The Schneider CA-1Īnother engineer, from Schneider, Eugène Brillé, had already started work on a modified Holt chassis. By December 1915, another project by the same team (this time autonomous with a petrol engine and full tracks) was tried and also rejected. This was a Filtz farm tractor equipped with an electric engine, fed by cable, and equipped with a revolving turret housing a QF 37 mm (1.45 in) gun. The same year, the Aubriot-Gabet “Cuirassé” (ironclad) was also tried. It was protected by 7 mm (0.28 in) of armor, up to four machine-guns or more, a crew of nine, and a top speed of 3-5 km/h (2-3 mph). It was a 7-meters long armored box, based on a wheeled Laffly steamroller, and propelled by a 20 hp engine. Most of this experience was later passed onto the CA-1.Īmong other projects, the Char Frot-Turmel-Laffly was tried in March 1915 and rejected by the commission. Several other people attended as well, including Louis Renault. Trials were organized with Adjutant De Bousquet and officer Cdt Ferrus. It was unarmed, made of wood and open-top. The front design was meant to cut through barb wire and possibly “surf” on mud. This was basically a lengthened Holt chassis (1 meter with an extra bogie) wrapped into a makeshift boat-like structure. It was designed and tried as soon as February 2-17, 1916. The Fouché prototype was an early forerunner, the Number 1 Type C. After some trials in Great Britain, he saw the new Holt tractor (largely in use for towing artillery) as an opportunity to develop his ideas. On the French side, Colonel Estienne, a renowned military engineer and successful gunnery officer, studied in 1914 the idea of an “armored transport” able to carry troops through no man’s land. It seems that similar conceptions of an armored tractor were shared early in the war by both allies. Renault Char d’Assaut 18hp – Renault FT DevelopmentĪrchives: Charron * Peugeot * Renault M1915 * Renault M1914 * White * St Chamond * Schneider CA Early developments.Frot-Turmel-Laffly Armoured Road Roller.Latil 4×4 TAR Heavy Artillery Tractor and Lorry.Around 4,000 armoured military vehicles by September 1918 Tanks
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