A single type of tank, or any weapon for that matter is usually not going to be enough to sway any battle.
Also whatever unit is given these is probably going to get sent north and be cut off anyways.
Would they of been cut off in the north as they cut there way though the German armd divs .
Isnt that like saying could the Germans have won WW2 if theyd produced the Maus
The Char was equally massive was it not.
No. The G1 was a 30t design. At leat the R version, which is the one pictured. The others were lighter in the 20-30 t range.
You're thinking of the FCM F1, I think. THAT was a 140t monster.
EDIT : Having the G1R available would be easy; just avoid the bureacratic infioghting which stopped work on it for 2 years. However, as said, it wouldnh't change the french GHQ thinking. OTOH, it would help with the armored coordination as each G1R was equipped with a radio - as opposed to only command tanks having them. SO, maybe some help, but not too likely to change everything unless they are available at the right position ( or are used to free other tanks, which become available in the right position ). I have a TL in the work which have the first dozens G1R available in May 40, but the PoD is in 36 and involves a change in french doctrines and organisation as a consequence of the actions of a certain colonel
Hmm, if the bureacratic infighting is avoided with the G1 tanks, can it be avoided with other parts of French rearmament? That should change the French campaign.
With 600 tanks available, I'm assuming the French have 2 or more additional tank divisions available. Does that mean 2 more divisions advance into Belgium, or are they deployed back in France? Back in France, and behind the front line, they could be used to counter a breakthrough.
If significant numbers of G1's are available in late 1939, does France feel confident enough to move into Germany?
This reasoning is flawed imo insofar as it is based on deployment of extra tank divs. An extra two divs of Char B types or Matildas would have been just as critical if placed at the right point on the German flank at the right time.
The type of tank is irrelevant so long as they are superior to the German types, which the existing types certainly were.