A.C. Char C6-C By Panzerbyte Watch

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After the complete failure of the A.C. Char C6 due to suspension problems and several other small issues, engineers asked for one more chance to do something with the heavily outdated suspension.

This resulted in the production of the A.C. Char C6-C Command Tank.



It was mid 1940 when the engineers started on the development of this branch, and the first prototype finished by August of the same year.

The main idea was to integrate one more turret that would increase support and light defensive capabilities whilst maintaining excellent radio coverage.



Luckily for the engineers, their time was not entirely wasted.

Even though this command tank wasn't much of an opponent against other armored vehicles or anti-tank guns, it would still be favored because of the support role it could fulfill.

A total of 59 were produced as command vehicles to increase division efficiency.



If you had to compare this variation to the regular A.C. Char C6, the first thing you'd notice is the enlarged mid-section of the hull, which allowed for more crew and radio equipment.

The famous Joubert engine manufacturer once again did the unthinkable, they managed to improve the existing V12 - the Joubert V12-F 340 hp petrol engine. On the road it had a top speed of 58 km/h.

Despite its bigger size, the A.C. Char C6-C was lightly armored and could therefor reach good speeds. At the rear, the engine compartment was quite big for the engine it housed - a lot of that extra space was utilized for cooling radiators and fuel tanks.

The weight of the command tank was 16.4 tons.

At the front the Char C6-C had an armor plate which was 25mm in thickness. The sides had a respective 15mm thickness of armor, and the rear of the vehicle had 15mm as well.

We are going to divide the turrets into Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary, according to their size.

25mm of armor thickness was the front of the primary turret in the middle.

Both the secondary and tertiary turret had 20mm of thickness.

The main armament, mounted on the primary turret were 4x 12.7 BBM 1940. The secondary armaments were both on the secondary turret and tertiary turret, and had a 7.84 C-Mitraillette 1940 .



The crew of 5 had the following roles: driver, loader, commander/secondary turret gunner, primary turret gunner, radio operator/tertiary turret gunner.

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