ORIGINAL: Rex Ross
ORIGINAL: (RC)Tanker
Well, Ive been looking at RC combat tanks for a while and I have one question. Since we dont have armor or anything, why the french hate????
Just to lame? Not good speed, weapons stink? Whats the reason why no one manufactures french tanks? I once spent 5 days looking for a Char bis.
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Please give details on the Char bis you found........scale? r/c? source? cost?
My non-expert opinion...........
I wouldn't use the word hate, but the word "unpopular" comes to mind...............they didn't see much combat except for some engagements prior to Dunkerque. Consequently, they don't have a reputation to support popularity amongst model builders. I understand that the French had some good tanks, and had a good number of them, but they were poorly deployed, organized, and didn't have an effective strategy or tactics for opposing the Germans. Some historians have stated that the panzer commanders were not sure that the French could be beaten at the outset of hostilities. The tanks that did survive were used by the German occupation in police control of the local civilian population. The British were in the same boat (no Dunkerque pun intended) but went on to victory in North Africa and in other theaters of war.
This makes me ask all of you......were there any French tanks in North Africa that saw any combat? Any French tanks at all?
Rex
I only found some lame model in yugoslavia that was 1/35, no suspension, no IR combat, not even a moving mantle.
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