Renault FT in Estonian service
| Renault FT | |
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Estonian Renault FT tanks on the Republic's anniversary parade on 24 February 1925. | |
| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin |
 France |
| Service history | |
| In service |
12 1919–1940 |
| Used by |
 Estonia |
| Wars | World War II |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier |
| Designed | 1917 |
| Manufacturer | Renault |
| Unit cost | 12,000 krones |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 7 tonnes |
| Length | 4.94 m |
| Width | 1.74 m |
| Height | 2.14 m |
| Crew | 2 |
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| Armor | 22 mm |
Main armament |
1x37mm gun 233 rounds or 1x8mm machine gun 4800 rounds |
| Engine |
Renault petrol engine 39 bhp |
| Power/weight | 6 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | vertical springs |
Operational range | 100 km |
| Speed | 8 km/h |
The Renault FT was a French light tank produced from 1917. It was the first operational tank with its 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. On 5 February 1920 Estonia purchased nine vehicles from France.[1]
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References
- ↑ http://www.raamatukoi.ee/cgi-bin/raamat?79813
Estonian Armoured Machines. Tiit Noormets & Mati Õun. Tammiskilp 1999. Page 66
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