A REAL LIFE WW2 FRENCH PAIN TRAIN - Char 2C Bis

The Char 2C Bis is a real life WW2 French Pain Train. If Choo Choo Charlie was a tank... this is it!
Looking like some demonic form of Thomas the Tank Engine, the Char 2C Bis is as heavy as a Maus tank and with 12 crew... it really is a train!
Armed with a 155mm howitzer with HE it is a LOT of fun to play!
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[@OddBawZ]

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[@OddBawZ]

Or Merci?!

[@TheAnnoyingKiwii]

Merci!

[@SquishyTanks]

Merci?

[@shanzhou3377]

choo choo charles... 🤣 that thumbnail caught me off guard

[@stopredless8447]

“Sumthin on Buh! A Behemoth!” 15:37

[@sully1939]

'The enemy team are being reinforced with a behemoth'

[@johnlanderglea6120]

Oh i miss BF1

[@finncatwillhelm2457]

@@johnlanderglea6120 a bunch of new players and returning players have flooded the game its in a really good spot right now.

[@NissanAl-Gaib]

Oh boy some great memories

[@nick-jangeertsema2365]

Bf1 flashbacks

[@sully1939]

@@finncatwillhelm2457 a lot of hackers on official servers but only every so often. That’s what has ruined this game sadly because EA don’t do anything about it

[@Spookston]

this Choo Choo Charles gameplay is wild

[@Balls119]

SPOOKSTON I LOVE YOU

[@bubby9175]

Yea

[@di5ea5eairsoft6]

When did they update it so that charles is playable?

[@Darktotaled]

no Spooks, you are wild

[@Shxlbyyy]

Mr spooky man can you play Choo Choo Charles

[@tellen33]

the range finder is just them polling the guesses of the 12 crew members

[@michaelm9975]

So a bureaucratic meeting every-time they see a target in the horizon?

[@ragingstorm_15]

This got me laughing real hard 😂

[@lucatthedoor5391]

@@michaelm9975 Average french organization before moving anywhere in 1940. (No, seriously, it was really like that)

[@darthvaper1408]

This deserves way more love I straight cackled

[@DankBench]

@@lucatthedoor5391Mfw Marshal does not want the radio so you just use your horses and bikes ( the enemy has already defeated your forces by the time you reach the command post )

[@ssvensic]

Rangefinder: 450m Odd: So, it's 250m Odd: *Misses Also Odd: This rangefinder is not very good

[@kanegillett5021]

I think the spicy coof was messing with his mind

[@Mach-2-Fishbed]

That Ju-87 would have had all of France to attack from the side but went straight for a frontal assault on the Maginot Line.

[@yayeet1739]

Found out why you go around lol

[@jholbrook1826]

He might’ve thought he was coming at it from the side

[@JNF590]

I like how they still added Trench Crossing Tail, as if the Tank is not long enough for a Trench lmao.

[@statelyelms]

Oh no no, it's not for trench crossings that's a common mistake. It's for crossing the Suez

[@Tyradominus2000]

well it was design at the and of WW1 so outdated doctrine

[@pavelslama5543]

If they really, really, really needed to cross the Dover straits.

[@maartenfransen1426]

It is for preventing a wheelie.

[@JNF590]

@@maartenfransen1426 I know but the tank is so long lmao I don't think it needs that.

[@highadmiralbittenfield9689]

The engine is a petrol-electrive drive, much like a locomotive engine or the tiger P. The "transmission" is actually a large electric motor powered by the generators on the end of the two inline 6 cylinder engines. This is why it drives as well in reverse as forward.

[@PatriotAnimation]

Choo choo

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

The small turret like structure behind the turret is a revolving viewing position. one part stays stationary and the other revolves at high speed with slots cut in it. This keeps MG fire from going in.

[@m-51sherman]

Really smart engineering to be honest.

[@michaeljaneway9459]

Oh, that is very clever

[@thelonehussar6101]

The back turret has one too

[@brucemastiff7390]

Still blows my mind how youtubers can spend a whole round out in the open, then I peak out around a corner and get shot three times at once. I wish I could laugh whilst playing WT.

[@maartenfransen1426]

Instead we cry :(

[@LaserVelociraptor]

Yeah never understood how they do it

[@ZealothPL]

I'd guess just very good map awareness - it looks like he's in a bit of a depression, meanwhile a lot of the rocks are up where as soon as you peek everyone can see you

[@robertalevati1553]

Saaaaame

[@robertalevati1553]

Expecially when I use the m22

[@AFriendlyUnit]

Pain Train: - 95% chance to random critical hit - 2 capture rate - -10% bullet resistance

[@niume7468]

Man of culture I see

[@AFriendlyUnit]

@@niume7468 A-pose, ragdoll, lenny face, pootis and seggs.

[@thewildcolonialboy8034]

There's the commander, the loader, the driver and the gunner. The other 8 crew are just running a cafe in the middle.

[@4funrc11]

Real life: During Vietnam my uncle served as a driver/gunner on a American 175mm self-propelled howitzer. He said it could hit/kill targets at 22-26+miles! Huge barrel, huge rear blade to prevent flipping over when firing, huge gunpowder sacks, huge in everyway!

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

in warthunder it will do nothing but destroy the optics on a Tiger II when you hit its turret, just like the T30 does ;-;

[@DanMorgan-bh5fv]

His poor ears I bet he lost hearing early on in age.

[@bkraus4829]

You need to play this with Phly, Bennie and some others....for fun. I'll wager that someone will pass out from lack of oxygen from laughing too hard.😀

[@chaoslink1158]

HE really is fun. My favorite lately is the Me410 with the 50mm. It gets overshadowed by the duck but there’s so many open tops you can one shot with a 50mm HE. M10s die as long as you hit them and SPAA never expect the oneshot.

[@tyrendian8738]

"250 it says" while clearly 450 was shown. Never change Odd xD

[@normal-potato05]

I mean the slow speed rlly stabilizes the gun, so it’s kinda nice Get well soon Odd

[@Mr.Nyceguy]

Just got over that crap myself, glad you pulled through brutha. Thanks for the content!

[@xm679]

"This has more men inside it than your sis- TWELVE to be exact" It's the classic roasts that hit the hardest.

[@MegaJani]

It's been actually designed as of WW1, but it's mainly an interwar tank, not WW2

[@ChopperMeir]

While the design was started in WW1 they weren't finished until after. Like you say definitely an interwar vehicle. Interestingly, they were taken out of mothball in WW2 but the idea was very quickly decided to be very silly (with the speed of the German advance) and they were sent by train to the south. They came across a blockage on the tracks and the crews detonated the sabotage explosives in the tanks so the Germans were denied them.

[@danielmartens6369]

Listen Odd, I love ya man, but in the third game, you were complaining about the rangefinder, but on two seperate occasions, you saw the range it was giving you, and didn't shoot at the range, and missed. And the one time it told you 450, and you audibly said "250!?". And missed.

[@Joze1090]

I noticed that too lol

[@aapopesonen2902]

I like how unlike every other youtuber, I can actually hear the game audio in your videos.

[@Fiasco3]

A thought comes to mind, if you died on that bridge angled sideways covering the whole width, what tank in that BR bracket could pull the wreck away given the tanks weight.

[@gavinjenkins899]

T35 has the same engine power as this, like exactly the same, to the point I think they just got lazy and copy/pasted the engine stats, even. And I think the T28 has the same engine as well with less of its own weight to pull

[@vitokhait9696]

I was so hyped for this thing. We need more tanks like this

[@real7854]

They might add the Char 2C with the 75 i heard, i seen a photo of it in a Phly video when he was playing as the Char 2C. Cant fidn any info about it, but im convinced WW1 is coming to WT soon

[@vitokhait9696]

@@real7854 hope so. Would be cool to see the game grow the other way you know. Like 0.3 and 0.7 BRs with Mark 1, FT-17 and stuff

[@bbcmotd]

Exactly, classic vehicles have so much more soul than generic looking modern designs

[@vitokhait9696]

@@bbcmotd indeed. Feels unique when you play it and the difference between the tanks is way more substantial.

[@real7854]

@@vitokhait9696 If enough people suggest it, WT will add it. The APCBC for the Maus got added just because one guy suggested it. it only takes one person!

[@funnyman4311]

I love this thing it just trundles along at 15kph with a 155mm cannon to blow anything to smithereens. Probably the most fun I've had playing this game.

[@kriskay5020]

Playing low tier has been interesting with all the people using this thing atm

[@ArcticWipeout]

I love that the engine fans move on this tank! There a few that do, misty Russian and French tanks but I love the detail.

[@fortheregm1249]

This sounds counter intuitive but when you fight in this thing you should be sideways to the enemy to minimize the number of crew lost in event of a penetration.

[@gavinjenkins899]

Not when your turret only turns 90 degrees

[@stagoo8529]

man whenever i watch either i learn things or just have the laugh of my time thanx for content Odd😍

[@GP30277]

That little panzer jaeger hiding behind you was so precious

[@mikefoster6018]

The most wonderful vehicle in the game! I love how, instead of an engine inside, it contains two ogre-scale ten pin bowling sets.

[@steffent.6477]

I derped a "C Bis with my 2 C Bis frontally twice now. Both times 2 crew members survived.

[@slaaneshgod]

This is by far one of the most enjoyable videos yet. You are soo damn entertaining and an absolute riot. I bet your a joy to play this with. (dont play with me though I suck) LOL. Thank you for sharing this with us! I hope you get to feeling better.

[@hahabrrrrr4465]

This thing is basically a cracked mechanized infantry, half of a French platoon fitted into a walking metal box. Overpowered armor, even though it has a low armor it doesn’t matter since this shit has so many crews. And they fit it on a 1.7, good job gaijin

[@T0tenkampf]

thanks to you, my kids are pretty sick of me saying "no mah things, ah need those" and calling all my firearms "bonksticks"

[@hyneksmid3293]

I hope normal 75mm variant will be for research in tech tree. Btw engine is from german airship thay got after war as war reparations.

[@Joze1090]

The rangefinder issues are because you're not on level ground. The range it gives you is for 0° gun platform so if you're on a 6° slope that's gonna cause huge deviations of range. Hope that helps.

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

That doesn't make any sense, distance between me and target should not be affected by the slope I'm on.

[@LugborG]

@@giovannifoulmouth7205 It doesn’t make sense because he’s wrong. The range it gives you is an estimated distance based on the gunner’s best guess until you get to tanks that have an actual rangefinder. Odd’s problem this video was a combination of general low tier imprecision, short barrel imprecision, and the fact that he either misread the rangefinder or misjudged the distance he had set. The 550 range from the first game on Sinai was a lot closer to 600 in the scope, and the 250 he saw in the rangefinder actually said 450.

[@WigglyWings]

@@LugborG You do know that projectiles travel different distances when shot at different angles relative to level line?

[@LugborG]

@@WigglyWings You do know that the gun elevates to the distance you set, and isn’t affected by the angle of the tank as long as the target is still within its ability to traverse, right? None of those shots were at a significant angle to either side, and as they were still within the movement limits of the gun, the angle the tank sat at made no difference.

[@WigglyWings]

@@LugborG The range markings in gunner sight are accurate only if tank is perfectly level on ground.

[@drexsol2312]

The day it came out. I encountered 12 of these at one time on Berlin map.

[@jakollanter2492]

Imagine being new to the game and this behemoth pops in💀

[@berserkerpride]

"I didn't know you could have boss battles in pvp."

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

or a NbFz, T-35, Pbil, 234/1, Sd Kfz 140

[@EsOoBaCtvp]

Ive found myself only playing the 2C, Sturmtiger, M728, and avre.... Im not sure if its healthy or not.

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

whatever is fun in warthunder is healthier than warthunder

[@ricardoefde8440]

good health and a fortunate 2023 to u SIR ODD.

[@lordhickory3322]

Day 7 of proposing the challange I came up with to Odd: The cxhallenge is called "Basket Bomb": Your goal is to acuurately drop a bomb into any open top tanks' turret basket (e.g. M10 / M18 / the big german td's / the german AA's etc.)! Extra points if you use a very low-tier aircraft like a biplane, for the funnies. I think that would be extremely fun and it would make me so happy if you gave it a try

[@mhop08]

just a ridiculously big TONK the flame thrower variant is utterly terrifying it brings death at a whopping 1mph

[@jena_thornwyrd]

This tank should be played with "Thomas the train BASS BOOSTED 10H" blasting !

[@timistheman]

This has more men inside it then your sis- 12 to be exact got me dying

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

They used WWI German Zeppelin engines for the Char 2C.

[@thommygomez3802]

10:15 range finder gives him 450 meters, proceed to elevate the canon at 200meters lol concentrate.

[@NateTheTanker]

Glad to have you back OddBawZ! P.S. What is your favorite country in War Thunder?

[@isaacseay5444]

Regular char 2c is a baguette launcher where as the char 2c bis is a boule de pain launcher (type of French bread)

[@Jett20x6]

I've been having fun with this thing. It's like a TOG from another mother. Now if they just add the TOG itself....

[@ZealothPL]

This is like braindead TOG - instead of having a fast-ish firing 6pdr it has a bombard for sieging medieval castles lol

[@Notmyname1593]

Was kinda hoping he`d show what that rear turret is capable of.

[@Maddog3060]

I've said this elsewhere, but this thing is basically a TOG II but French and with a derp gun instead of the 17-pounder.

[@ZealothPL]

This is like a braindead TOG lol, just as big and slow but with zero armor and a hilarious trebuchet of a cannon. And the TOG is already braindead...I'm in awe lmao

[@g.williams2047]

The final face you see is the face of this thing lol!

[@underwaterpowerarmor8700]

for peoples who the comically big size of the engines (yes it s two engines) they were taken when WWI ended from the germans originally the engines were meant for zepplin

[@swissfreek]

The train horn on the roof of the turret 😂

[@NJPurling]

The thought of a Stuka head-butting a shell from that Howitzer is just crazy. There won't be enough left of the Stuka to fill your Kepi if anyone called BS on your camp-fire story. What were they thinking of when the tank was first built? I would suggest it was given the howitzer for dealing with fortified strong-points in support of a general attack. Sort of like a Churchill AVRE of much later.

[@keithrogers6876]

From what I have read about these tanks.. They built 10 of the Char 2C right at the end of WW1, they all had the 75mm turret that is also apparently being added to game. One of them had their turret swapped for this prototype turret with the 155mm howitzer for a while, but when WW2 was starting to ramp up they removed that turret and put the 75mm back on. Start of WW2 they were outdated propaganda "super tanks" used to inspire people's morale, they were all loaded on a train in transport and were going to get captured so the crews blew them up to avoid them being captured by Germany (having your propaganda "super tanks" being captured intact by the enemy would be really really bad). There are conflicting stories about the last part, but the above seems to be the most commonly accepted as what actually happened by people who know far more about history than I do lol.

[@darceylawrence5440]

I don't think anybody noticed this but at 2:49 this damn Tank has a Train Horn on the Turret LMFAO

[@D_F_A]

Merry Christmas. Hope your time away was wonderful.

[@itsmekermit4136]

You can use squad marking to get enemy positions using mini map coordinates.

[@pluemas]

Get friend to spot in light tank Take derp gun Artillery gaming

[@Warzonejoker]

Hi OddBawZ love the content. I acnt beleve you hit that shot

[@arthas_gamer998]

The plane getting shot down was funny and neat 😀🤣

[@Deadender01]

Best content creator? Yes

[@captainuki]

Your range finder was off because you weren't leveled. So your sight zero was actually few degrees upwards

[@WarThunderAddict19]

Keep up the good work Bawz❤

[@sim.frischh9781]

The arguably most mental one in WWI was Adrian Carton de Wiart, check him out, Sabaton even made a song about him titled The Unkillable Soldier. But the french were closely behind him.

[@karamd.9101]

Hey odd bawz i have a challenge for u Plz play the asu 57 at 4.3 but ur not allow to use binos nor scoping So u can only shoot in 3d view and while having nvds always on

[@olgaderwaldfee]

the stuka was a paid actor :D:D:D great one

[@beachside1]

Glad to see you back. Hope you have a Happy and healthy New Year

[@ViralMag_Ravager]

Odd .... I'm actually surprised you didn't take it to the test range to work out how far off the rangefinder is, since enemies always spawn in same location (well at least in arcade) *Still trying to unlock the vehicles and planes I want to use for combined forces RB

[@Kri7ian]

what sickness do you have i think i have the same one?

[@Slugbunny]

Bawz likes big shells and he cannot lie, the other ordnance can't deny (the fun one can have with chonky HE).

[@AllinWhenPlaying]

OddBawZ, maybe for a change of pace we could have a keybind/things you consider important in settings kind of a video?

[@alexanderthegreatzabaras7492]

So glad you’ve recovered from thou that shall not be named 😂😂😂

[@LadySpacePatrol]

How would you recommend applying crew skills for this specific tank?

[@Mr.Billadude]

17:45 “mr.bean joined this room”

[@General_Hetzer]

How are you even able to play when I had Covid I couldn’t even focus I was always in a daze

[@williamnatoli4658]

Oddd you’re back, I missed your accent. Can you please do a video with Steve and Benny again

[@ThunderWithMuffin]

Odd! Please don’t shoot yourself!😂

[@alexshepherd1741]

7:45 Sweet company. French, Japanese, German and Soviet, all on the same side.

[@real7854]

Bro this tank is just a moving Maginot line

[@RickyOHD]

Give Odd a potato launcher and he’ll have the time of this life 😂😂

[@jerbear3915]

saw the crew layout and honestly atleast 6 of them are just backups

[@thepilotman5378]

Sir, the enemy has a moving Castle

[@nextjaeger9271]

4:50 should have just blocked the bridge and in case u died acted as a roadblock lol

[@schunmann]

At 5:11 how are you adjusting your gun range like that? I've never been able to find the controls for it.

[@bbcmotd]

Fun but $70 is never worth it. Digital pixels can't cost more than $10.

[@JerryGoGetTheRoyalNavy]

Man just became Otto carius 💀 16:37

[@ahmadreza2542]

All the love from iran Can feel ur energy Great videos Thanks

[@CardinalMob]

10:34 "I'm just gonna shit myself"

[@cia6286]

ah i see the new french Navy, the new land battleship

[@mrsausageroll7344]

I like how I have never been killed by this thing because It meets my 150mm German bratwurst launcher

[@xdgamer0189]

Finnaly a worthy opponent

[@KergylKraft]

16:36 it was this moment he knew...

[@BigMikeClockwork]

LETS GO ODD BAWZ LETS GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@josiahstewart539]

2:34 Bro said "HAAUUGH" 💀💀

[@warthunderplayer1753]

NICE video

[@fire_drake12.arc.24]

Sad thing is the T30's HE doesnt work anymore

[@ExcavationNation]

WELCOME BACK ODD❤️ again 😜

[@terry_takkanova3574]

I enjoy your videos so much odd. Thank you for the content.

[@norgtube]

Get well soon nerd! Happy new year!

[@GarGhuul]

All terrain doesn’t mean fast, just all terrain. Honestly the mobility could make for interesting approaches, if you have the horses to do it.