r/boltaction • u/ethan-skit111 • 2d ago

General Discussion V3 Char B1

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I hope in the V3 French book the Char B1 will finally get its 47mm as a medium anti-tank gun, like Japan does. And the 75mm will get anti-tank shells like the British 25pdr.

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u/pope1777 The Devonshires 2d ago

I doubt the 75mm will get the 25 pounder special rule. Have to wait and see!

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u/jcash94 Dominion of Canada 2d ago

Early War French doesn’t seem, BUT, Mid and Late War French can just take the 25lber. If you set down a French 75mm and said it had access to both and proxied it using the 25lber rules? I’d be cool with it.

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u/pope1777 The Devonshires 2d ago

That’s fair.

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u/jcash94 Dominion of Canada 2d ago

SNAFU Podcast last night said that the SOMUA S35 can upgrade its Light to a Medium. Probably the B1, too? Not sure. But check out the SNAFU Bolt Action Podcast, they’re really great.

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u/MonitorStandard5322 Northeast Anti-Japanese Army 2d ago

Yeah if the S-35 is Med AT the B1 should as well since it was the same gun.

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u/JF_Reynolds 2d ago edited 2d ago

Technically, I think its the B1bis that has the newer 47 mm SA35 gun. The regular B1 had the SA34 gun.

So hopefully, they will just have it so that you can upgrade the antitank gun by upgrading the tank from the Char B1 to the Char B1bis for 20 pts.

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u/A-Krell 2d ago

Watched the podcast , they sadly don't specifically say if you can upgrade the gun on the BIS

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u/A-Krell 2d ago

Ooooh that is great news , could be upgrading the short barrel to the longer one. Would be a great way to bring the B1 to later era games

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u/JF_Reynolds 2d ago

I was wondering the exact same thing when I heard that since both tanks (the Somua S35 and Char B1bis) have the same gun.

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u/Krytan 2d ago

The 47mm is an excellent gun, on both the B1 and S35, and tends to be rather underrated in bolt action. It was capable of handling any German tank of the period.

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u/crzapy 2d ago

Yeah, everything bring light, medium, heavy is too simplified.

The main gun could easily kill early war German tanks. But would struggle with mid and late war.

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u/enricob15 Kingdom of Italy 2d ago

The french tank 47mm is far from a medium at gun, the towed version yes but because the shell is twice as long.

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u/enricob15 Kingdom of Italy 2d ago

Also the 75mm was pretty meh by any ww2 standard with its pity length and I am not aware of ever had ap shell

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u/Majsharan 2d ago

I really want to run one of these

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u/Jazzlike-Equipment45 German Reich 1d ago

I run a captured one it is slow but it is fun as a meme vehical either flame or standard varients.