| Char D3 | |
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| Type | medium tank |
| Place of origin |  |
| Service history | |
| Wars | none |
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| No. built | 0 |
The Char D3 was a French tank. It was Char D1's colonial version.
| Char D3 | |
|---|---|
| Type | medium tank |
| Place of origin | |
| Service history | |
| Wars | none |
| Production history | |
| No. built | 0 |
The Char D3 was a French tank. It was Char D1's colonial version.
In the early 1930s, when Char D had not entered production, Renault was ordered to develop an improved version and a colonial version of Char D. Eventually, the improved version developed into Char D2, and the colonial version developed into Char D3, which has never entered production. [1]
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