Renault FT tanks

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Renault FT tanks were pioneering French World War I light tanks notable for their fully rotating turret and influential design that shaped future tank development.

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Renault FT tanks canonical 1
Renault FT-17 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French tank
World War I tank
light tank
armament 37 mm Puteaux SA 18 gun
Hotchkiss machine gun
surface form: Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun
armorThickness 22 mm
8 mm
countryOfOrigin France
crew 2
designer General Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne
Louis Renault
Rodrigue Schneiter
enginePower 35 hp
engineType Renault 4-cylinder petrol engine
hasFeature central fighting compartment
front-mounted driver compartment
fully rotating turret
rear-mounted engine
two-man crew
hasVariant Fiat 3000
M1917 light tank
Renault FT tanks self-linksurface differs
surface form: Renault FT-17
height about 2.14 m
influenced tank design worldwide
length about 5.0 m
manufacturer Renault
maximumSpeed 7 km/h
notableFor influential World War I light tank design
pioneering modern tank layout
numberBuilt over 3,000
serviceEntry 1917
usedBy Belgian Land Component
surface form: Belgian Army

Brazilian Army
Guomin Gemingjun
surface form: Chinese National Revolutionary Army

French Army
Greek Army
Italian Army (Kingdom of Italy)
surface form: Italian Army

Imperial Japanese Army
surface form: Japanese Army

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Polish Army
Red Army
surface form: Soviet Red Army

Spanish Republican Army
surface form: Spanish Republican forces

United States Army
usedInConflict Polish–Soviet War
Russian Civil War
Spanish Civil War
World War I
World War II
weight about 6.5 tonnes
width about 1.74 m

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Battle of Soissons usedEquipment Renault FT tanks
Renault FT tanks hasVariant Renault FT tanks self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Renault FT
this entity surface form: Renault FT-17