Renault FT-17 (EST)

Infobox Weapon
name= Renault FT-17


caption= Estonian Renault FT-17 tanks on the Republics anniversary parade on 24th of February, 1925.
origin= flagcountry|FRA
type= Light tank
is_vehicle=yes
is_UK=
service= 12
1919–1940
used_by= flagcountry|EST
wars= Estonian War of Independence
designer= Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier
design_date=1917
manufacturer=Renault
unit_cost=12,000 krones
production_date=
number=
variants=
weight=7 tonnes
length=4.94 m
width=1.74 m
height=2.14 m
crew=2
armour=22 mm
primary_armament= 1x37mm gun
237 rounds
1x7.92mm machine gun
4800 rounds
secondary_armament=
engine= Renault petrol engine
engine_power=39 bhp
transmission=
fuel_capacity=
pw_ratio=6 hp/tonne
suspension= vertical springs
clearance=
vehicle_range=100 km
speed=8 km/hThe Renault FT-17 was a French light tank produced from 1917. FT-17 was the first tank with an armament in a fully rotating turret, and its configuration with the turret on top, engine in the back and the driver in front became the classic one, repeated in most tanks until today; indeed so familiar to modern eyes we can now only with difficulty understand its once-revolutionary nature. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_FT-17 Renault FT-17 Light tank] On 5 February 1920 Estonia purchased 9 vehicles from France. [http://www.raamatukoi.ee/cgi-bin/raamat?79813
Estonian Armoured Machines. Tiit Noormets & Mati Õun. Tammiskilp 1999. Page 66]

Renault FT-17

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