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Neither was it named the FT 17 or FT-17. The name is derived from the two-letter production code that all new Renault projects were given for internal use: the one available was 'FT'. The prototype was at first referred to as the automitrailleuse à chenilles Renault FT modèle 1917.
A French World War I Renault FT-17 tank, ditching. Original title: "Tank ploughing its way through a trench and starting toward the German line, during World War I, near Saint Michel, France." Date
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By the mid-1930s the French Army was replacing the aging FT fleet with a mixed force of light tanks both in the Infantry and Cavalry branches, as well as medium and heavy tanks. The Infantry light tanks included the Renault R 35, which followed the FT concept quite closely with its very small size, two-man crew, and short 37 mm gun armament. It ...
The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank, entering production shortly before the end of World War I. [2] It was a license-built near-copy of the French Renault FT, [2] [3] and was intended to arm the American Expeditionary Forces in France, but American manufacturers failed to produce any in time to take part in the War.
The 3-Ton was a two-man tank designed so that American forces could use another tank besides the Renault FT. Its twin Model T Ford engines were controlled by the driver (seated at the front), while the gunner sat beside him and controlled a .30-06 machine gun (either the M1917 Marlin or M1919 Browning) on a limited-traverse mount.
Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931) ... Pz.Kpfw. 17/18 R(f) (Renault FT captured following the Battle of France)