The reverse speed is a good point: it will get you out of a dangerous situation quickly. Turning doesn't make you lose much speed as your top speed already is slow. Once on the move, the D2 will turn by locking a track. Neutral steering is possible and makes turning on the spot easy: this however works only when idle. The top speed is poor as the D2 is heavy: you will often arrive last. Storage boxes, exhaust cover plate and mudguards are 5 mm thick.
Lower and upper turret ring armour are both 40 mm thick, and overlap slightly.Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick, bogies are 10 mm thick and tracks are 20 mm thick.Cast homogeneous armour (turret sides, gun mantlet, turret cupola).Rolled homogeneous armour (hull, sideskirts, turret ring, turret roof).The D2's ammo racks are located deep in the bottom of the hull, nestled behind the D2's extra suspension armour and the suspension itself, making them fairly well-protected. Still beware of enemies behind you and even strafing aircraft, as the low, sloped engine deck has two grilles with a mere 5 mm of protection that even SPAAs and heavy machine guns can penetrate. The turret is of the same general style as used by the S.35 and B1 bis, with a small, strong 56 mm turret face reinforced by two gun mantlets and strongly angled 45 mm sides, making it very effective in hull-down positions.
Sporting 40 mm of rolled armour on all sides of a boxy hull, the D2 can be angled at a perfect 45 degree angle for a consistent effective thickness of at least 60 mm, presenting no obvious weak points save for the turret ring.
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