2C
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Description
The Char 2c is a Rank 2 French heavy tank with a battle rating of 2.3(AB/RB/SB) and was introduced in Update "Sky Guardians". it is one of the largest tanks in the game and by far the largest at its BR, with an extremely large crew, big tracks, and an open interior, it can take a beating while providing allies cover or opportunities to attack enemies who are attacking you.
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type: all armor on the tank is rolled homogeneous armor, except the gun ports and the entrance ports, which are cast homogeneous armor
| Armour | Front (Slope angle) | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 45 mm front (0°)
22 mm upper glacias(70°) 15mm lower glacias (63°-78°) |
22 mm top 15 mm Bottom |
22 mm | 13- 22 mm |
| Turret | 30- 35 mm turret 35 mm Gun mantlet |
35 mm | 30-35 mm | 10 - 22 mm |
| Cupola | 22mm | 22mm | 22 mm | 22mm |
Notes:
although it is difficult to find a reliable weak point on the Char 2C, the sides of the tank are lined with fuel tanks, which means that hitting one can cause a chain reaction of explosions inside that can ruin a 2C player's day.
Mobility
The mobility of the Char 2C is nonexistent, weighing 70 tons with a 440-500 hp engine depending on mods, it has one of the slowest top speeds in the game, at only 9 mph, along with a very thin width between tracks allowing for very slow turning.
| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
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| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 16 | 16 | 70 | _,___ | 954 | __.__ | 13.63 |
| Realistic | 16 | 16 | _,___ | 500 | __.__ | 7.14 | |
Modifications and economy
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Armaments
Main armament
Although the HEFG shell is subpar with only 11 mm of penetration, the ap shell is slightly above average, so using ap shells is a must while bringing a few HEFG shells along with for dealing with open topped tank destroyers or aa/spgs with exposed crew members, while having farther shot distance than the 2C bis, it is still below average.
| 75 mm APX Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 | Turret rotation speed (°/s) | Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||||||||
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| Mode | Capacity | Vertical | Horizontal | Stabilizer | Stock | Upgraded | Full | Expert | Aced | Stock | Full | Expert | Aced |
| Arcade | 128 | ±20° | ±140° | - | 5.9 | __._ | __._ | __._ | __._ | 7.2 | _.__ | _.__ | _.__ |
| Realistic | 5.9 | __._ | __._ | __._ | __._ | ||||||||
Ammunition
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| Mle1900 | HE | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Mle1916 | APHE | 66 | 65 | 58 | 51 | 45 | 40 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
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| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| Mle1900 | HE | 500 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 695 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| Mle1916 | APHE | 558 | 7.44 | 1.2 | 14 | 350 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
Ammo racks
| Full ammo |
1st rack empty |
2nd rack empty |
3rd rack empty |
4th rack empty |
5th rack empty |
6th rack empty |
Visual discrepancy |
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| 128 | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ (+__) | __ |
Machine guns
| 8 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1914 | ||||
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| Mount | Capacity (Belt) | Fire rate | Vertical | Horizontal |
| rear | 5,000 (250) | 450 | __° | __° |
| hull | 5,000 (250) | 450 | __° | -130°/+120° |
Usage in battles
The Char 2c, while slow, is an extremely difficult target to take down, although its gun isnt as deadly as its premium variant, the Char 2C bis, it can hit at a much longer range, since it is the non-premium french "wall" it should be played as one, covering up corridors with your massive tracks and shooting down anyone who attempts to push you out of the way, and by killing those enemies you can make your homemade wall even harder to get past even after death, because all thought you are dead, the tank still weighs 70 tons, another use is providing mobile cover for damaged tanks to repair behind.
Pros and cons
Pros: Massive tracks make the vulnerable areas of the tank extremely hard to target
Large crew and ample space inside the tank makes even high-pen frag shells have trouble killing more than one crew member
Large "scenery" on the tank makes it hard to spot weak points until you waste a shot
Cons: huge target and easy to hit
large tracks make immobilizing the tank a breeze
Very slow at top speed and a 70 ton weight makes getting up to it time consuming
large blind spot behind the main gun
Rear machine gun is inadequate for defense aside from the occasional SPAA enemies
History
(copy-pasted from the 2C bis page) The FCM 2C was a French "super heavy" tank designed to conquer the "no man's land" of WW1. It was dimensionally the largest tank ever produced, and for a time the heaviest. Ready for production by February 1918, the war ended before any of the vehicles were completed, and so the order of 300 was eventually reduced to just 10, finished in 1921. The standard 2C mounted a 75 mm APX 1897 field gun, similar to the cannon which would be mounted on the M3 GMC tank destroyer. The 2C had many innovative design features for the time, including a hybrid drive, leaf spring suspension, the world's first three-man turret, and stroboscopic cupolas. All of the 2Cs were named after ancient regions of France.
One 2C, No. 99 "Champagne", was given a new two-man cast turret with a 155 mm howitzer. The commander was given his own compartment behind the turret. The side machine gun ports were also removed. This variant would be known as the 2C bis. Eventually, Champagne would be returned to its original configuration and its turret would be used as a makeshift static emplacement in the Mareth Line. Champagne would be the only 2C to survive the invasion of France, with the other nine tanks either being scuttled by their own crew to prevent capture, or breaking down.
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
See also
External links
| France heavy tanks | |
|---|---|
| B1 | B1 bis · B1 ter |
| 2C | 2C · 2C bis |
| ARL-44 | ARL-44 (ACL-1) |
| AMX-50 | Somua SM · AMX-50 Surbaissé · AMX-50 Surblindé |
| USA | ▄M4A3E2 |
