Char 2C Super Heavy Tank (Behemoth)

The Char 2C was designed during the latter half of the First World War in an effort to break the stalemate of trench warfare. French General Mourret, Sub-Secretary of Artillery granted the FCM shipyard a contract to develop a heavy tank or “char d’assaut de grand modèle” meaning “great model assault tank”. Please consider supporting our videos on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get your copy of Simple History: World War I https://www.amazon.com/Simple-History-World-War-I/dp/1536830402/ T-Shirts https://www.zazzle.com/simplehistory/gifts?cg=196817456987349853 Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ http://www.simplehistory.co.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/simple_guides Credit: Narrator: Chris Kane www.vocalforge.com Script: Daniel Turner & Michael Rearden Animation, direction, editing: Daniel Turner Artwork: Daniel turner Music Credit Ross Bugden- Rapture ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License’.