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The French Char Signal TSF, as it was called (TSF standing for Télégraph Sans Fil: "Telegraph without Wire".) was pretty much a standard FT-17, where the turret had been substituted for a box-like superstructure. This box had a duble exit door to the rear, an openable cupola and large observation hatches to the front. This superstructure contained the radio, type E10 ter. (Later variants had another type of wireless.) Also, there was a aerial on the superstructure from which the antenna wire was suspended on to an attachment point on the trench skid. (The size of this aerial varied.) The Char Signal TSF was of course a very useful vehicle, though the troops were not overly enthusiastic over it, mainly because of the radio, which was quite fragile, and the tendency of the antenna to get stuck in trees and foliage. The americans built their own TSF:s, using their special chassis, and some were later exported to Poland (six vehicles), Brazil (one) and to Spain, who used them during the fighting in Marroco during the 20-ies. My Model is built from the superb kit by Al.By, practically straight out of the box. Click on the thumbnails below to see more views of this model: |
While
the British Army experimented with tanks equipped with radios, it was the French
who were first to produce and then use such vehicles operationally. The basis
for their Radio cum Command tank was of course the excellent FT-17, which by
the way 
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