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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024
  • Rare old 100 years tank, build by Renault FT France, restored and run again, at Saumur 2019 military show, 1 driver and 1 guner, танк с башней

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  • @Jay-ln1co
    @Jay-ln1co 4 роки тому +3814

    "Check the engine."
    *lifts engine cover*
    "Yup, engine's still there."

    • @vitaurea
      @vitaurea 4 роки тому +164

      who knows, it could run away

    • @haveltherock69117
      @haveltherock69117 4 роки тому +25

      @M.Z. hahaha

    • @uselesstable2058
      @uselesstable2058 4 роки тому +60

      @M.Z. the engine might surrender though :/

    • @Octopetala
      @Octopetala 4 роки тому +63

      @@uselesstable2058 *tries to start up tank only for little white flag to pop open the engine cover*

    • @DitzyClouds
      @DitzyClouds 4 роки тому +7

      every woman driver ever when mil comes on XD

  • @garypinholster1962
    @garypinholster1962 4 роки тому +4435

    To think that this, at one point in time, was the absolute pinnacle of fear in an infantryman's eyes is nuts.

    • @SkiyeBlueFox
      @SkiyeBlueFox 4 роки тому +397

      I mean honestly I'd probably be more scared by a British landship

    • @garypinholster1962
      @garypinholster1962 4 роки тому +216

      Im mostly talking about tanks in general.

    • @SkiyeBlueFox
      @SkiyeBlueFox 4 роки тому +408

      @@garypinholster1962 Fair enough, magic metal boxes with cannons and machine guns would be terrifying

    • @5thStarYT
      @5thStarYT 4 роки тому +352

      I mean metal thing as big as 2 bulls that can potentially crush you or instantly kill you via 1 shot. Inching forward at you while your old 19th-20th century rifle can do jack against it... would strike fear in any person

    • @BaguetteGamingOfficial
      @BaguetteGamingOfficial 4 роки тому +69

      @@SkiyeBlueFox this tank right here was the most effective of WW1

  • @dragonraider1108
    @dragonraider1108 4 роки тому +1672

    104 years later, and we laugh at how weak and primitive this thing is.
    Travel back to 1916 as a soldier in the trenches, and you would quake in fear at the sight of the war machines.

    • @thehatred94
      @thehatred94 4 роки тому +250

      Anybody laughing at how "weak and primitive" this beauty is, is just plain retarded. Concideering this is the template, the big grand daddy of all modern tanks that we see to these days.

    • @Sol_Badguy_GG
      @Sol_Badguy_GG 4 роки тому +136

      It is primitive compared to what is made today but it can still instill fear if it's coming to kill you, trust me.

    • @dragonraider1108
      @dragonraider1108 4 роки тому +61

      @@Sol_Badguy_GG To an infantryman, yes. To a modern tank? It'll barely scratch the paint.

    • @Sol_Badguy_GG
      @Sol_Badguy_GG 4 роки тому +62

      @@dragonraider1108 Of course I meant against other humans, not tanks.
      And I think it could do way more than scratch the paint but it's to slow and fragile and would be an easy target.

    • @dragonraider1108
      @dragonraider1108 4 роки тому +27

      @@Sol_Badguy_GG depends on the type of armor. If it's steel it might put a small dent in it, but if it's depleted uranium like on the M1A2 Abrams, it's just gonna bounce off like a tennis ball on a wall.

  • @quietnumber2317
    @quietnumber2317 3 роки тому +677

    Despite being so small and unusual by modern standards, the FT was likely the best tank from the first world war. Basically every industrial nation had some form of these in their arsenal at one point. It really deserves more recognition for being so influential on future tank designs.

    • @clio2rsminicup
      @clio2rsminicup 3 роки тому +59

      It was even the alone real tank of the WW1 quite simply. The others "tanks" (English and French) were really just cannons or machine guns mounted on tracks and surrounded by iron plates. Nothing to see therefore in the conception with Renault FT17 here which is the only and true first tank and ancestor of all the tanks which followed since 1916.
      The Allied victory in 1918 on the Western Front was largely due to the hundreds of Renault FT17 tanks which charged and smashed the German lines before the infantry arrived behind.
      But after the victory in 1918, France, tired and tramautized by more than 100 years of big wars often alone against all of Europe between 1789 and 1918 and the millions of deaths of French soldiers who go with these wars, will be devote to a purely defensive strategy and forget this one based on the attack in large numbers of tanks and also of planes in 1918. Unfortunatly for the democraties the Germans will not forget it in June 1940...

    • @norwegiangadgetman
      @norwegiangadgetman 2 роки тому +15

      The polish army won a battle against the Germans with these in 1939... A pity they lost the other battles, though. The 22mm turret armor made it almost impenetrable by anything the Germans had in 1939, as long as you managed to find cover for the body. (The sloped frontal armor and the extensive suspension provided a pretty good protection against small arms fire) The Germans captured around 1600 of them in France, and used them for for patrols and training. And around airports they dug trenches, lined them with concrete and drove these FTs into them. Armored machine gun nests. I believe there's one or two of those still left in their trenches here in Norway. But too broken apart to be salvageable. I believe one was found in Afghanistand a few years ago and was being restored at Bovington?

    • @norwegiangadgetman
      @norwegiangadgetman 2 роки тому +1

      @@clio2rsminicup Why are you calling it the 'FT17'? Neither Renault nor the French armed forces used any other 'short form' designation than 'FT'. The license built version is known as the M1917. I suppose that's where some hobby historians get it from?

    • @olivierpuyou3621
      @olivierpuyou3621 2 роки тому +8

      @@norwegiangadgetman In the nomenclature of the French army, this tank is designated as "Renault FT model 17"
      Hence the name Renault FT 17 since accepted in service in 1917

    • @norwegiangadgetman
      @norwegiangadgetman 2 роки тому

      @@olivierpuyou3621 Where in the docs does it say that?

  • @ratmeato6907
    @ratmeato6907 4 роки тому +2514

    “They have taken objective Butter“

  • @B6Flix
    @B6Flix 4 роки тому +1630

    they’ll never hear it coming

  • @cicky592
    @cicky592 4 роки тому +4552

    "We now control all objectives"

  • @coenogo
    @coenogo 2 роки тому +462

    Considering the speed of combat in WW1, I'm actually decently impressed by the speed of this machine. Even more so when you remember that this was 1917's tech.

    • @aturkeymain
      @aturkeymain 2 роки тому +5

      Well, I imagine it would be a lot slower going through mud

    • @thebigenchilada678
      @thebigenchilada678 2 роки тому +21

      @@aturkeymain they were slow in the mud, still the second fastest tank in the war though and absolutely the most versatile. Neat little things but quickly became targets to artillery, mortars, and K bullets.

    • @HunterShows
      @HunterShows 2 роки тому +1

      Speed? He was just walking it over to the truck.

    • @OptLab
      @OptLab 2 роки тому +2

      Safety measures prevent fast operation nowadays. I would not be surprised to run faster, they probably sticked to first gear. Engines are very capable to move such weight..

    • @skeeman7514
      @skeeman7514 Рік тому

      They showed it at slower than a walk here, it’s top speed it 4 miles per hour, powered by a 4 cylinder engine made for torque, it was meant to be able to climb hills and rough terrain without slowing down, making it a versatile powerful tank by chassis and engine design alone that slope on its butt was also meant to be a sort of skid to help it cross trenches and it’s uniquely fully rotatable turret (unique for it’s time) would be armed with a 37mm gun, small even for it’s time but still nothing short of powerful

  • @AshesWorkshop
    @AshesWorkshop 4 роки тому +2102

    My eyes say “great!” but my ears say “needs WD-40”

    • @nikitaastakhov9252
      @nikitaastakhov9252 4 роки тому +10

      @Me Smith Tiger II: lucky charm

    • @lavendervideos4234
      @lavendervideos4234 4 роки тому +12

      In other words, it sounds like a tank!

    • @markroderick3300
      @markroderick3300 4 роки тому +33

      you can't really lube tracks like that they would collect dirt and that would wear them out faster than not lubing them

    • @JoshRiolu
      @JoshRiolu 4 роки тому +19

      WD-40 - the only Essential Oil trusted by mechanics all over the world :v

    • @bibox9487
      @bibox9487 4 роки тому +6

      It needs at least 2 liters of WD-40

  • @adambullock6999
    @adambullock6999 4 роки тому +1843

    *smacks hood*
    "This bad boy has a top speed of 6 kph"

    • @dalion9251
      @dalion9251 3 роки тому +53

      Ok than it's time for custom

    • @a-10warthog66
      @a-10warthog66 3 роки тому +70

      *slaps roof of world of tanks BT-2* this is good I love this
      Random person: how fast is it
      Me: *Yes*

    • @ljtheredneck7499
      @ljtheredneck7499 3 роки тому +5

      Comedy gold

    • @SirNarax
      @SirNarax 3 роки тому +63

      Driver: We are at maximum speed!
      Commander: Slow down we are going to crash!
      From the outside: inaudible French screaming while tank calmly drives through an empty field.

    • @fredgervinm.p.3315
      @fredgervinm.p.3315 3 роки тому +18

      Give the guys in the trench time to think...

  • @DaniilHomyak
    @DaniilHomyak 4 роки тому +1652

    Imagine yourself around that time: you’re a peasant living in the countryside, the closest you ever got to see something mechanically operated & driving on their own is a tractor of your neighboring landlord in the distance. You get appealed to the army, have your own rifle and go on your foot. You start to hear very loud noise in the distance and then you see it - mass of iron going by its own with big caliber gun pointed forward, it is slow but it does not take back the fact, that it is still impenetrable with what you have. Then your officer tells you this machine is on your side so now you feel like you’re invincible being covered by this machine!
    It may look silly now but, boy oh boy it was frightening back in the WW1 !

    • @ionaspap1
      @ionaspap1 4 роки тому +93

      ehhhm you do know people before ww1 didn't live like in the middle ages right? machines and vehicles weren't something never seen before in the countryside

    • @McLarenMercedes
      @McLarenMercedes 3 роки тому +206

      @@ionaspap1 "machines and vehicles weren't something never seen before in the countryside" Actually during WWI most farming was still manual and farmers used horses or oxen to pull plows and any machines. Most farmers still used a scythe en masse to harvest their crops. Many local mills used wind power for their grinding stone. Tractors for farming which were affordable enough to purchase didn't emerge until the 1930's and that was mostly in the USA. Bear in mind that Ford's invention of standardized parts (what made mass production of complex machines possible in the first place) and the running assembly line wasn't around at all until 1915 so vehicles still were *rare* in World War One and what you did see you saw in the larger cities - certainly not on the countryside where nobody could afford a car or any mechanized machine of any sort.
      Fact is that the countryside in large parts of Europe lacked electricity way into the 1950's.
      Here's a fact for you. In WWI *6 million horses* were used. Horses. Trucks and cars were still rare as they were assembled manually and were more akin to finely tuned mechanical instruments that required a lot of care, money and mechanical know-how to maintain.
      The most common mechanized transportation were *trains* . In fact for most people's needs at the time and for the industries they were quite sufficient. So for those men who lived on the countryside and got called up to serve in the war it was usually *marching* on foot to the next large town or training camp before they were transported to the front. How? By train. While riding on this packed train chances are you only saw the countryside and crowded railway stations where more soldiers were being loaded.
      So yes, it's quite plausible that people from the European countryside in 1914-1918 had only heard about cars but never seen one actually driving. You see people didn't travel around so much outside their own towns/villages either. Farmers in particular weren't making that much money as it were and certainly couldn't afford any "pleasure trip" by train to see some larger city. In fact the only viable way for somebody to see other parts of the country or the world was to work at the railroad or be a sailor. My great-grandfather worked as a railroad service man and this meant that he could travel around by train courtesy of the railway company. This also meant that he spent many days away from home making it harder for his wife to take care of my grandfather and his siblings.
      Most people didn't even have radios in the 1910's so what they knew about the outside world was limited to say the least. Newspapers weren't exactly readily available on the countryside in those days either. Btw, illiteracy was also still fairly common among peasants, fact is Italy still struggled with this in WWII when it was discovered that you couldn't devise field manuals to those from the countryside since they couldn't read anyway.
      So if a French, British or German soldier from the countryside saw a tank it would have appeared alien to him and be hard to place since there is nothing really to compare it to. People still *marched* to and from the battlefields and/or were using specially developed troops trains with narrow gage.
      "machines and vehicles weren't something never seen before in the countryside" If you had talked about the 1950's you'd have a point. Unfortunately in the 1910's the European countryside had seen little change the last centuries. Since small family farms were still common (not like today's large scale farming for farmers owning lots of land or animals) in those days s lot what still made by hand.
      Life was hard. Constant chores. You didn't have much time to think about the outside world and its goings anyway.

    • @ionaspap1
      @ionaspap1 3 роки тому +27

      @@McLarenMercedes you're probably right, i didn't mean to say machines were common.
      But the way the original comment presented it farmers would think of machines like some big alien technology
      School was already obligatory for all in france at the time, and other machines existed.
      Also people from the countryside didn't only live in their villages, they had to go to cities ti sell their produce
      Additionally, railways were present all around France, one of the most industrialised countries, so they would know of those as well even if they didn't take them

    • @McLarenMercedes
      @McLarenMercedes 3 роки тому +16

      @Cornel Only in the cities. Most western European nations didn't have electricity on the countryside and smaller villages until the 1950's. Even the wealthiest ones weren't fully electrified countrywide until the late 1960's.
      Fact is even in the cities people still used chopped wood in their heaters and stoves in 1918. Electric home appliances didn't emerge until the 1920's and that was for the upper middle classes in the USA. Electricity in the early 1900's had two uses: To power the machines of the industries and to power lights. Oh, and power failures were common so it was never advised to use too much of it.
      Btw, I am looking at the literacy of different European countries in 1910 and it looks like if France had a 76% literacy rate whereas Germany has a 84% literacy rate. In the United Kingdom it's higher than 90%. In other words there still existed people who couldn't even read. A person who cannot read can't learn much on their own. Btw, this was not always due to lack of schools or them being located too far away. In some cases the kids had to help with the harvest (as it was still largely manual in those days) so they had to stay home and skip classes (this was allowed at the time families relied on their harvests to survive).
      The difference between cities in countryside was *vast* in Europe over a century ago. Fact is you still see this difference in developing countries.
      Even during WWII many captured POW's were used to work at farms because there was such a huge shortage of men working the farms *and* since mechanized farming was still uncommon. German POW's were sent as far away as Canada for farm work or forestry. This was in WWII. Can you imagine how it was on the countryside during WWI? There even was a shortage of horses since many of them were commandeered to be used in the war. 6 million in them in fact on all sides.

    • @ashiqahamed7740
      @ashiqahamed7740 3 роки тому +8

      My great grandfather and his friends back in 1912 walked some 10 kms to a road where knew some people to be using cycles for the first time.. this is in the countryside in the Indian subcontinent

  • @Boomstickfan495
    @Boomstickfan495 3 роки тому +222

    The loud rattle of the antiquated engine, the almost horse-clopping of the tracks, the hellish screaming of the mechanical parts against each other as the machine fights its age and mechanical fit, the cold mechanical sound it makes when it does that almost robotic turn - this entire machine is terrifying. Even though later tanks would be bigger and meaner, they moved more fluidly and were better built, this entire machine screams.
    It's as if it shouldn't function at all, given how many insane and painful sounds it makes, and yet, it still slowly marches on towards you, ready to erase your very existence, while just being powered by a small primitive engine and 2 ordinary humans. It truly does have a life all it's own.

    • @wali8158
      @wali8158 Рік тому +16

      Poétique

    • @linandy1
      @linandy1 9 місяців тому

      Yes, more fluidly are future tanks. 😃

  • @jakartagamer6188
    @jakartagamer6188 4 роки тому +5060

    *this thing is older than 99% of the Human population in the world*

    • @tlotlisomoletsane3598
      @tlotlisomoletsane3598 4 роки тому +141

      97%

    • @skorpius2029
      @skorpius2029 4 роки тому +173

      yeah and 90% of the world is older than 90% of population in the world

    • @jakartagamer6188
      @jakartagamer6188 4 роки тому +87

      @@skorpius2029 but most of them isn't working, in a bad condition or just got abandoned, it's a piece of history, and just enjoy it before it's gone again

    • @sosig4486
      @sosig4486 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah your right

    • @panzerjagertigerpelefant
      @panzerjagertigerpelefant 4 роки тому +28

      Wait you mean 3% of the world population is so old it has seen WW1? That's like 102 years old.

  • @martyphillips83
    @martyphillips83 4 роки тому +3367

    In 1917, this was basically the iron man suit

    • @td9250
      @td9250 4 роки тому +19

      @@Kiror0_ lAnDsHiP*

    • @sya8946
      @sya8946 4 роки тому +14

      @@Kiror0_ The A7V with a 30mm armor

    • @kegantownley3315
      @kegantownley3315 4 роки тому +3

      This is a wwII era Japanese tank used to invade the Pacific islanders the Philippines

    • @dankcitrus42
      @dankcitrus42 4 роки тому

      seems bout right

    • @ryansue6829
      @ryansue6829 4 роки тому +50

      @@kegantownley3315 no, its not

  • @b.f.skinner4383
    @b.f.skinner4383 4 роки тому +629

    Considering that this tank came out less than 10 years after the Ford Model T, that’s a pretty impressive technological advancement

    • @rain_f
      @rain_f 4 роки тому +50

      War change everything

    • @kungfucow547
      @kungfucow547 4 роки тому +80

      B.F. Skinner The Ford Model T was pretty crude and unrefined even by the standards of 1908 and quickly earned the nick-name Tin Lizzy because there was a rumor they were made so cheap they used the same kind of metal used for tin cans. Ford's two real advantages were standardized parts and the running assembly line. Both of these made mass manufacturing possible, which in turn pushed prices down and made the car affordable by common people. That being said Henry Ford ordered his engineers to simplify the car as much as possible both to make it cheaper to build and faster to manufacture.
      The Rolls Royce Silver Ghost also started manufacturing in 1908 but was considered "the best car in the world". It's straight 6 engine was incredibly smooth, torquey and reliable and the entire car was over-engineered which later made it the perfect basis for the Rolls Royce Armored Car which served with distinction in WWI. But the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was too complex and used too expensive materials to be able to be mass produced and instead was the car for the rich and wealthy. In between those two extremes there were many other manufacturers who invented new parts and pioneered new technology.
      Anyways, the immediate years prior to WWI saw some dramatic improvement in the design of the motor car (none pioneered by Ford btw) and the highly influential 1912 Peugeot L76 race car was both incredibly light and powerful (for its displacement, having a fantastic 30hp/liter at the time). It won both Grand Prix races in Europe and the 1913 Indianapolis 500. People think 4 valves per cylinder is something fairly recent, well Peugeot pioneered this in 1912 already. The 112hp Peugeot was so successful the car was purchased by Harry Arminius Miller who later designed the very successful Miller 91 race car based on what he learned from the Peugeot.
      So long story short. The Ford Model T wasn't particularly advanced even for its day whereas this FT-17 tank was the template for all later tanks.

    • @SkiyeBlueFox
      @SkiyeBlueFox 4 роки тому +34

      @Alexander Orozco Must we really ask for the sharing of information?

    • @Tokito935
      @Tokito935 4 роки тому +23

      @Alexander Orozco dead meme, better luck next time

    • @Terminxman
      @Terminxman 4 роки тому +2

      @@kungfucow547 Essentially nothing you stated about the model T when it comes to the metal or quality is true though.

  • @comradeiosif2794
    @comradeiosif2794 3 роки тому +130

    Seeing the FT-17 side by side with the Leclerc would be awesome.

    • @weksheddweller
      @weksheddweller 3 роки тому +7

      If the UK can do it with Mark 4 and a Challenger 2, so can the French!

    • @AChighur
      @AChighur 3 роки тому +4

      I haven't found one with the FT 17, but here you can watch a vid featuring a Saint-Chamond and a Leclerc : ua-cam.com/video/Z5ksqhKAN7E/v-deo.html

    • @motmot8879
      @motmot8879 3 роки тому +1

      Go to the Saumur tank museum then

  • @sirswerve2493
    @sirswerve2493 4 роки тому +1372

    At one time this was the most advanced tank on the battle field.

    • @ultravioletray2530
      @ultravioletray2530 4 роки тому +37

      Yeah it was a strongest tank in battle field 1:D

    • @davidoconnell1590
      @davidoconnell1590 4 роки тому +12

      No, not even back then was it the most advanced tank, being French and all

    • @shingosshojiopoulos6608
      @shingosshojiopoulos6608 4 роки тому +174

      @@davidoconnell1590 It was the 1st tank to have a rotating turret.It was also faster than the tanks of its era

    • @wirelessone2986
      @wirelessone2986 4 роки тому +69

      @@shingosshojiopoulos6608 and a smaller target by far

    • @thorickkhaikal2284
      @thorickkhaikal2284 4 роки тому +5

      Ok, i'am surrender

  • @Mandrak789
    @Mandrak789 4 роки тому +2051

    French made first modern tank. And since then, little has changed. Engine in the back, crew forward, gun in rotating turret on the top.

    • @ernestconnellsimp4926
      @ernestconnellsimp4926 4 роки тому +182

      Britain invented the tank, Germany perfected it😘

    • @Mandrak789
      @Mandrak789 4 роки тому +491

      @@ernestconnellsimp4926 Britain invented the tank, yes, but it was France which made first tank with layout as we know and use even today. Germans? Well, they best understood the full capabilities of this new weapon and came up with blitzkrieg.

    • @ernestconnellsimp4926
      @ernestconnellsimp4926 4 роки тому +18

      @@Mandrak789 What do you think of the LeClerk tank? Britain is considering Leopard 2 as a replacement for Challenger 3

    • @Mandrak789
      @Mandrak789 4 роки тому +107

      @@ernestconnellsimp4926 Leclerc is excellent, unjustifiably in shadow of Leopard 2. But Germans are very good in advertising, there's that myth about their superior technology - similar can be seen in car industry :) One thing I like the most on Leclerc is autoloader which is much better and safer than those on Russian tanks. I think it would be shame if Britain, being one of the few great tank nations, give up on their own design and import foreign tank.

    • @ernestconnellsimp4926
      @ernestconnellsimp4926 4 роки тому +5

      @@Mandrak789 Interesting 👍 I will check out the LeClerk.

  • @ChimkenNuggers
    @ChimkenNuggers 4 роки тому +753

    I'd feel bad for anyone who stalled that thing in battle..
    "Aw shit, gotta get out and crank it again."

    • @JimmyHondaRacing12
      @JimmyHondaRacing12 4 роки тому +11

      😂

    • @gabicoman7144
      @gabicoman7144 4 роки тому +9

      :))))

    • @organickevinlondon
      @organickevinlondon 4 роки тому +80

      Probably explains why it was a 2 man tank,
      if it stalled in "no mans land" toss a coin to see who has to get out to crank the handle, heads or tails ???????

    • @thebravegallade731
      @thebravegallade731 3 роки тому +37

      more modern tanks still have the crank, like the T-34 or tigers, but a lot of them actually have ways to emergency start if needed (T-34 has a container of compressed air to start it up)

    • @ChimkenNuggers
      @ChimkenNuggers 3 роки тому +5

      @@thebravegallade731 Oh awesome, thanks for the info!

  • @Sergey322
    @Sergey322 Рік тому +7

    Hello there! May I use this clip in my compilation?
    Thanks.

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 5 років тому +1197

    Ah, a Renault, and in such great condition too.

    • @tino8296
      @tino8296 4 роки тому +63

      A Renault is never in great condition 😂🤙🏻

    • @konsti4931
      @konsti4931 4 роки тому +32

      @@tino8296 It's shit fresh out of the factory😂😂

    • @konsti4931
      @konsti4931 4 роки тому +18

      @David Rodríguez Rodríguez Yeah but now there shit. The old VW 1.9 Tdi were almost indestructible engines. New ones are crap. I'm a mechanic

    • @zaphodbeeblebrox9109
      @zaphodbeeblebrox9109 4 роки тому +13

      One of the few Renaults still in running condition...

    • @Pynaegan
      @Pynaegan 4 роки тому +2

      The only one built like a tank.

  • @matt1yas
    @matt1yas 4 роки тому +2806

    When you look at this engine, it have over 100 years behind him and it still running well, and you look at Renault today... 🤣

    • @vigosfilm4809
      @vigosfilm4809 4 роки тому +92

      Thats prolly a new engine

    • @matt1yas
      @matt1yas 4 роки тому +45

      Mememachine don’t think so

    • @kkloikok
      @kkloikok 4 роки тому +139

      You dumb Frenchie. That engine is not 100 years old. It's hard to keep canvas items from the 1950s from disintegrating. Do you really think something as complex as an engine. An survive 100 years without being entirely overhauled?

    • @vigosfilm4809
      @vigosfilm4809 4 роки тому +17

      Andrew you mean 1916 and onwards

    • @starstencahl8985
      @starstencahl8985 4 роки тому +302

      Andrew Actually yes, it’s entirety possible to have an engine in almost working condition after a lot of decades, if it hasn’t been sitting in constant rain/water. They’re made of metal, not canvas and they’re filled with oil, which helps conserve the inside

  • @oldschoolgreentube
    @oldschoolgreentube 4 роки тому +1522

    When the Soviets went into Afghanistan they found some of these still being used.

    • @upstreamtoast3512
      @upstreamtoast3512 4 роки тому +71

      oldschoolgreentube wait what

    • @oldschoolgreentube
      @oldschoolgreentube 4 роки тому +442

      @@upstreamtoast3512 When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in the 1980's they found that some local warlord types were still using these as intended, that is as tanks.

    • @BFVK
      @BFVK 4 роки тому +169

      @@oldschoolgreentube Can you give a source please ? It's very surprising and I would like to know more about it.

    • @dapperfield595
      @dapperfield595 4 роки тому +137

      No wonder they lost

    • @zahylon5993
      @zahylon5993 4 роки тому +338

      @@oldschoolgreentube imagine a T-72 crew seeing such a relic coming towards them

  • @trikar08
    @trikar08 3 роки тому +40

    C'est toujours impressionnant , de voir des engins ayant plus de cent ans , fonctionné encore 🤩

  • @2LaneTraveler
    @2LaneTraveler 4 роки тому +308

    Just listening to that thing, you get a sense of how terrifying it must have been for a soldier who had never seen one before, but also just how exhausting and punishing it must have been to crew it.

    • @historytank5673
      @historytank5673 3 роки тому +1

      Indeed

    • @danielscheller2275
      @danielscheller2275 2 роки тому +2

      Nice but where was the air filter?

    • @KP3droflxp
      @KP3droflxp 2 роки тому +13

      I don't know who is more terrified, the enemy seeing it for the first time or the two blokes being told to drive it after being enlisted.

  • @elvine2149
    @elvine2149 4 роки тому +430

    Iron caterpillar
    The roads: help.

    • @dosgamer74
      @dosgamer74 4 роки тому +8

      Indeed. That FT was chopping up the asphalt, particularly when making a turn.

    • @maddierosemusic
      @maddierosemusic 4 роки тому +1

      YUP, wtf.

    • @ClannerJake
      @ClannerJake 4 роки тому +9

      @@dosgamer74 nothing compares to that Panzerschnellbrücke Biber i saw pull a 180 on a historic cobblestone road... also, i got to ride in a m113, with the rubber road pads, we did a 30 degree or so turn on the runway and it scored the ground something nice. roads just aren't built for it, which is why they ride on trains and special trailers to and fro ont he face of the earth when they're not out tearing earth up on the way to end you.

    • @MPdude237
      @MPdude237 3 роки тому +2

      @@ClannerJake In addition to not damaging roads, another reason why they use transports to move tanks and armored vehicles is related to speed and fuel efficiency. Even today, tanks and most armored vehicles are not very fast when compared to civilian vehicles, so traveling long distances in an Abrams or T-72, or Stryker, is going to take way longer than in a van or sedan. In addition, these vehicles require extremely powerful engines to move all of that armor and guns and that means terrible fuel economy, where MBTs are often measured in gallons per mile/kilometer. So if you are moving through safe territory, moving armored vehicles on transports is cheaper and faster than actually driving them to the front lines.

    • @ClannerJake
      @ClannerJake 3 роки тому +2

      @@MPdude237 well, if you wanna get super technical, speed and fuel aren't a real issue to governments; but i can attest to the fact driving around in those things beats the daylights out of you. there's no place to rest, the suspension isn't based on comfort, and you're driving over really rough terrain; and even if you're on a road, baring road wheels, you're going to get a lot of vibration induced into you.
      which is why i've seen them on transports in hostile area's. they've been hit by IED's and RPG's while on transports; the military is really keen on putting israel's anti-projectile protection system on their tanks specifically cause the threat tanks face now isn't well defined. we know the systems we have to defeat, but not the place or time of action. so, yes, the army wants to stretch its fuel and manpower, but it's more of a logistics/personnel staying power thing then actual economy.

  • @zebradun7407
    @zebradun7407 4 роки тому +866

    One Hundred years ago this was the M-1 Abrams of it's day. widely exported, copied and used world wide.

    • @sidfas45
      @sidfas45 4 роки тому +48

      I would more say Sherman than Abrams since M4 were widely, copied, and could easily be modified so idk

    • @duwei523
      @duwei523 4 роки тому +6

      @SAIL DOLFIN and salty about it too!

    • @shaq6976
      @shaq6976 4 роки тому +63

      If you say it like this, it’s clearly a Leopard2. Used by far more Countries than the M1 and Also copies shamelessly (the Airjun is an example)

    • @garfield850
      @garfield850 4 роки тому +16

      Lol i think you are talking about the Leopard

    • @shaq6976
      @shaq6976 4 роки тому +1

      BøbCat Exactly

  • @lieutenantdan9337
    @lieutenantdan9337 2 роки тому +12

    Being able to see one of these old war relics operate at full capacity again a dream come true

  • @imrichandras5708
    @imrichandras5708 4 роки тому +152

    I can only imagine the pride restoring such a revolutionary machine... and the joy

  • @brothercharanus1927
    @brothercharanus1927 4 роки тому +716

    Tank: i have been here for a 100 years. I will be here for a 100 years more.

    • @anarkydingo
      @anarkydingo 4 роки тому +32

      If only the tank could tell us everything that happened back in the war...

    • @dinnoclans7346
      @dinnoclans7346 4 роки тому +9

      103 years

    • @331SVTCobra
      @331SVTCobra 4 роки тому +13

      And during its existence, France hasn't won a war.

    • @haaxeu6501
      @haaxeu6501 4 роки тому +27

      @@331SVTCobra Damn I guess World War 1 actually didn't happen huh, never knew that. The Renault FT17 must have been meant for home defense then.

    • @giornogiovanna9635
      @giornogiovanna9635 4 роки тому +4

      @@331SVTCobra You spelled Italy wrong

  • @cliffrayner3013
    @cliffrayner3013 4 роки тому +545

    1917: soldiers fled their trenches upon seeing this beast
    2019: that one cute tank
    2020: wish i can see this tank in person when this quarantine gonna end

    • @thehatred94
      @thehatred94 4 роки тому +6

      cliff rayner
      15-07-2020 19:23 : wishing to give a slap to the uploader of this video for saying "first tank in the world" >.>

    • @cursed1083
      @cursed1083 4 роки тому +1

      There is one Parked at the Museum of War is Paris

    • @sergioguerra7551
      @sergioguerra7551 4 роки тому

      German soldier in 1916 in a trench in France: oh what nice day am I having, I wonder what is that weird tractor noice I hear in the distance from the British trench?
      MK2: broom broom mother fuckers (btw I mean the MK2, the one in the video is a Renault FT-17)

    • @FelipeFalker
      @FelipeFalker 4 роки тому

      @@cursed1083 I touched it when I went in 2019

    • @loose_cannon428
      @loose_cannon428 4 роки тому +1

      I still think its cute

  • @davethom73
    @davethom73 3 роки тому +5

    Love the way the man cranking the starter handle grips the shaft, his thumb should be next to his fingers, so if the engine kicks back he won’t break his thumb. That was the first thing I was taught when learning to hand crank a petrol motor.

  • @JimmyHondaRacing12
    @JimmyHondaRacing12 4 роки тому +292

    Damn the fact that it's slow and creaky makes it even more terrifying... like imagine one of these things coming at you in slow motion armed with nothing more than a bolt action rifle and a couple grenades.

    • @JimmyHondaRacing12
      @JimmyHondaRacing12 4 роки тому +35

      @Zeros DaBast haha pretty sure i said a couple... as in 1 or 2 😂 but thanks man.

    • @garrisonnichols7372
      @garrisonnichols7372 3 роки тому +15

      Actually the Germans from what I've read about WW1 found ways to kill these things very easily. You can dig a massive hole, put landmines down in its path, or use a machine gun with armor penetration rounds and keep shooting it because it so slow. The Germans even would take their artillery and drop bombs on it. Tanks aren't much good without infantryman protecting them.

    • @arturomonter4095
      @arturomonter4095 3 роки тому

      @Zeros DaBast dumb

    • @MCshadr217
      @MCshadr217 3 роки тому +7

      @@garrisonnichols7372 Not to mention the unreliability of them, where they'd often break down or stall in the middle of combat. On top of that, a well chucked grenade could take these suckers out. These and landships were not the greatest. I mean, they did help, but not the greatest asset, that's for sure.

    • @garrisonnichols7372
      @garrisonnichols7372 3 роки тому +2

      @@MCshadr217 🤣 Must've been built by Ford!

  • @btrswt35
    @btrswt35 4 роки тому +422

    Imagine having to get out in the middle of a battle and try starting that thing.

    • @ButtheAdd
      @ButtheAdd 4 роки тому +28

      That too in sub freezing temperatures

    • @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441
      @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 4 роки тому +32

      nearly every tank of the time starts this way. even the later German panzers started this way. think Panther. and the many stug variants.

    • @jameswhite6481
      @jameswhite6481 4 роки тому +9

      @@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 don't forget the Königstiger!

    • @gaganthegamer2709
      @gaganthegamer2709 4 роки тому +1

      @@mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 they had electrical starters though, didn't they?

    • @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441
      @mollysmoshingtankcrew9441 4 роки тому +15

      Gagan the gamer yes. but the Manuals stated to only start them via electric start when under enemy fire or in extreme emergencies as the electric starters where not reliable.
      essentially. it was to prevent unnecessary wear and tear. on a part that could be safely started manually.

  • @connormclernon26
    @connormclernon26 4 роки тому +337

    3:15 Mechanicus enginseer applying the sacred ungent to appease the Machine Spirit

  • @lucarnetrange
    @lucarnetrange 3 роки тому +12

    Je ne pensais pas qu'il existât encore des chars anciens en état de rouler. Félicitations aux personnes impliquées dans ce travail.

    • @thierrytravignet3059
      @thierrytravignet3059 Рік тому

      Vous devriez aller voir le musée du blindés à Saumur, il est impressionnant et tout les véhicules exposés sont roulant il me semble

  • @solobackpacking
    @solobackpacking 4 роки тому +628

    Ahh...
    Back in the old days when one did not need a engineering and computer science degree to do tank repairs.

    • @normalbird1139
      @normalbird1139 3 роки тому +60

      Yo, can I slap you for the stupidity you just uttered?

    • @mbts-_-gacha9535
      @mbts-_-gacha9535 3 роки тому +23

      @@normalbird1139 permission given

    • @11retama
      @11retama 3 роки тому +9

      @@mbts-_-gacha9535 prepare to slap

    • @joey_ramone_96
      @joey_ramone_96 3 роки тому +7

      @@normalbird1139 just saying you can slap the almost 100 people that liked that dude's comment

    • @zac0918
      @zac0918 3 роки тому +8

      they still dont, they learn that shit during basic training

  • @emptank
    @emptank 4 роки тому +203

    I love how he gives the engine a little drink after it starts at 3:13.

  • @sippe3985
    @sippe3985 4 роки тому +294

    i remember going on a 61 killstreak in this tank in BF1

    • @mariahmayers8869
      @mariahmayers8869 3 роки тому +7

      rampage

    • @juliusraben3526
      @juliusraben3526 3 роки тому +2

      Howitzer config im assuming ?

    • @whalahiguy
      @whalahiguy 2 роки тому +2

      Flanker config with grapeshot rounds all the way boiii

    • @luisantos1996
      @luisantos1996 2 роки тому

      Flanker is the best version of light tank

    • @anfrac3700
      @anfrac3700 2 роки тому

      I got to 44 with the base config. Great little thing, machine gun underrated.

  • @schaab7203
    @schaab7203 3 роки тому +20

    This is amazing, great job, imagine mainting a 104 years old machine

  • @McHeisenburger
    @McHeisenburger 3 роки тому +126

    Man if that ain't a testament to the engineering of the day, I don't know what is. Everyone who originally designed, constructed, commanded, or shot at this tank is long-since dead, but the tank's still here and going strong to boot.

    • @x808drifter
      @x808drifter 3 роки тому +10

      If it wasn't maintained at all it'd be a pile of rust. Just like anything else.

    • @Puschit1
      @Puschit1 Рік тому

      @@x808drifter Yeah, I imagine that meanwhile, every single part of it has already been replaced. For example that is certainly not the original motor. The more you replace, the less of the original tank exists.

    • @crazyfvck
      @crazyfvck Рік тому +3

      @@Puschit1 You would be surprised at how long some of these old machines last with most, if not all of their original parts. I would assume it was sitting under cover for many years, probably in someone's barn.

  • @Handlesarestoopid
    @Handlesarestoopid 4 роки тому +122

    Imagine driving this cute, yet intimidating machine through the streets every day

    • @Darthwgamer
      @Darthwgamer 4 роки тому +17

      One things for sure, you'll be home by July 28, 2024

    • @harrier827
      @harrier827 4 роки тому +4

      Better late than never i guess

    • @KandiKlover
      @KandiKlover 4 роки тому +6

      Yes this would be perfect for the Democrat failure states and cities. Like California, or Chicago, or Detroit.

    • @riatorex8722
      @riatorex8722 3 роки тому +1

      It's cute now, but it was a sign of pure terror back then

  • @twopumpsandimdone309
    @twopumpsandimdone309 4 роки тому +529

    I'd daily this regardless of fuel cost..

    • @teri923
      @teri923 4 роки тому +34

      Id also pump more fuel into the atmosphere for my selfish hobby

    • @PanzerKitsune-
      @PanzerKitsune- 4 роки тому +66

      I would to. This dumbass does not realize we must proserve history to provent the same mistakes. It's not just a hobby.

    • @twopumpsandimdone309
      @twopumpsandimdone309 4 роки тому +74

      @@PanzerKitsune- agreed, I asked my brother a fairly simple question. "Hey do you know what a Sherman M4 is?" He said no then proceeded to use the damn tank while playing a video game.

    • @PanzerKitsune-
      @PanzerKitsune- 4 роки тому +28

      @@twopumpsandimdone309 Damn that's really depressing.

    • @sidfas45
      @sidfas45 4 роки тому +4

      Micheal Plummer oof sorry bout that

  • @Novous
    @Novous 2 роки тому +1

    this video looks GREAT for being over 100 years old. It really goes to show how much better film cameras are than digital cameras.

  • @kabob0077
    @kabob0077 5 років тому +504

    Startup is 3:09 for anyone who wants to jump to that point.

    • @commentcat8927
      @commentcat8927 4 роки тому +11

      You just saved our time thank you

    • @groucho1080p
      @groucho1080p 4 роки тому +16

      the strange thing is that the engine didn't surrender

    • @flamez_177
      @flamez_177 4 роки тому +1

      kabob 007 ua-cam.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/v-deo.html

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 4 роки тому +6

      @@flamez_177 I shall now ruin your plan, anyone who clicks the link will be Rick Rolled. However they shall do so knowingly because your trap is now diffused.

    • @quartermaster2809
      @quartermaster2809 4 роки тому

      Thanks

  • @aceofspades6542
    @aceofspades6542 4 роки тому +149

    so old and makes such racket but its incredible to see her run once again

    • @Sol_Badguy_GG
      @Sol_Badguy_GG 4 роки тому +3

      Her???

    • @salmon4o4
      @salmon4o4 4 роки тому +8

      @@Sol_Badguy_GG Its what people like calling vehicles

    • @Snar-fq8ve
      @Snar-fq8ve 4 роки тому +1

      @@salmon4o4 tanks are manly vehicles, u say her for cars n shit like that

    • @salmon4o4
      @salmon4o4 4 роки тому +3

      @@Snar-fq8ve I agree on that but it seems that many call it "her" in general as if they wanted to be the one to take care of it

    • @sixbases6793
      @sixbases6793 3 роки тому +1

      @@salmon4o4 but It has a dick by torret xD

  • @MrGrimm-eo5lc
    @MrGrimm-eo5lc 4 роки тому +126

    Ww1 tank: zzzzzzzzzzzzz.....
    Soldier: "winds up the engine crank"
    Ww1 tank: IIIIIIII LIIIIIIIIVE

  • @dogdoesntbite8685
    @dogdoesntbite8685 Рік тому +1

    The funny thing about this is that whenever the commander commands the driver to move he kicks the drivers back (they can’t hear anything except engine noises)

  • @fordrestored4646
    @fordrestored4646 4 роки тому +51

    Battlefield 1 got the engine sound for the game almost perfectly

    • @DuckAllMighty
      @DuckAllMighty 4 роки тому +12

      I mean BF1 has a lot of the sounds of WW1 pretty accurate, that's one of the reasons I love the game. The entire sound side of the game is just amazing, and then ofcourse there's the entire feeling of chaos BF games are famous for. One of the very best war games ever made. There's just something about BF1's WW1 guns and tanks and ships and planes, that just makes it feel like you are hitting hard with every round, how they could go from that to BF5 is still a huge shame.

    • @jblazerndrowzy
      @jblazerndrowzy 4 роки тому +4

      @@DuckAllMighty Well said

    • @notaspy8902
      @notaspy8902 4 роки тому +3

      @@DuckAllMighty agree

  • @kaiserwilhelmthe2nd349
    @kaiserwilhelmthe2nd349 4 роки тому +598

    “We shall seize the enemy tanks as our own until we get our own tank made.”
    -me, 1916

  • @I_hunt_lolis
    @I_hunt_lolis 4 роки тому +303

    wow I can't believe this is still running

    • @alanwatts8239
      @alanwatts8239 4 роки тому +96

      Of course it's still running, it's french.

    • @rencaelum4396
      @rencaelum4396 4 роки тому +20

      @@alanwatts8239 *Destruction 100*

    • @jakartagamer6188
      @jakartagamer6188 4 роки тому +6

      @@alanwatts8239 lmao, that's one hell of way to insult

    • @I_hunt_lolis
      @I_hunt_lolis 4 роки тому +14

      I also hear it drives backwards faster than forward xD

    • @animarthur5297
      @animarthur5297 4 роки тому +3

      Jokes aside,the reason it still works is that it was restored.

  • @JJABRAHAM69
    @JJABRAHAM69 2 роки тому +1

    The French always did goofy designs with regards to cars and technologies, but this tank was the first modern tank design that still is applicable. Bravo,the French!
    Driver in front, a 360-degree turret, engine in the rear,
    The Americans used this tank until the 1930`s.

  • @whitedawn2122
    @whitedawn2122 4 роки тому +33

    For some odd reason this gives me chills, I’ve seen videos of modern tanks and military vehicles, but this gives off different feelings than anything today

  • @timelord8047
    @timelord8047 4 роки тому +54

    *engine is running*
    *selects first gear*
    *drives backwards*
    seems like french tanks weren't constructed to move forward

    • @nitrambr9105
      @nitrambr9105 4 роки тому +3

      If u are American I'm currently laughing

    • @JohnDoe-fu6zt
      @JohnDoe-fu6zt 4 роки тому +1

      It looks like that thing would deflect bullets better at the back end than at the front.

  • @scottw550
    @scottw550 4 роки тому +567

    French tanks are too cute, like little ducks. "Quack-quack-quack! Boom!"

    • @Cecedidic
      @Cecedidic 4 роки тому +17

      @SAIL DOLFIN *LAUGH IN S-35*

    • @Cecedidic
      @Cecedidic 4 роки тому +6

      @SAIL DOLFIN le b1-bis était bon mais coûteux et puis on s'en sera pas servi ultra longtemps

    • @Helltaker235
      @Helltaker235 4 роки тому +22

      AMX-40 :)

    • @skjorta1984
      @skjorta1984 4 роки тому +18

      *world of tanks community has joined the chat*

    • @Helltaker235
      @Helltaker235 4 роки тому

      @@skjorta1984 i know about AMX 40 before my play WoT :)

  • @DerpyUniverse
    @DerpyUniverse 2 роки тому +1

    Wonder if it’s the howitzer or the flanker variant

  • @notaire2
    @notaire2 4 роки тому +192

    The tank was a state-of-the-art masterpiece a century ago, when France was a true superpower in the world.

    • @Canadianbacon-s9n
      @Canadianbacon-s9n 3 роки тому +9

      Your kidding right? France is a joke that has yet to win any war without surrendering like a pussi

    • @notaire2
      @notaire2 3 роки тому +51

      @@Canadianbacon-s9n France was definitely a superpower, which still retains small yet precious colonies all over the world.

    • @nansmp1112
      @nansmp1112 3 роки тому +42

      @@Canadianbacon-s9n France is the country with the most millitary win in the world, and now it's the 5 superpower in the world

    • @normalbird1139
      @normalbird1139 3 роки тому +57

      @@Canadianbacon-s9n France, unfortunately known for their surrender during ww2, made Europe their bitch multiple times. Now, France is still among the global powers.
      Your knowledge obtained from memes are invalid here.

    • @Krydoss
      @Krydoss 3 роки тому +22

      @@Canadianbacon-s9n ua-cam.com/video/xgLKVaJwpXY/v-deo.html
      Here. Please educate yourself instead of letting the whole world you're an ignoramus.

  • @tonzelle2720
    @tonzelle2720 4 роки тому +46

    This type of tank was "on test" in the late 1930s in the Netherlands. The Netherlands army did not own any tanks during the german invasion in may 1940

    • @bee7877
      @bee7877 4 роки тому

      We had 1 of these but it stayed in storafe during the invasion

    • @LiminalSpaceMan192
      @LiminalSpaceMan192 4 роки тому +1

      Interesting, goes to show how behind in war technology the whole world was when Germany invaded. Beautiful tank though

    • @stickpge
      @stickpge 4 роки тому +3

      @@LiminalSpaceMan192 no the world wasnt far behind atleast as far as armor was concerned, germany infact during the invasion of france had easily the worst tanks of the two sides either under gunned or stopgap measures untill better tanks could be brought into service, the real reason germany won was due to poor allied planning and coordination and german flexibilty on both the tactical and strategic level (and even then it was far closer then most history lessons will tell you), the invasion of the netherlands was succesfull not because of armor but instead because of things like paratroopers landing behind the defenses and the bombing of rotterdam as the dutch flooded the low lands rendering tanks not useless but less effective as they had to stick to roads slowing them down.

    • @highwatercircutrider
      @highwatercircutrider 4 роки тому

      @@stickpge Germany won ? What exactly ?

    • @Dourkan
      @Dourkan 4 роки тому

      Ah, the netherlands, the speedbump of Germany 😂

  • @hugejohnson5011
    @hugejohnson5011 4 роки тому +32

    The "La Victoire" and Spade painted on are cutting edge badass!

  • @ВладимирАлександрович-ы2р

    Место водителя это жесть!!!
    Спасибо, сохранили👍🖐️

  • @ChickenLiver911
    @ChickenLiver911 4 роки тому +101

    “We have lost objective apples.”

  • @philippeconstantin8234
    @philippeconstantin8234 4 роки тому +7

    The Renault FT is the first tank on duty in the US army, the first US driver was major George S. Patton. It was use by US army the first time at battle of Saint-Mihiel, Meuse, France, in september 1918.

  • @jplabs456
    @jplabs456 4 роки тому +49

    Clarkson:
    ‘WHAT A MACHIINNNEEEEEEEE!’

  • @KarlBunker
    @KarlBunker 3 роки тому +1

    Ah, the Renault FT. A true beauty. I always wanted one of these to drive to work every day.

  • @warcats7207
    @warcats7207 4 роки тому +129

    Just imagine, we whent from a tank like this, to modern MBT's

    • @24Medddia
      @24Medddia 4 роки тому +1

      Or from MBT's back to tanks like this

    • @masonmugerian4096
      @masonmugerian4096 4 роки тому +3

      Imagin if isis got ahold of one and an abrums sees it

    • @BobtheBlob6969
      @BobtheBlob6969 4 роки тому +7

      We gotta start somewhere right? I mean we went to a riffle that's abysmal to reload to big fuck off guns that chews to 10000 rounds per 5 minutes.

    • @rain_f
      @rain_f 4 роки тому +2

      @@masonmugerian4096 just pepper it with browning M2

    • @masonmugerian4096
      @masonmugerian4096 4 роки тому +1

      @@rain_f or an AR-15 with AP rounds

  • @tyfon4429
    @tyfon4429 4 роки тому +95

    The reason most tank crew where men selected for their shortness.

    • @SysKeyJS
      @SysKeyJS 4 роки тому +2

      Nope people were just smaller back then

    • @abrunosON
      @abrunosON 3 роки тому +1

      Pilots too because they can withstand higher g forces and their lower weight increase acceleration and decreases fuel consumption.

  • @theheaterguyryan5052
    @theheaterguyryan5052 4 роки тому +297

    After 100 years renault tank stilll going a renault laguna broken down after 5 years😖😢

    • @kjellringstrom6217
      @kjellringstrom6217 4 роки тому +51

      Well, today things are built to make profit. Not to last.

    • @drunkpixel568
      @drunkpixel568 4 роки тому +7

      @@kjellringstrom6217 well said

    • @PieAndChips
      @PieAndChips 4 роки тому +9

      @@kjellringstrom6217 Planned obsolescence

    • @arisz2191
      @arisz2191 4 роки тому +3

      @@kjellringstrom6217 perhaps you never heard "war profiteering"

    • @Xover112
      @Xover112 4 роки тому +8

      you are saying like if nobody repaired that thing, i bet even if you take worst manufacturer you can still make car look good and run good if you waste enough money on it, its not like they found tank in this condition and it remained in this condition for 100 years

  • @nelson6128
    @nelson6128 3 роки тому +6

    Still my favourite tank. Crazy to think this tank was built a century ago

  • @gibbsm
    @gibbsm 4 роки тому +162

    We have one here in Kansas City, Missouri at the WW1 memorial/museum, it's not this nice tho, ours has bullet holes in it, it's the real deal.

    • @tmanoutdoors8277
      @tmanoutdoors8277 4 роки тому +10

      Is it French or American made? The bullet holes could be from test to make sure the plating could survive taking small arms fire

    • @That_Guy5575
      @That_Guy5575 4 роки тому +18

      Tman OutDoors If I recall right (as it’s been a few years since I’ve been there) it was a French tank and it got knocked out by a German artillery shell. Most of it looks to be in great condition until you see the giant whole in it from the shell. I believe the shell went through the engine compartment and blew out the bottom left side

    • @tmanoutdoors8277
      @tmanoutdoors8277 4 роки тому +16

      Sam Wittman yeah in that case definitely not a test shot

    • @PW.6060
      @PW.6060 4 роки тому +4

      I've seen that one. Big piece blown out of the rear end.

    • @hamstermeme-pt1nj
      @hamstermeme-pt1nj 4 роки тому +1

      That's was cool piece of history

  • @kursk6361
    @kursk6361 4 роки тому +198

    I was expecting a lot of battlefield 1 players . Im disappointed

  • @georgeparsons7338
    @georgeparsons7338 4 роки тому +6

    That Renault tank was by far the best tank in WWl. More reliable and manuvreable than the british mark l. There were still several of these along with some upgrades in well.

    • @__-fm5qv
      @__-fm5qv 3 роки тому

      Main upgrade being less lethal to those inside it lmao.

  • @reneecarter6702
    @reneecarter6702 3 роки тому +5

    I can understand the fear this would've created for a WW1 infantryman (and yes I'm prior active duty army and combat vet). For these guys not being able to see the operator's eyes (much less the enemies eyes with this thing) would've been the initial fear factor. Check out the monster German A7V and imagine trying to plink at that thing while it was on the move...
    We know these men were either in trenches or being shot at while in a wood line or open field is scary enough, but the rumbling of the engines and the ground quaking would've been absolutely terrifying.
    If we look at the basic infantrymen's rifles for various countries, we also see what a nightmare it would've been to try and return fire to penetrate these beasts... I do have a 1916 Lebel Berthier rifle that while it is an 8mm, it had a three round capacity in an actual clip. The Italian's used the Carcanos (which I also have) that were 6.5mm with the Russian's using the Mosin (Mine is from 1922) but while that was 7.62, all weapons had minimal round capacity that would've required a quick re-load.
    Trying to re-load on the run while being chased/gunned down by this thing that was an engineering marvel at the time would've undoubtedly been terrifying as all get out. Poor guys...

    • @palomaelegante
      @palomaelegante 2 роки тому

      Do you have replicas of the guns or are the a relic?

    • @justforever96
      @justforever96 2 роки тому +1

      Like most soldiers could see their enemies eyes in WWI? Or since or even before? I doubt more than a handful of soldiers have been able to see the eyes of their enemies since before gunpowder took over ("don't fire til you see the whites of their eyes" notwithstanding)

  • @STankO1
    @STankO1 4 роки тому +61

    *ah yes, a most powerfull tank in World Of Tank, no joke at all*

  • @sophiemac1632
    @sophiemac1632 4 роки тому +18

    No need to run away in fear. A slow walk will do!
    All joking aside, great to see such a classic tank in working order.

    • @apollomars1678
      @apollomars1678 2 роки тому

      some varations were still in use in ww2....with better motors. the Renault NC 1 to NC 27 variants.
      the latest models were going 20km/h. surprisingly scary and effective, because easy to fix. (not good for tank>tank fights, but good against regular trucks or infantry by surprise attacks, easy to hide.

    • @apollomars1678
      @apollomars1678 2 роки тому

      there were more armoured versions too, but they were even slower than in ww1, even with better motors.
      some of them were defeated by Germany in Poland in ww2 and/or captured and reused.

  • @sushiromifune7096
    @sushiromifune7096 4 роки тому +42

    2:36 I saw a person who looked exactly like him cranking the Tiger Ⅱ and Panther engines in other videos. Wasn't he?

    • @garrisonnichols7372
      @garrisonnichols7372 3 роки тому +3

      Yep its him. Idk his name but it's the same guy.

    • @BJSK08
      @BJSK08 3 роки тому +18

      "What do you do for a living?"
      That guy: "Crank tank engines from the 20th century"

    • @shovel1353
      @shovel1353 3 роки тому +6

      @@BJSK08 "I start up grandpa tanks"

    • @lsq7833
      @lsq7833 3 роки тому

      Saumur tank museum personnel. It's an army owned museum.

  • @peterwoods5310
    @peterwoods5310 3 роки тому +11

    We Centurion drivers used to say a "tanky" must be one meter high, one meter wide with muscles like Samson. Nothing changed!

  • @alfonsosoriano171
    @alfonsosoriano171 4 роки тому +23

    Once you start the engine, the enemy from 20 kilometers away could easily tell if that carburetor needs tune up.

    • @jeromefaulle
      @jeromefaulle 4 роки тому +3

      This one is gas powered, you can see the carburator.

    • @alfonsosoriano171
      @alfonsosoriano171 4 роки тому +2

      @@jeromefaulle Yes, and it also have spark plug. I remember seeing that type of carburetor on old Volvo and Mercedes-Benz before, I think VDO brand.

    • @foxy126pl6
      @foxy126pl6 4 роки тому +1

      @Jack Kimball the first mass produced diesel powered tank wat T-34 if im not mistaken

    • @dillonv4298
      @dillonv4298 4 роки тому

      @Jack Kimball true, but throttle plates would still need to be adjusted at times.

    • @leneanderthalien
      @leneanderthalien 3 роки тому

      @J. FK this is a gasoline engine, like the WW2 tanks : none german WW2 tank had a diesel engine, only the soviets and some US tanks was diesel engined

  • @gregsiska8599
    @gregsiska8599 4 роки тому +9

    Louis Renault did some nice engineering to come up with this, the pattern for all future tanks.

  • @martkbanjoboy8853
    @martkbanjoboy8853 3 роки тому +12

    Magnifique! : - ) The front idler wheels were largely made of laminated wood like on an ox cart. The Canadian army used these for training in early WWII.

  • @inerttech2570
    @inerttech2570 4 роки тому +57

    La batterie "Bosch" dans un Renault FT : Plus belle ironie que celle-ci ? :D

    • @tuf2500
      @tuf2500 4 роки тому +1

      I dont speak baguette but i agree with this

    • @abrahamsalamah5773
      @abrahamsalamah5773 4 роки тому +4

      "The bosch battery in a Renault FT, Ironic"

    • @Snar-fq8ve
      @Snar-fq8ve 4 роки тому

      I thought this was german

    • @eniotnayssaneb3442
      @eniotnayssaneb3442 4 роки тому

      d'époque ?

    • @MrAranton
      @MrAranton 4 роки тому

      @@Snar-fq8ve German would be: "Die Bosch-Batterie in einem Renault FT: Gibt es eine schönere Ironie als diese?

  • @gunny274
    @gunny274 3 роки тому +18

    I would love to see that sitting next to an Abrams
    "Hi Grandpa, looking a little tired there"
    " Lets see how you're doing in a hundred years Jr... "

  • @danielracovitan9779
    @danielracovitan9779 4 роки тому +16

    For 1917 this was the equivalent of an Abrams tank at that time

  • @mr6johnclark
    @mr6johnclark 3 роки тому +2

    the FT's legacy is it's configuration for all tanks to follow. The caterpillar treds, the engine in the back and the single rotating turret up top.

  • @dikinovisal9693
    @dikinovisal9693 4 роки тому +20

    The legend of tank. The first spinning cannon..

    • @artilleryfire6576
      @artilleryfire6576 4 роки тому +1

      uss monitor would like to have a chat

    • @neoandroid4203
      @neoandroid4203 4 роки тому +1

      @@artilleryfire6576 I think he meant in a tank

    • @Sol_Badguy_GG
      @Sol_Badguy_GG 4 роки тому

      Pretty sure penises were the first spinning cannons.

  • @Sacrilege7294
    @Sacrilege7294 4 роки тому +31

    Watching this makes me so happy.

  • @alphamasterevi1198
    @alphamasterevi1198 4 роки тому +22

    Oh, c'est le précieux trésor .
    My French is not that good though (still learning), but yeah, it is a precious piece of history which needs to be protected and preserved.

    • @minow4714
      @minow4714 4 роки тому +3

      Tu as très bien parler, et oui ce char est un trésor, c'est le symbole de tout les chars je pense, car c'etait le premier.

    • @LeroyalcheeseBreton
      @LeroyalcheeseBreton 4 роки тому

      @@minow4714 s'est pas le premier il a été conçu en 1918 on A même pas eu le temps de l'utiliser, le premier char utilisé est le mark 1

    • @thehatred94
      @thehatred94 4 роки тому +2

      le royalcheese BRETON la ou tu a raison que c'est pas le premier char. C'est cela dit, le premier char dit "moderne". Le pionnier des chars d'aujourd'hui.

    • @thehatred94
      @thehatred94 4 роки тому

      Alpha MasterEvi yes, yes it does. Dear litle Renault FT, pioneer of modern tanks.

    • @etiennemacq
      @etiennemacq 4 роки тому

      @@minow4714 Même l’anglo-saxon n’avait pas fait de fautes d’orthographe...

  • @christianmethot5941
    @christianmethot5941 2 роки тому +1

    And at that time, nothing was conceived, designed, tested, built or controlled with the aid of computers. Impressive!

  • @capncmonkey3261
    @capncmonkey3261 4 роки тому +6

    I can’t believe they made the tank from battlefield 1 into a real thing!

    • @mikoonblitz5966
      @mikoonblitz5966 4 роки тому +2

      Capncmonkey i dont know if this is stupidity or a joke

    • @lapoissonnerie3891
      @lapoissonnerie3891 4 роки тому

      I really think (and hope) thus was a joke. If it was, that made me laugh boy😅

  • @cascadeflims7261
    @cascadeflims7261 4 роки тому +53

    Me: woah this is old
    My very old grandpa: hey I saw this one

  • @drowning7532
    @drowning7532 4 роки тому +8

    Very cool people are able to still see one of them run and move. I wish there were more of them left. This is the first tank with a "modern" configuration.

  • @bloodmoon5744
    @bloodmoon5744 2 роки тому +1

    1917-1918:
    Unstoppable beast, Queen of the battlefield
    1976-2022:
    Puny gun. Tin foil armor. As slow as it is old.
    Infinitely and unendingly respected for being the first standard, modern-style tank.
    Godspeed LT-17.

  • @shielaprue
    @shielaprue 4 роки тому +27

    3:00 hold my croissant and hand me the wd 40...

  • @GiuseppeGaribaldii
    @GiuseppeGaribaldii 4 роки тому +60

    The Best Tank of WW1

    • @jankubiak324
      @jankubiak324 4 роки тому +12

      It also served in the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1919-21.

    • @JustaGuy1250
      @JustaGuy1250 4 роки тому +6

      @@jankubiak324 and even in WW2, for both France and Germany

    • @wodekw6862
      @wodekw6862 4 роки тому +1

      Well Yes, but actually no

    • @Kyoumoto101
      @Kyoumoto101 4 роки тому

      Włodek W
      then what the best tank of ww1 in ur opinion?

    • @wodekw6862
      @wodekw6862 4 роки тому +5

      @@Kyoumoto101 every tank have a minus and plus, Renault FT have only one gun (37mm) and only one machine gun (on the turret), but it was small.
      MarklV has two guns (57 mm) and few machine guns (i dont remember how many). And of course german tank (big as f) only one gun (57mm) and machine guns on both sides of tank, and of course, they were f slow.

  • @evillemike2009
    @evillemike2009 4 роки тому +18

    Imagine being some kid fresh off the farm and seeing that thing coming out of the smoke.

    • @garrisonnichols7372
      @garrisonnichols7372 3 роки тому

      Actually the Germans were like funny the French have a new toy. Bring up the artillery and lay down some land mines.

    • @s.m.5931
      @s.m.5931 3 роки тому

      Depends on the farm. I mean, have you seen ua-cam.com/video/2u8gr9yNSUE/v-deo.html

  • @justforever96
    @justforever96 2 роки тому +2

    Definitely the best tank of WW1. And I like how they used them as tractors after the war, like the M3 Light tank.
    But I was under the impression that the FT was unsprung, yet I see the bogies articulating as it drives up the ramp.

  • @salsheikh4508
    @salsheikh4508 4 роки тому +52

    Badass!! It didn't tear up the asphalt either.

    • @alexapexgod4643
      @alexapexgod4643 4 роки тому

      Dude shut up you watch tank videos

    • @jamesha175
      @jamesha175 4 роки тому +2

      i was waiting for it to ruin the road

    • @SrStakeholder
      @SrStakeholder 4 роки тому +1

      Light tank

    • @jamesha175
      @jamesha175 4 роки тому +1

      @@SrStakeholder they should call it "Lil' Tuffy"

    • @tuberman7371
      @tuberman7371 4 роки тому

      The track grousers are what's known as racing skids by bulldozer drivers because they are so worn.

  • @eriolhiiragizawa729
    @eriolhiiragizawa729 4 роки тому +7

    An old boy. . . a true veteran from the conflicts of a time gone by, but still going strong.

  • @yankee.98
    @yankee.98 4 роки тому +48

    6:23 ultra-slim

    • @anonimusus4306
      @anonimusus4306 4 роки тому +1

      NOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @HYDRA_MARK_VI
      @HYDRA_MARK_VI 4 роки тому

      L’étrange Noël de Mr Jack .... elle a était dessinée par Tim Burton !

  • @levibarns7576
    @levibarns7576 2 роки тому +1

    Ah, the F-17, what a beauty. This one was confirmed to have 6 infantry kills and at least 1 truck kill from sources

  • @bryand1693
    @bryand1693 4 роки тому +22

    I once had 3 of these in sinai dessert ,we absolutely demolished the enemy

    • @papyfun5097
      @papyfun5097 3 роки тому +4

      did you take objective butter?

    • @kevinflaherty1
      @kevinflaherty1 3 роки тому

      @@papyfun5097 WE HAVE TAKEN OBJECTIVE BUTTAH