Renault FT
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The Renault FT is 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 t
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
M1917 light tank
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The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank, entering production shortly before the end of World War I. It was a license-built near-copy of the French Renault FT, and was intended to arm
Renault FT
…most of them in 1918. After World War I, FT tanks were exported in large numbers. Copies and derivative designs were manufactured in the United States (M1917 light tank), in Italy (Fiat 3000), and in the Soviet Union (T-18 tank). The Renault FT saw combat during the interwar conflicts around the world but was considered…
M1917 tank at the Canadian War Museum
M1917 tank at the Ropkey Armor Museum