| Renault FT-17 | |
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| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| In service | 12 1919–1940 |
| Used by | Estonia |
| Wars | Estonian War of Independence |
| 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 237 rounds or 1x7.92mm 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-17 was a French light tank produced from 1917. FT-17 was the first tank with an 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.[1] On 5 February 1920 Estonia purchased 9 vehicles from France.[2]
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