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Char B1 BIS

By: Warlord Games

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Bolt Action - French (28mm)

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MSRP old price: $39.00


Product Info

Title
Char B1 BIS
Publisher
Sub-category
Publish Year
2017
Dimensions
11.25x7.25x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147919817
MFG. Part #
WLG402015502
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Material
Plastic
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

Upgrading the Char B1, the Char B1 bis had thicker armour and an APX4 turret with a longer-barrelled (L/32) 47 mm SA 35 gun, giving it more anti-tank capacity alongside the 75mm hull-mounted howitzer. French experiences during The Great War influenced their belief a breakthrough tank would be needed in future conflicts, hence the design of the heavy Char B1 and B1 bis.


This kit allows you to build French or German gun tanks or as one of two versions of German flammpanzers, it contains:

  • A French/German Char B1 bis tank
  • Bolt Action stat cards
  • Full-colour waterslide decal sheet
  • Vehicle damage markers


    Among the most powerful tanks at the time, the Char B1 bis was very effective against German Panzers in 1940 during the Battle of France. However, slow speed and high fuel consumption made it ill-adapted to the more fluid style of warfare being fought at that time.

    With the fall of France, the victorious German military captured 161 Char B1 bis tanks and repurposed them under the nomenclature Panzerkampfwagen B-2 740 (f). Several were also converted into flame-throwing tanks.

    Models supplied unassembled and unpainted