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The Renault FT was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. The FT was the first production tank to have its armament within a fully rotating turret. The Renault FT's configuration became and remains the standard tank layout. Consequently, some armoured warfare historians have called the Renault FT the world's first modern tank.
FT with Girod turret at Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Belgium
FT Char Mitrailleuse layout (with first-pattern turret)
FT at the Belgrade Military Museum, Serbia
French Renault FT in the Army Museum, Paris
Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne was a general of artillery and a specialist in military engineering, one of the founders of modern French artillery and French military aviation, and the creator of the French tank arm. He is considered by many in France to be the Père des Chars.
A World War I mobile personnel shield.
The Souain tank prototype crossing a trench on 9 December 1915. Colonel Estienne attended these decisive trials