onto open ground.
Eventually, however, the Saint-Chamond tanks
were scheduled to be entirely replaced by imported British heavy tanks.














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