The Crusaders also had trouble penetrating German tank armor as they became thicker. Widely known in the early parts of the war as one of the best tanks, the French Char B1 was slow but more than ...

French General Mourret, Sub-Secretary of Artillery granted the FCM shipyard a contract to develop a heavy tank or “char d’assaut de grand modèle” meaning “great model assault tank”.

During the defense of Leningrad a well laid trap resulted in a spectacular victory with just 1 tank taking out 22 German Tanks and 2 Anti-tank guns. Zinoviy Kolobanov commanded his KV-1 to deal a ...