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Čaj Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War. The Schneider was inspired by the need to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare which on the Western Front prevailed during most of the Great War. It was designed specifically to open passages for the infantry through barbed wire and then to suppress German machine gun nests. After a first concept by Jacques Quellennec devised in November 1914, the type was developed from May 1915 onwards by engineer Eugène Brillié, paralleling British development of tanks the same year. Colonel Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne in December 1915 began to urge for the formation of French armoured units, leading to an order in February 1916 for four hundred Schneider CA tanks, which were manufactured by SOMUA, a subsidiary of Schneider located in a suburb of Paris, between September 1916 and August 1918.

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Šnajder CA1 je bio prvi francuski tenk, razvijen tokom Prvog svetskog rata. Napravljen je da probije neprijateljske rovove i bodljikavu žicu, kao i da podrži pešadiju svojim topom od 75 mm i dva mitraljeza. Rezervoar je baziran na modifikovanoj šasiji traktora Holt, sa oklopnom kutijom nalik na nadgradnje. Schneider CA1 je imao posadu od šestoro ljudi i najveću brzinu od 8 km/h.
Prvi put je korišćen u borbi u aprilu 1917, ali je pretrpeo velike gubitke zbog mehaničkih kvarova i neprijateljske vatre. Uprkos svojim manama, Šnajder CA1 je doprineo razvoju tenkovskog ratovanja i igrao je ulogu u nekim od velikih bitaka u ratu.