Were there actually any good French tanks during WWII?

[Themask]

Aight, I know we surrendered'n'everything, but I've heard of such tanks like the D2... and I wanted to know if those used to be any good.
Same 'bout planes

[Dr.Pepsi Man]

The ones that reverse faster than the IS2? But at least they have that 1 good forward gear for parades

[captain gimmick]

Actually, at the begining French tanks were hilariously better then German tanks in most ways.
French equipment was some of the best of the day, but a critical lack of good tank doctrine limited their effectiveness.

[Illusionyary]

I don't know a whole lot about French equipment, but didn't production of tanks cease when France fell to Germany?

[Miyu]

Char B1

[↯Zindy⛦]

well there is the ARL 44, the front plate is a bit flat but looks like a french king tiger

[Zeno]

Originally posted by Themask:

Aight, I know we surrendered'n'everything, but I've heard of such tanks like the D2... and I wanted to know if those used to be any good.
Same 'bout planes

Of course!

There you go!

http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/ww2-french-tanks.asp

Took me less than 10 seconds to google this !!

[[Goi]Zodd74]

Search for "Operation Husky" italians fought allies with Germans using Renault tanks,and they gave them bad times for a while.

[CT center]

(this is my own knowledge so please correct me if im wrong)
if french tanks were in wt they would be pretty good, this is due to the fact that wt is different to a real life scenario, in reality, the french were better than the german tanks at the current point in time (germans mostly had pz.3 in 1940) in aspects such as armour and turrets although were longer as they expected much more trench warfare, they failed in one category which was the fact that the french tanks had 1 crew in the turret so 1 crew member to:
-find the enemy target
-tell the driver whether to keep moving or not
-load the gun
-aim at the enemy
-fire
-take out the shell
-load in another shell
-look for an enemy
-tell driver whether to take action
and its quite a lot for 1 person, this however will not matter in wt as you are always in 3rd person view and your crew are good at multitasking.
french tanks, good in wt, bad in real life.

[ReaperV]

The B1 was able to deal with early Pz II and Pz III tanks, along with infantry with impunity. It was a very effective tank.

I have no doubt that had events happened slightly differently and the French could have stayed in the war, they would have had some of the most effective tanks in existence. Many of their designs were implemented post-war, though.

They would make a great addition to this game, and I have had the pleasure to mess with them in the 'other' tank game extensively.

[Stellar ❤️💙💛]

Actually in beginning of WW2 French tanks were pretty much superior to German tanks, but because tactics or lack of tactics, they were spread along country one tank there other one there, they were not effective.

[Foxtrot39]

Early WW2 french tank were outside crew and tactic superior to all german vehicle of the same time

Mid WW2 only ARL 44 was actualy produced as prototype, other produced vehicle were truck fitted with brit AA/AT guns

Postwar, Shermans got upgunned with a long barrel 105mm gun so it might count

Then come the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of postwar tanks with AMX 13 variants going from ATGM platforms to AA passing through heavy tank guns, similar for the ELC AMX but with much more instant reload HEATFS bias launcher

[Kozi]

You mean the french tanks that could go 5km/h forwards and 4.32 light years per second backwards?

[Themask]

Originally posted by Dr.President:

The ones that reverse faster than the IS2? But at least they have that 1 good forward gear for parades

Originally posted by Uncle Kozi:

You mean the french tanks that could go 5km/h forwards and 4.32 light years per second backwards?

Hon hon hon

[Hanjo]

FCM F1 (more powerful than a Maus)
Lorraine 37L (Marder I)
Somua S-35 (40.7 km/h)
Renault R35
Char B1

Yep, they are good tanks

Dewoitine D.520
Farman F.220
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_French_Air_Force_during_World_War_II

Yep, they are planes.

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by Hanjo:

FCM F1 (more powerful than a Maus)

Rather unlikely, given that it had half the armour with little sloping, a bad overall layout (multi-turret), and only a 90mm and 47mm gun, compared to the Maus' 128mm and 75mm.