Char B1-bis

FRONT
20 Die Roll Armor No Penetration Penetration
1 - Automatic Penetration Normal Damage
2 14 Immobilized / MC Immobilized / MC
3 14 No Effect Immobilized / MC

17 18 19 4
5
14
14
No Effect
No Effect
Immobilized / MC
Immobilized / MC
6 14 Immobilized / MC Immobilized / MC
7 14 No Effect Normal Damage
12 16 8 14 Hull Gun Destroyed Hull Gun Destroyed / MC
13 14 15 9 14 No Effect Normal Damage
10 14 No Effect Normal Damage
11 14 No Effect Normal Damage
7 8 9 10 11 12
13
14
14
No Effect
Hull Gunner –1 Action / Rivets
Normal Damage
Hull Gunner KIA / MC
14 14 No Effect Normal Damage
15 14 Driver –1 Action / Rivets Driver KIA / MC
16 12 No Effect Normal Damage
3 4 5 17 12 No Effect Normal Damage
2 6 18 12 Turret Gun Destroyed / MC Main Gun Destroyed / MC
19 12 No Effect Normal Damage
20 12 Commander –1 Action Commander KIA / MC
1
FRONT HIT LOCATION

SPECIFICATIONS SPECIAL RULES

The Char B1 bis was a monster, weighing in at 34 tons. It dated from the Hull Gun: The 7.5cm gun is mounted directly to the hull and cannot
late 1920s and was intended to be the French Army’s main battle tank. traverse. To compensate for this, the driver was provided with a special
The Char B1 bis was considered an advanced vehicle and was easily a differential to allow him to make fine adjustments. The hull gun can
match for any of its contemporaries. only fire at targets lying directly in front of the tank and must move to
fire at any other targets. Because of the special differential, the driver
Introduced: 1942 (Rare) Crew:4 may rotate the tank up to 5°with only a +1 penalty and up to 10°with a
Weight: 34 tons +3 penalty. Larger moves must pay the normal +5 penalty for Moving
Length: 20’10” in Previous Action. Finally, the hull gun always received a +2 To Hit
Width: 8’2” penalty when firing at moving targets in addition to all other penalties.
Height: 9’2”
Ground Clearance: 1’2” Multiple Guns: The Char B1-bis carries two guns, a 3.7cm in the
Wheel Width: 1’8” turret and a 7.5cm in the hull. Each gun operates independently, and
Main Gun: 7.5cm may fire separately, load separately, engage different targets, or even
Max Elevation: +20 set op-fire separately. The B1-bis crew must take a Morale Check for
Ammunition: ? gun loss only if both guns have been destroyed.
Speed: 28 mph
Range: 93 miles One Man Turret: The 4.7cm gun mounted in the turret is crewed
Trench Crossing: 4’0” solely by the tank commander. He must load and fire the gun himself.
Fording Depth: 3’11” Because of this, he will always suffer the No Commander and Buttoned
Up penalty.

Rivets: Any non-penetrating hit on a location indicating Rivets will

TANK CREW POSITIONS force the crew member in that location to take a roll on the D column of
the Effects Chart. MCs and Sup will be counted as –1 action, just as for
Loader Commander any other non-penetrating round.

Engine Grill: On the port side, an unarmored engine grill provided an

easy means for this tank to be taken out. Any hit on that location will
be an automatic penetration.

No Radio: The lack of radios in French tanks was a major cause in

their poor performance during the 1940 invasion. When the tank is
checking for Platoon Integrity in the squad morale phase, that tank
considers all other tanks in its platoon that are not visible to be out of
action.

Driver Gunner

VEHICLE STATISTICS Penetration HE

Wt. Size HF TF HS/R TS/R HT TT Speed Load TR Type Smoke HMG CMG AAMG Gun AP APCR HEAT HE Size
Char B1-bis 32 L 14 12 11 11 5 5 5 1 S# T - LMG LMG - 47 18 - - 9 Sm
1 NT - - - - - 75S 14 - - 12 Med

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 Char B1-bis

SIDE
Die Roll Armor No Penetration Penetration
1 11 Immobilized / MC Immobilized / MC
20 2 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
3 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
4 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
17 18 19 5 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
6 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
7 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
16 8
9
11
11
Immobilized / MC
R-Hull Gun Destroyed / MC
Immobilized / MC
R-Hull Gun Destroyed / MC
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 10R 11 Hull Gunner KIA / MC Hull Gunner KIA / MC
10R 11 Driver –1 Action / Rivets Driver KIA / MC
1 8
11
12L
11
11
R-Hull Loader –1 Action / Rivets
Grill – Automatic Penetration
R-Hull Loader KIA / MC
Normal Damage
2 3 4 5 6 7 12R 11 No Effect Normal Damage
13 11 No Effect Normal Damage
14 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
15 11 Engine Hit / Half Speed / Smoke Immobilized / Smoke / MC
16 11 Turret Gun Destroyed / MC Turret Gun Destroyed / MC
17 11 No Effect Normal Damage
18 11 No Effect Normal Damage
19 11 No Effect Normal Damage
20 11 Commander –1 Action / Rivets Commander KIA / MC

SIDE HIT LOCATION

REAR
Die Roll Armor No Penetration Penetration
20 1 - Automatic Penetration Normal Damage
2 11 Immobilized / MC Immobilized / MC
3 11 Exhaust Hit / Smoke Immobilized / Smoke / MC
17 18 19 4 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
5 11 Exhaust Hit / Smoke Immobilized / Smoke / MC
6 11 Immobilized / MC Immobilized / MC
7 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
12 13 14 15 16 8 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
9 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
10 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
11 11 No Effect Immobilized / MC
7 8 9 10 11 12
13
11
11
No Effect
No Effect
Normal Damage
Immobilized / Smoke / MC
14 11 No Effect Immobilized / Smoke / MC
15 11 Hull Loader –1 Action / Rivets Hull Loader KIA / MC
16 11 No Effect Normal Damage
2 3 4 5 6 17 11 No Effect Normal Damage
18 11 No Effect Normal Damage
19 11 No Effect Normal Damage
20 11 Commander –1 Action Commander KIA / MC
1
REAR HIT LOCATION

TOP
Die Roll Armor No Penetration Penetration
1 5 Turret Gun Destroyed / MC Turret Gun Destroyed / MC

2 3 4 5 2
3
5
5
No Effect
Hull Loader –1 Action / Rivets
Immobilized / MC
Hull Loader KIA / MC
4 5 No Effect Normal Damage
5 5 No Effect Immobilized / MC
6 5 Hull Gunner –1 Action / Rivets Hull Gunner KIA / MC
6 7 9 10 7 5 Hull Gun Destroyed / MC Hull Gun Destroyed / MC
20 8 5 No Effect Normal Damage
1 8 9
10
5
5
Half Move / Smoke
Half Move / Smoke
Immobilized / Smoke / MC
Immobilized / Smoke / MC
11 5 No Effect Normal Damage
11 12 14 15 12 5 Driver –1 Action / Rivets Driver KIA / MC
13 13 5 No Effect Normal Damage
14 5 Half Move / Smoke Immobilized / Smoke / MC
15 5 Half Move / Smoke Immobilized / Smoke / MC

16 17 18 19
16
17
5
5
No Effect
No Effect
Immobilized / MC
Normal Damage
18 5 No Effect Normal Damage
19 5 No Effect Immobilized / MC
20 5 Commander –1 Action / Rivets Commander KIA / MC

TOP HIT LOCATION

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