After the fall of France, Germany captured many French vehicles that were dubbed as Beutenpanzer (meaning, literally "trohpy tanks"). More than 5000 of those vehicles were repaired or refitted to serve with the Wehrmacht.
One of those captured tanks, was the Char B1bis that, as many of them, were abandoned by their crew after running out of fuel or ammo as the French Army's supply system was very deficient back in 1940 and therefore very few of those heavy tanks were destroyed in combat.
They received the German name of Panzerkampfwagen B2 740(f) with the letter "f" meaning that it was an ex-French tank. In May 1941 sixteen of these tanks were ordered to be converted into self-propelled artillery guns to support the Flammenwerfer auf Pz.Kpfw.B2(f) flamethrower tanks in their actions of the eastern front.
Given the lack of equipment, spare parts, vehicles and guns, it took longer than expected to convert them into the SPG guns, and so it wasn't until June 1941 that these SP guns saw action for the first time.
As the Flammenwerfer auf Pz.Kpfw.B2(f) were a disappointment for the Germans, the Panzer-Abteilung (Flamm).103, where these vehicles served, was disbanded in July 1941 because they were unreliable and you couldn't trust them to assault enemy strongpoints.
Sources:
1. http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/10-5cm-lefh-183-sf-auf-geschuetzwagen-b2f/
2. Salamander Books - The Illustrated encyclopedia of the world's tanks and AFVs.
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