Captured French heavy tank Char B1-bis Charente from the 3rd company of the 41st heavy tank battalion of the 5th semi-brigade of the 3rd Tank Division.
Presumably, Char B1-bis was captured during the battles for the city of Stonne in the Ardennes province. On May 18, 1940, during the battle, the crew of this heavy tank did not receive an order to retreat due to a malfunction of the radio station, and the tank was captured by German troops intact.
Source of information about the Char B1-bis Charente tank photo: Moshchansky I.B., “TankoMaster 2007 No. 1. Supplement to the magazine” Technology of Youth “(p. 37).
Location: France
Photographed at May 18, 1940
This photo was taken by Willi Ude