The Renault FT-17 light tank was a light tank produced by France during the First World War, and it was the world's first rotary turret type tank. In February 1916, Renault produced a model of this tank, and in 1917, the first prototype was built, and official tests began on April 9, which were successful. In September 1917, the first production tanks were produced, which were named the "Renault" FT-17 light tank. In March 1918, it began to equip the French army, and by the end of World War I, a total of 3,187 vehicles had been produced. Its first combat participation was in the Battle of the Les Forests on May 31, 1918. During the Civil War in the USSR, the Renault FT-17 tank was also used by the White Bandit Army and the Foreign Intervention Army. After the First World War, it also participated in the French colonial army's 1925-1926 campaign to suppress a Moroccan tribal uprising and the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. "Renault" FT-17 tanks also took part in the Second World War. By the time the Germans invaded France in 1940, the French army still had 1,560 Renault FT-17 tanks. Most of these tanks were captured by the Germans and used as fixed firing points or for guard duty until 1944, when the Germans were expelled from all of France. The Renault FT-17 light tank entered service from 1918 to 1944, for 26 years, participated in two world wars, and will be recorded in the history of world tank development as a famous combat vehicle of a generation.

List of key performance data for the FT-17

The total combat weight is 7000kg

Length 5.00m

The width of the vehicle is 1.75m

The vehicle height is 2.29m

Maximum speed 10 km/h

The maximum range is 39 km

Crew 2 people

Firepower 37mm Puteaux/8mm Model 1914 MG

Ammunition 37mm: 240 rounds / 8mm: 4800 rounds

Armor 6-22mm

Climb 45 degrees

0.61m high through vertical walls

The width of the moat is 1.98m

Wading depth 0.69m

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