Renault FT17 light tank

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WW1-early WW2 light tank
 

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The Russians also had a tank that looked like this? Or did they just buy em from the French?
 
Originally posted by Madeira
The Russians also had a tank that looked like this? Or did they just buy em from the French?

They used a model that was derived almost completely from the renault, but they produced it themselves. Not during WWI though - in the years following.
 
It was a KS tank, also called "Russian Renault", 14 pieces were built and used in Russian Civil War 1917-20. Then, in Soviet Union was produced a MS-1 vechicle ("malyi soprovozhdeniya" - light escort tank), known also as T-18. These light tank were used in Soviet-Chinese war in 1929, and later in 1938 near Khasan Lake they fought against Japanese troops. On the picture is KS tank.
 

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Originally posted by Wyrmshadow
That has got to be one, if not THE ugliest tanks I have ever seen.

It's beauty compared to the other Russian designs!

I give you the "Tsar" Tank!
 

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Only a mother could love this one!
 

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You put so much more detail into this then I did with mine :) Maybe one of them could be used as an Itailian version because I believe they had a very similar version which saw limited action up until early WW2.
 
The AEF also used these (the only American light tank used in WW1) .

Later on --

"The M1917A1 was a modification carried out on 6 basic M1917 units in 1931. This modification increased the horsepower to 75 by using a Franklin series 145 air cooled engine. This modification increased the speed of the tank to a blistering 9+ mph - probably much too fast for the 2 crewmen inside!"

The US also fielded a version dedicated to radio communications (see below)

-Oz
 
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