Schneider-Creusot
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Schneider et Compagnie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the French town of Le Creusot, was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer. In the 1
Building at 42, rue d'Anjou in Paris, built in 1899 on a design by Ernest-Paul Sanson, head office of Schneider et Compagnie from 1900 to the late 1940s; now head office of Banque Palatine
Eugène Schneider (1805–1875)
A Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive
Former manufacturing facility of Le Matériel Electrique Schneider-Westinghouse in Champagne-sur-Seine
Schneider CA1
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The Schneider CA 1 was the first French tank, developed during the First World War and manufactured by SOMUA.
Schneider-Creusot
…Somua, a subsidiary located near Paris, made machinery and vehicles, including the SOMUA S35 tank. Schneider CA1, the first French tank Schneider-Creusot 030-T steam locomotive…
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The Souain prototype crossing a trench, on 9 December 1915.
Tank drawings ordered by Colonel Estienne right after the Souain experiment, drawn on 11 December 1915. The plans are basically based on the 45 hp Holt caterpillar, but a little picture of the Holt Model 75 is attached
Final caterpillar test on 21 February 1916, before the mass order of the Schneider CA1 tank on the 25th. The eight-wheeled vehicle is shown. The man spanning the trench with his arms is Fouché.