Thread by @USAS_WW1

#TankTuesday #WW1 #WW2 #MAFVA #France #tanks - 1917 #Renault FT... The most influential #tank ever. Let's tour it inside and out, shall we? THREAD 1/

@milmodelscene @PhilLoder @DesertStorm24ID @09EA63 @RivetsAndPins @militaryhistori @agbdrilling @sitnikov_94 @Burntime0101 @C_VargasHarle 2/ #tanks - 1917 #Renault FT... Some firsts: revolving turret, sprung suspension, low track and rear engine. Thousands built. Also used by USA, Italy, Russia, etc. Crew 2: 6.5 tons. 4 mph. Its armament was a Puteaux L/21 SA18 37mm cannon or a machine gun but not both.

@milmodelscene @PhilLoder @DesertStorm24ID @09EA63 @RivetsAndPins @militaryhistori @agbdrilling @sitnikov_94 @Burntime0101 @C_VargasHarle @jr_liscano @worldoftanks @WoTBlitz @WoTConsole 3/ These photos show the Renault FT's narrow internal structure. The black and white one (from @C_VargasHarle / Renault archives) shows the commander’s "basket". The other three are from an American M1917 clone.

https://twitter.com/C_VargasHarle/status/1245746465122779143

4/ #Military - #History's most important #tank? The little Renault FT arguably was the tank that did more than any other on the Western Front, and its fundamental design and many features made it the forerunner of most every tank since. @PatDonahoeArmy

5/ The US M1917 was the American copy of the French Renault FT tank except M1917 used Imperial measures for American tooling and had a bulkhead between the crew and the engine. It's USA's first production tank. This one is being restored. @PattonBattalion

@PattonBattalion 6/ #USA M1917 #tank American clone of #Renault FT. Four more views of the M1917 hull being beautifully and painstakingly restored several years ago at @FortBenning's @ArmorCollection. #Engineering

@PattonBattalion @FortBenning @ArmorCollection 7/ #military #army #WorldWarI #France #tanks - 1917 #Renault FT... This is the MG version at the National Museum of Infantry in Columbus, GA.

@PattonBattalion @FortBenning @ArmorCollection 8/ More Renault FT / M1917 photos including the model comparison vs. British and German tanks. Model makers may enjoy the other details.