Nikolai Mikhail Dude, you really are major stupid. There are 100 year old planes flying. And there are plenty of 100 year old plus veteran cars still going.
Ephesians 2:8-9 8 For by God's grace are we saved through faith; not by works, (or being a firefighter or law enforcement or a hero or a marine or a veteran or a war hero or dying for your country or actor or puppeteer or News reporter/anchor or a soul singer or killed by a terrorist or a sports hero or our heritage or ethnic background or a fashion designer or engineer or a rock star or bodybuilder or a writer or cooking show host or walk into a room and lite up a room with their smile or a pioneer or a trail blazer or trending or a legend or a super pop star or bounty hunter or race car driver or football coach or country music singer or basketball star or civil rights leader or being modest or being humble or a Disney star actor or game show host or making people laugh or making people happy or never killing anyone) 9 it is the free gift of God, not that anyone can boast of their salvation." Eternity will not be about any of us or what we have done. It will all be about Jesus Christ who died on a cross to save us from our sins. We all deserve hell and then the Lake of Fire that burns with sulphur and fire on Judgement day.
He was simply supposed to be a consultant on "full metal jacket" but was so charismatic he ended up going on screen. The original actor Who he replaced is the guy who is on the huey shooting civilians yelling : GET SOME GET SOME!!
+Rubashow Just like any other new invention. Germans didnt improve their Needle Rifles. Chinese didn't improve their guns. Brits didn't improve their tanks. And French didn't improve their tank designs.
***** But they developed their tanks to fit their ill devised, defensive strategies. Their tanks were supposed to be heavily armored and slow, to support the infantry. The B1 had insane armor for the time, but wasn't that effective against tanks. It's traversible gun was small, it's main armament, the 75mm howitzer, was not traversable and to be used against fortifications. Their tanks were big and slow. The problem with big and slow tanks is that their are difficult to deploy, to maintain and to group. German tanks were inferior to French designs but desinged to be mobile and flexible.
Too bad the French couldn't have gotten those B1s to Africa before the Armistice. Then again, maybe not - the Vichy tankers might have used them against us!
Chris Prolls I think the naval blockade of Germany from 1916 onwards was far more decisive. It basically starved (literally) Germany into submission. By 1918 they were short on everything (there were food riots in Germany). The allied victories at Somme, Verdun and the Brusilov Offensive, all in 1916, dealt a lethal blow to the Central Powers from which they never recovered. They tried slugging out the war and endure in the typical proud and headstrong German way but that wasn't going to work against an enemy with a far better war economy, colonial resources and manpower and powerful world trade partners. Economy. Germany financed the war by abandoning its gold mark and changing to the paper mark, and then lending money to itself. While both the British Pound Sterling and French Franc remained stable in value compared to the US Dollar throughout the war the paper mark only was worth 37% its 1913 value in 1918 and rapidly dropping. The infamous German hyperinflation of the early 1920's actually had its roots in the inflation during the war. In 1918 the allies outproduced Germany in engines 5-1. While Germany had its industry intact it lacked the vital natural resources and rare metals with which to make enough cannons, guns and bullets. The British and French had empires and many colonies from which they could ship in needed material. Germany had few colonies and they couldn't ship them into Germany anyway due to the allies ruling the seas and maintaining the naval blockade of Germany. While the FT17 tank and the huge numbers it was deployed in doomed what was left of the German army in late 1918 it really was just the final nail in the coffin. Germany's fall had begun years before and was simply its vulnerable economic and strategic position.
@@wezmarauder2754 Not quite agree with you: after the Russians surrendered, the Germans could concentrate all their forces on the western front. France, in March 1918 was close to losing the war. The use of the Renault FT tank with its rotating turret really changed the course of the war.
As a Brazilian i must say this was Brazils first tank and was in use all the way into the early 50s and man it is a tight fit and it must have been horrible been in there.
I read or watched somewhere that these were actually a lot better ot be in (As far as comfort) than the rhomboid tanks that the British were using. Those things were said to be absolute hell on earth to be in.
+Jeff Hails no cause english tanks were too heavy and slow (about 1kmh) and could be defeated by artillery and heavy guns, plus their armor were too thin. Ft17 was the first "real" tank it was light but well armored and could fight with infantry... But you know the anglo-saxon legends about their military...
John Dou Something that takes more time to use increases it's importance. Instead we see people using tanks as temporary taxi cabs to get from one place to another.
Crossing a trench was of almost *no concern* in the 100 Days Offensive which was the final three months of the war. At that stage the war became much more mobile - in fact a demonstration of the kind of warfare they would see in WWII - and mobility, quantity, all-round adaptability (hence the rotating turret being a success) and ease of use became imperative qualities. Since there hardly were any enemy tanks to destroy and most of the fighting was in the open the more mobile tanks could do their job of knocking out pillboxes, entrenched positions and infantry units on the move. Whatever trenches the Germans managed to dig while they were retreating during the 100 Days Offensive were nowhere near as complex, wide and deep as the ones they had dug during the previous stages of the war. In any case, when they abandoned their positions and retreated further back (mostly without having dug any serious trenches) any trench was easily passed by laying simple cross trenching bridges or bundles of wood. Since there were no counter-attacks following by this stage of the war this was a minor concern for the FT17. It was also during the 100 Days Offensive large number of tanks were finally utilized using modern tactics and offensives were carried out using coordinated attacks by tanks, planes, infantry and mobile units. During these important days the real value of the tank was finally seen. It impressed the Germans so much they knew any future war would involved large number of advanced tanks. During the 100 Days Offensive the Renault FT emerged as the best design for the kind of war they were fighting. As such it became the design everybody used as a template for their post-war tank designs. So yes, it was the *best tank of WWI* .
3:17 oh yay, turns out the french military mastered silent guns in WW1... Also.. "Just you wait till you can see what this thing can do!" *Fires a round which can barely penetrate 2 cinderblocks* FUCK YEAH
This is actually an M1917 American version of the FT-17. First clue is AMSCO on the track treads. Still a great video, thanks for posting this predecessor to all modern tanks!
Some time ago, I did a class presentation about tanks. The FT was one of the major points. It marked itself in history as the first modern tanks because of its 360 degree turret. Sad seeing France stop being the leader in technology. But now its the Germans who I feel is the best in mechanical engineering.
de0509 "But now its the Germans who I feel is the best in mechanical engineering." What you FEEL is irrelevant. Where are the objective facts or arguments? Do you have any qualification or academic knowledge in this field? Are you an engineer, designer or a scholar? I think the French TGV high-speed train is better than anything the Germans (or any other nations) have produced so far. They have the all-time speed record for a rail-train. Impressive to say the least. The Airbus aircraft which is one of the largest (possibly *the* largest) manufacturer of jet airliner is located in France, not in Germany. The Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft is better than anything the Germans have designed so far. French highways are easily better than the German autobahn. We're talking billiard table smooth roads, impeccably maintained. Let's go to the world of motor racing. In Formula 1 - which is the technically most advanced motor racing in the world - Renault (French) has by far the most victories and titles as an engine-manufacturer the past quarter of a century. 23 titles for Renault, compared to 14 for Ferrari, 12 for Mercedes and 1 for Ford. In World Rally Cars the French dominated almost the entire 21st century. Sebastian Loeb won 9 straight titles with the Citroen car. Citroen is also the most successful brand in rally, yes more wins than Lancia, Ford, Peugeot (also French). 4 times the wins of Audi too. As for endurance racing. I'd say the Oreca, Alpine and Onroak car builders are doing very well and dominating their class. The Oreca 07 of the LMP2 class just finished a lap behind the 2017 LeMans 24 hour winner in the LMP1 class the Porsche 919. I can go on and on. When it comes to innovation - the French certainly have contributed a lot in the 20th century. Btw, when it comes to the most reliable cars today....they aren't from Germany.
Awesome movie! Two years ago I built a 1/16 scale plastic model of this tank (by TAKOM). It is complete with etched parts and workable tracks. It was easy to build and a lot of fun. I highly recommend it.
+MISTER FIAT The top speed of the FT17 was not a constant. Remember! The FT17 continued to be used after World War 1, and the French did upgrade these tanks over time, introducing new design specifications. The engine the FT17 used in World War 1 was the Renault 4-Cycle Engine, which had 39 horse power and gave the FT17 a top speed of 8 kph. Later on, new engines were introduced. The Renault M27 Engine was an upgrade that gave the FT17 a 45 horse power engine, and a speed of 10 kph. In the 1920s, the Renault NC-2 Engine was introduced, giving the Renault a whopping 75 horse power, and a speed limit of 18 kph. In World War 1, the Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine was introduced by the Italians for FT17 tanks that were acquired from the French, but it was only in the prototype stages during World War 1 (becoming Italian standard issue in May of 1919), and there is really no evidence that the French themselves used this engine. The Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine combined with the new vertical suspension that Italy gave the FT17 resulted in about 50 horse power, as a well as a speed limit of 21 kph. This is an exact match of what Wargaming gives the FT17, and is very likely where they got their speed limit from (although for some reason, the horse power remained the same). Wargaming also may have got their speed from the Renault NC-2 Engine. In World War 2, the FT17 was upgraded and given a Renault 6-Cycle, which had 150 horse power, and gave the tank a top speed of 24 kph. Now where did the Battlefield 1 FT17 get it's speed from? Probably also from the Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine.
This tank ended WWI. The Germans were no longer able to control the battlefield with numbers as the Iron Cavalry, as I call it, started to roll over them. The allies were preparing a huge tank attack into Germany for 1919. The Germans got wind of this and decided they had had enough. The war was over. Hooray for the Renault FT, the unsung hero of WWI.
I think the German Revolution starting in October 1918 played a far bigger part in the hasty armistice. You see Germany risked going the same way Imperial Russia did and the high command knew that while they were totally preoccupied with trying to fight in France their homefront was rapidly deteriorating with food-riots and spartakists (socialist) popping up like mushrooms screaming about revolutions. Anti-war protests became more and more common. These things tend to happen when people are starving and see no end to the suffering back home. They (the German high command) were right to be worried because many of the homecoming troops following the armistice were put into action dealing with the German revolutionaries. Think this was a minor event? It took a full 9 months before they were finally defeated in August 1919. 9 months of fighting. Btw, this is how the Stabbed-in-the-back myth was spread in post-war Germany. It wasn't taken out of the blue as it had some basis in reality. For many Germans these revolutionaries in Germany had betrayed them back home while they were on the verge of winning the war. The last part was obviously false, but their revolutionary actions certainly went noticed all over Germany. Many of these were pacifists (against all wars), socialists (Marxists-Leninists) and some of them had been Jews... So when a certain Austrian corporal sought scapegoats he knew which to blame... Communists and Jews. Btw, he only said what others also already believed so they all liked what he dared saying. The Germans had absolutely no clue what plan the allies had for 1919 and would have tried slugging out the war even further (the end result would have been the same kind of humiliation they experienced in 1945) had it not been for the German Revolution and the fact the German home front was rapidly going ballistic. They knew what had happened in Russia once the home front starting demonstrating and food riots occurred. As for the home front part. Hitler knew very well the morale of the home front had been a crucial part as to why Germany surrendered in 1918. He was no fool and therefore made sure civilians goods were still produced in the first years of WWII and nothing was rationed. In fact the industry didn't even switch to full-time war production until 1943 (by then it was too late). This way Hitler tried to avoid the same scenario on the German homefront as had happened in WWI. For the regular German civilian the war was to appear remote and adventerous, so the living standard had to be maintained even during the war... The German students of 1918 also were vehemently against the war and knew it had been going on for four years with everything getting worse and worse in Germany. Those who were pressed into service were a totally disillusioned lot completely different from those who had been groomed to fight gloriously for Germany in 1914 to return home as heroes (cripples).
200+ FT 17 were immediatly buyed by us army in 1918, Patton leaded the first us tank corp with (2 batallions). 3000+ FT 17 were buyed by us army after 1918, then constructed under licence in USA, Russia, Poland, China, Spain, Belgium, Japan,... well in the whole world. This little pretty thing was simply a technical revolution. FT mean nothing specific, its just a technical term from the Renault factories, 17 is for 1917.
hagamapama wrong! the B1 tank was the best tank in 1939. course, the Germans had a better job teaching their weapons. Today, the Leclerc tank is very good and its predecessor the AMX 30 was very good too.
Montcalm1000 B1 tank is absolutely horrible. The only way it was effective was from the front and it's slow, and its gun coverage either twith the 75 or the 47 is horrible beyond words. Worse -- even if it did its job well in the Fall of France (which is debatable), with its tiny turret ring and bolted armor were evidence of just how badly France was stuck in the past, and the complexity that made it impossible to produce in numbers, impossible to upgrade, and impossible to use the factories that produce the B1 to switch to the production of an actual good tank. this tank was a technological dead end doomed to be no match for tanks coming out of development only 2 years later. Heavily armored tanks with archaic armor construction, tiny turret rings, tons of weak spots and only a Morse Code radio had no business in a 1940's battlefield and Germany wasn't slow in proving that against the B1 even with armor that was technically inferior. Which brings up a point. The only reason, and I DO mean the ONLY reason, the B1 could stand at all against German tanks is that German tanks in 1940 were not actually particularly good. The Panzer III was already on the verge of obsolecence before WWII ever began, but they were stuck with it because Germany was also behind modern armor trends -- all their tanks with perfectly flat armor, up to and including the Tiger tank, demonstrate this. But the fact that the enemy is also incompetent does not make you competent. With that said the Panzer III is the last German tank to have any problems penetrating a B1, and that was because its turret ring was too small to mount a 75mm gun. That chassis was still produced, but converted into a tank destroyer model -- the famous Sturmgeschutz III, which would have easily outclassed the B1. Once the Panzer IV was upgunned to a proper 75 in the turret, the B1 was also out of luck there. The Tiger and Panther would have laughed at the B1. That and even in 1940, the Germans were smart enough to fit proper radios on all their tanks, something that France considered unnecessary until it was far too late. That allowed inferior German armor to exploit and embarrass the B1 and open holes in the line and destroy them with flanking shots. The B1 had a few weeks in the sun and then the Germans flanked them, were around them, and that slow, underengined, overarmored behemoth was not stopping them or catching them after that. Frankly the T-34 was a much bigger problem for Germany because of all the things France knew about but completely ignored in its interwar tank philosophy angled armor, welded armor, mechanical simplicity for ease of manufacture, the Christie suspension and other advanced suspensions, maximum upgrade potential. Once the Russians decided to go for radios in every T-34, that was the last piece of the puzzle that France had 30 years to solve as well -- and diidn't even try.
Everyone makes jokes about the French in WW2, but honestly their WW1 performance was disgusting. You can't look at the Lebelle rifle and Chauchat and tell me that they knew what they were doing. The Renault is probably the only good idea they had in that entire war.
@@luizftavares Contrary to what the less cultivated people think, France had a major role during WW2 too: 1) Battle of France, May-June 1940 German archives and Wehrmacht officers highlight the heroic resistance of French soldiers. In 45 days of fight, the French army destroyed or damaged 1,800 of its 3,039 tanks, 1,559 of its 3,900 airliners. The German army knows daily losses of soldiers of 4711 (it is more than the losses of the first 6 months of war on the Russian front in 1941 where the losses are from 3000 to 3500 German soldiers per day). 2) After Von Manstein's amazing plan of attack (by "les Ardennes" considered impassable by tanks), the English and the French found themselves surrounded at Dunkirk; Sedan's breakthrough was rapid because the Germans, thanks to Pervitin (35 millions of pills distributed before the campaign of France), did not sleep for 3 or 4 nights. The English decided to retreat without warning the French leaders who wanted to counterattack. About 16,000 French soldiers were sacrificed to make possible the evacuation (Operation Dynamo). Without them (100,000 French soldiers killed in 6 weeks of war) England could not have continued the war, recognized Winston Churchill, D-Day could never have happened. The 1559 German planes destroyed by France were of course missing from the Wehrmacht during the Battle of Britain. 3) France found itself alone against Germany, then Italy (the English had withdrawn, the Russians wanted to save time, the Americans were neutral and were not ready anyway ...) . Philippe PETAIN, the hero of Verdun and WW1, who had the confidence of the French, was called to help to save the country, but the reverse happened; faced with the catastrophic military situation, he asked for the fighting to stop. 4) But part of France wanted to continue the fight: the Free France of DE GAULLE, but also the French resistance. From 1940 to 1945, around 600,000 French soldiers fought against Nazi Germany: - 1941: Free French brigade from East Africa - 1942: the decisive battle of Bir-Hakeim where Hitler said that the French soldiers were, after the German soldiers, the best in Europe. - 1943: The Tunisian campaign and the liberation of Corsica (75,000 French soldiers) - 1943-1944: the French expeditionary force in Italy (120,000 men from Marshal JUNE) - 1944: capital intelligence, guerrilla warfare and sabotage in Normandy by the French resistance, without which D-Day would have been very difficult. 150,000 German soldiers stranded in Brittany by the French resistance. - 1944-1945: landing in Provence (landing as important tactically as D-Day), 300,000 soldiers including 230,000 French soldiers: epic of the army of De Lattre De Tassigny and the Lerclerc division, until liberation of Paris and the capitulation of Germany with the help of the allies. Thanks to the victorious battles of Free France, France was able to occupy part of Germany (from 1945 to 1949) like the Americans, British and Russians. Less glorious story: during the occupation of Germany from 1945 to 1949, French soldiers (certainly in the spirit of revenge) looted, burned, robbed, raped ... and some were shot for rape.
Hengist R : the renault ft was a French tank. but the excellence of this tank has seduced many countries, including the united states who are uttilises under the name "6 ton tank".
It was called the FT during the war (not FT-17), actually not this tank as it was a US built M1917 which were being built during the latter months of the war and did not see action as only a few were delivered. Note the gun Mantlet, that is a givaway (the FT did not have an external mantlet. Also the extra angled metal on either side of the driver, annnnnd.....the exhaust on the American manufactured tank is on the left, the French FT was on the right. Referred to as the Mosquito tank, it was intended to work in swarms, spreading out German fire with both cannon and machine gun versions working together. Quite cool. Hayes is a great guy.
And thus very easy to transport rapidly using trains or even trailers towed by trucks. Tiny or not, they won the 100 Days Offensive in 1918 and proved the template for all future tanks.
This is actually a Ford 6 ton or M1917 not to be confused with the 3 ton or M1918. The way you can tell is the exhaust pipe is on the opposite side as the FT17, it has a gun mantlet, the front plate is made of triangles and a trapezoid the ft is squares, the track tension device is shorter than the ft and the roller strip is connected more to the center of the strip than the ft among measurements. Its also bigger in almost every way so Gunny would have a worse time climbing in the Ft.
I hate to say it but *this Renault Light Tank sure is a cute little bugger!!! Were I to have the wherewithal I'd have 1 or 2 of these. They'd be a Hoot in parades and yard ornaments to keep the BGs away.*
I really want a working m3 lee or sherman one day. But I would take one of these if it was all I could get, me and my pal just rolling around would be so much fun.
If that was a 75mm gun from either sherman, PZIV, or T34 (76,2mm) it would blast that "call it banker" sky high. Only thing i would add to ft-17 is coaxial machine gun, so you don't have diffrent versions (one male, one female)
Renault: Exhaust on right; front idler wheels of wood with iron rim, or cast iron with spokes; round or polygonal turret; Hotchkiss M1914 on machine gun version. M1917: Exhaust on left; idler solid steel disc; polygonal turret only; Marlin or Browning MG. Different mantlets and some small differences in hull shape either side of driver's flap.
@WoWuser2007 The 37 mm gun in this tank was a very low velocity type, but used explosive munitions too. the Barrett can't match the explosive payload. The German Tank Abwehr Gewehr 1918 13mm rifle was the "Adam" of all A.T. and A.M. rifles used to this day. It could shoot through most of the armor of the FT-17, but had no explosive payload.
+sweg g Nope, it's not. Totally different engine and transmission, totally different exterior layout, and the armament is different, especially when you consider the machinegun-armed versions. The interior controls are also different, as well as the armor in front of the driver's head. Also, we changed the track composition after a few years to incorporate bushings as part of the track blocks. There are other differences, these are just a few.
This is not an FT aka FT 17 tank but a US copy, the M1917, only a few that got to France as the war ended but would have been present in great numbers in the offensive of 1919. The US used the french built FT (erroneously called the FT 17) only in combat and even brought them back to America after the war to serve with the nine hundred or so US M1917s through the 1920's and into the 1930's . There are some differences, in this one very noticeable is the area around the driver where the US added another plate to each side near the face.
@Sturmmann true and this tank didnt put up a fight against the germans. The tank was used for the last time in the battle of paris in 1944 by the germans
This was a BRILLIANT DESIGN in 1917-1918!!! This was the tank CPT George S. Patton cut his teeth on in WWI (Ike had the British Heavies MK IV Males/Females). The United States Army was SO IMPRESSED with the FT-17 that it became the US M-17 tank up its replacement by the M2 Stewart. The Pateau 37mm L24 was SOTA up to 1930. So what's the scary thought? The French actually fought the Germans in these tin cans. The US .50CAL MG (12.7mm) could out penetrate the Pateau 37mm gun!!!
France's solution to pillboxes and bunkers: Renault FT 17 Soviet Union's solution: KV-2 Either France is doing what it does best at in war, or the USSR is doing... What it does best at any given moment in time or space. (This is a joke, I know these two tanks were made in different time periods)
"referred to in post-World War I literature"; but not by Renault, or during WWI. If you read the rest of the Wikipedia article, you will find a section entitled "Nomenclature," which explains how the vehicle was named and why it was not called FT17. I wrote most of that section.
almost 100 years old and still works.
Nice.
Pana Cotta its probably a replica just saying
There are no replicas. It's the real thing.
if it was real then it wouldn't work not because the tank sucks but because no engine can survive that long.
Nikolai Mikhail Dude, you really are major stupid. There are 100 year old planes flying. And there are plenty of 100 year old plus veteran cars still going.
SvenTviking that's most likely because the engines were either replaced or are kept on high maintenance I mean it's possible but it's highly unlikely
RIP Lee Ermey. May this legend rest in peace
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by God's grace are we saved through faith; not by works, (or being a firefighter or law enforcement or a hero or a marine or a veteran or a war hero or dying for your country or actor or puppeteer or News reporter/anchor or a soul singer or killed by a terrorist or a sports hero or our heritage or ethnic background or a fashion designer or engineer or a rock star or bodybuilder or a writer or cooking show host or walk into a room and lite up a room with their smile or a pioneer or a trail blazer or trending or a legend or a super pop star or bounty hunter or race car driver or football coach or country music singer or basketball star or civil rights leader or being modest or being humble or a Disney star actor or game show host or making people laugh or making people happy or never killing anyone) 9 it is the free gift of God, not that anyone can boast of their salvation." Eternity will not be about any of us or what we have done. It will all be about Jesus Christ who died on a cross to save us from our sins. We all deserve hell and then the Lake of Fire that burns with sulphur and fire on Judgement day.
He was simply supposed to be a consultant on "full metal jacket" but was so charismatic he ended up going on screen. The original actor
Who he replaced is the guy who is on the huey shooting civilians yelling : GET SOME GET SOME!!
@@rossfromfriends8468 original actor for gunnery sergeant hartman was the door gunner
@@edgardoolivier8497 edgardo olivier
He's serving as the D.I. for God's Angel's and making them into efficient demon killing machines.
The first modern tank!
So strange that the French never really followed up on it until after the war.
+Rubashow Just like any other new invention. Germans didnt improve their Needle Rifles. Chinese didn't improve their guns. Brits didn't improve their tanks. And French didn't improve their tank designs.
***** But they developed their tanks to fit their ill devised, defensive strategies. Their tanks were supposed to be heavily armored and slow, to support the infantry. The B1 had insane armor for the time, but wasn't that effective against tanks. It's traversible gun was small, it's main armament, the 75mm howitzer, was not traversable and to be used against fortifications.
Their tanks were big and slow. The problem with big and slow tanks is that their are difficult to deploy, to maintain and to group. German tanks were inferior to French designs but desinged to be mobile and flexible.
Too bad the French couldn't have gotten those B1s to Africa before the Armistice. Then again, maybe not - the Vichy tankers might have used them against us!
Germans used some B1s in 1944, obsolete by then. Some had 75mm replaced w/ flamethrower, used in Russia.
Ok firing in 3... *silence*.. =_=
Same
Well at least no BLACKNESS xD
sonyviva308 3 (silence) no time for count down
they forgot their ear muffs XD
Po poo
Say what you want, but seeing an old Yank in a great French tank is just fucking awesome.
That rhymed
It was also used by american expeditionary forces in WW1.
Now because of you I wanna see an old frenchy in a great American tank
Great
The Renault FT-17, the first modern tank of all time, the best tank of ww1 and decisive in the allied WW1 victory
Chris Prolls
Depends how you decide what's modern, a crew of 2 certainty isn't. Decisive in the victory? Really?
one tank isn't decisive yes but 100...
Chris Prolls I think the naval blockade of Germany from 1916 onwards was far more decisive. It basically starved (literally) Germany into submission. By 1918 they were short on everything (there were food riots in Germany). The allied victories at Somme, Verdun and the Brusilov Offensive, all in 1916, dealt a lethal blow to the Central Powers from which they never recovered. They tried slugging out the war and endure in the typical proud and headstrong German way but that wasn't going to work against an enemy with a far better war economy, colonial resources and manpower and powerful world trade partners.
Economy. Germany financed the war by abandoning its gold mark and changing to the paper mark, and then lending money to itself. While both the British Pound Sterling and French Franc remained stable in value compared to the US Dollar throughout the war the paper mark only was worth 37% its 1913 value in 1918 and rapidly dropping. The infamous German hyperinflation of the early 1920's actually had its roots in the inflation during the war.
In 1918 the allies outproduced Germany in engines 5-1. While Germany had its industry intact it lacked the vital natural resources and rare metals with which to make enough cannons, guns and bullets. The British and French had empires and many colonies from which they could ship in needed material. Germany had few colonies and they couldn't ship them into Germany anyway due to the allies ruling the seas and maintaining the naval blockade of Germany.
While the FT17 tank and the huge numbers it was deployed in doomed what was left of the German army in late 1918 it really was just the final nail in the coffin. Germany's fall had begun years before and was simply its vulnerable economic and strategic position.
augnkn93043 It's modern because it was the first ever tank to have a fully rotating turret, and an engine separated from the crew
@@wezmarauder2754 Not quite agree with you: after the Russians surrendered, the Germans could concentrate all their forces on the western front. France, in March 1918 was close to losing the war. The use of the Renault FT tank with its rotating turret really changed the course of the war.
OMG, they really fired it.
Yeah, ... We're weird that way!
Ofc they did, they are American after all.
@@TheDennys21 lol this comment you're replying to is more than 8 years old
@@JustStayingGroovy so what? Sometimes they reply.
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As a Brazilian i must say this was Brazils first tank and was in use all the way into the early 50s and man it is a tight fit and it must have been horrible been in there.
I read or watched somewhere that these were actually a lot better ot be in (As far as comfort) than the rhomboid tanks that the British were using. Those things were said to be absolute hell on earth to be in.
it was the best ww1 tank
+Evans Bertier Thought the MK IV or the MK V was the best
+Jeff Hails no cause english tanks were too heavy and slow (about 1kmh) and could be defeated by artillery and heavy guns, plus their armor were too thin. Ft17 was the first "real" tank it was light but well armored and could fight with infantry... But you know the anglo-saxon legends about their military...
+Francois Bdr English tanks could go 6kmh not 1kmh stop lying idiot.
+5000mahmud 6 kmh on road not on battlefield. get your facts straight, i don't get lessons from you, stupid
fanfan50400 Source? Also i wan't even giving you "lessons" lol.
DICE should have watched this while making Battlefield 1.
Why would anyone ever want to drive tanks that are realistic in bf1 tho
John Dou Something that takes more time to use increases it's importance. Instead we see people using tanks as temporary taxi cabs to get from one place to another.
But no one uses the tanks as taxi cabs, they're slow, why not drive the cars instead?
Michael Moen bugged = realistic?
LOL
it's the best tank of the WW1
Montcalm1000 THE World War 1?
+Tom H yes, the tank from for the ww1
Ehhhhhhh thats debatable.
It really wasn't the best. It was a great tank but it certainly wasn't the best. The biggest issue with it, was it's lack of ability to cross trenches
Crossing a trench was of almost *no concern* in the 100 Days Offensive which was the final three months of the war. At that stage the war became much more mobile - in fact a demonstration of the kind of warfare they would see in WWII - and mobility, quantity, all-round adaptability (hence the rotating turret being a success) and ease of use became imperative qualities. Since there hardly were any enemy tanks to destroy and most of the fighting was in the open the more mobile tanks could do their job of knocking out pillboxes, entrenched positions and infantry units on the move.
Whatever trenches the Germans managed to dig while they were retreating during the 100 Days Offensive were nowhere near as complex, wide and deep as the ones they had dug during the previous stages of the war. In any case, when they abandoned their positions and retreated further back (mostly without having dug any serious trenches) any trench was easily passed by laying simple cross trenching bridges or bundles of wood. Since there were no counter-attacks following by this stage of the war this was a minor concern for the FT17.
It was also during the 100 Days Offensive large number of tanks were finally utilized using modern tactics and offensives were carried out using coordinated attacks by tanks, planes, infantry and mobile units. During these important days the real value of the tank was finally seen. It impressed the Germans so much they knew any future war would involved large number of advanced tanks.
During the 100 Days Offensive the Renault FT emerged as the best design for the kind of war they were fighting. As such it became the design everybody used as a template for their post-war tank designs.
So yes, it was the *best tank of WWI* .
The Panther or Tiger are no match.
+TheTh903 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
even our modern leopard II or abram are no match
if this tank doesn't exist, abrams and all turreted tanks didn't exist
anyway this is a no match vs Leclerc, nuf said
no fucking shit, sherlock
I loved this show gave me a lifelong passion for guns and military equipment.
Thanks for the great vid, even though the sound is messed up. Also RIP Ermey, you were a great teacher and entertainer.
3:17 oh yay, turns out the french military mastered silent guns in WW1...
Also..
"Just you wait till you can see what this thing can do!"
*Fires a round which can barely penetrate 2 cinderblocks*
FUCK YEAH
jayden shadlow we ze beter silence then the american
Honhonhonhon
MAD Fiction04
Lol theres the option to translate the text XD
jayden shadlow it's french X)
This is actually an M1917 American version of the FT-17. First clue is AMSCO on the track treads. Still a great video, thanks for posting this predecessor to all modern tanks!
Now that ain't fair Gunny! You done stuck that barrel straight up their noses ! :p
I'd never thought I could see an FT-17 moving and firing!
The deadliest duck ever
Some time ago, I did a class presentation about tanks. The FT was one of the major points. It marked itself in history as the first modern tanks because of its 360 degree turret. Sad seeing France stop being the leader in technology. But now its the Germans who I feel is the best in mechanical engineering.
***** You mean "turret" on a turret? Need to go deeper joke?
Leclerc>Leopard 2
désolé mais depuis la fin de la deuxieme guerre mondiale on a surpassé tout le monde rien qu'avec l'amx 13
leo haigazian Speak english...
je parle pas la langue des mecs qui se planquent sur leur île!
de0509 "But now its the Germans who I feel is the best in mechanical engineering."
What you FEEL is irrelevant. Where are the objective facts or arguments? Do you have any qualification or academic knowledge in this field? Are you an engineer, designer or a scholar?
I think the French TGV high-speed train is better than anything the Germans (or any other nations) have produced so far. They have the all-time speed record for a rail-train. Impressive to say the least.
The Airbus aircraft which is one of the largest (possibly *the* largest) manufacturer of jet airliner is located in France, not in Germany.
The Dassault Rafale fighter aircraft is better than anything the Germans have designed so far.
French highways are easily better than the German autobahn. We're talking billiard table smooth roads, impeccably maintained.
Let's go to the world of motor racing. In Formula 1 - which is the technically most advanced motor racing in the world - Renault (French) has by far the most victories and titles as an engine-manufacturer the past quarter of a century. 23 titles for Renault, compared to 14 for Ferrari, 12 for Mercedes and 1 for Ford.
In World Rally Cars the French dominated almost the entire 21st century. Sebastian Loeb won 9 straight titles with the Citroen car. Citroen is also the most successful brand in rally, yes more wins than Lancia, Ford, Peugeot (also French). 4 times the wins of Audi too.
As for endurance racing. I'd say the Oreca, Alpine and Onroak car builders are doing very well and dominating their class. The Oreca 07 of the LMP2 class just finished a lap behind the 2017 LeMans 24 hour winner in the LMP1 class the Porsche 919.
I can go on and on. When it comes to innovation - the French certainly have contributed a lot in the 20th century.
Btw, when it comes to the most reliable cars today....they aren't from Germany.
Awesome movie! Two years ago I built a 1/16 scale plastic model of this tank (by TAKOM). It is complete with etched parts and workable tracks. It was easy to build and a lot of fun. I highly recommend it.
In battlefield one they go 20 mphs. lol.
goes about 12mph in world of tanks
+MISTER FIAT The top speed of the FT17 was not a constant.
Remember! The FT17 continued to be used after World War 1, and the French did upgrade these tanks over time, introducing new design specifications. The engine the FT17 used in World War 1 was the Renault 4-Cycle Engine, which had 39 horse power and gave the FT17 a top speed of 8 kph. Later on, new engines were introduced. The Renault M27 Engine was an upgrade that gave the FT17 a 45 horse power engine, and a speed of 10 kph. In the 1920s, the Renault NC-2 Engine was introduced, giving the Renault a whopping 75 horse power, and a speed limit of 18 kph. In World War 1, the Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine was introduced by the Italians for FT17 tanks that were acquired from the French, but it was only in the prototype stages during World War 1 (becoming Italian standard issue in May of 1919), and there is really no evidence that the French themselves used this engine. The Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine combined with the new vertical suspension that Italy gave the FT17 resulted in about 50 horse power, as a well as a speed limit of 21 kph. This is an exact match of what Wargaming gives the FT17, and is very likely where they got their speed limit from (although for some reason, the horse power remained the same). Wargaming also may have got their speed from the Renault NC-2 Engine. In World War 2, the FT17 was upgraded and given a Renault 6-Cycle, which had 150 horse power, and gave the tank a top speed of 24 kph.
Now where did the Battlefield 1 FT17 get it's speed from? Probably also from the Fiat 4-Cylinder Engine.
+xxFalconArasxx cool, a wall of text.
NxtBench actually in game they go the exact speed as someone sprinting
NxtBench no. They really don't lol. That's why the game is awesome because it's real. The tanks are slow as shit
This tank ended WWI. The Germans were no longer able to control the battlefield with numbers as the Iron Cavalry, as I call it, started to roll over them. The allies were preparing a huge tank attack into Germany for 1919. The Germans got wind of this and decided they had had enough. The war was over. Hooray for the Renault FT, the unsung hero of WWI.
I think the German Revolution starting in October 1918 played a far bigger part in the hasty armistice. You see Germany risked going the same way Imperial Russia did and the high command knew that while they were totally preoccupied with trying to fight in France their homefront was rapidly deteriorating with food-riots and spartakists (socialist) popping up like mushrooms screaming about revolutions. Anti-war protests became more and more common. These things tend to happen when people are starving and see no end to the suffering back home.
They (the German high command) were right to be worried because many of the homecoming troops following the armistice were put into action dealing with the German revolutionaries. Think this was a minor event? It took a full 9 months before they were finally defeated in August 1919. 9 months of fighting.
Btw, this is how the Stabbed-in-the-back myth was spread in post-war Germany. It wasn't taken out of the blue as it had some basis in reality. For many Germans these revolutionaries in Germany had betrayed them back home while they were on the verge of winning the war. The last part was obviously false, but their revolutionary actions certainly went noticed all over Germany. Many of these were pacifists (against all wars), socialists (Marxists-Leninists) and some of them had been Jews...
So when a certain Austrian corporal sought scapegoats he knew which to blame... Communists and Jews. Btw, he only said what others also already believed so they all liked what he dared saying.
The Germans had absolutely no clue what plan the allies had for 1919 and would have tried slugging out the war even further (the end result would have been the same kind of humiliation they experienced in 1945) had it not been for the German Revolution and the fact the German home front was rapidly going ballistic. They knew what had happened in Russia once the home front starting demonstrating and food riots occurred.
As for the home front part. Hitler knew very well the morale of the home front had been a crucial part as to why Germany surrendered in 1918. He was no fool and therefore made sure civilians goods were still produced in the first years of WWII and nothing was rationed. In fact the industry didn't even switch to full-time war production until 1943 (by then it was too late). This way Hitler tried to avoid the same scenario on the German homefront as had happened in WWI. For the regular German civilian the war was to appear remote and adventerous, so the living standard had to be maintained even during the war...
The German students of 1918 also were vehemently against the war and knew it had been going on for four years with everything getting worse and worse in Germany. Those who were pressed into service were a totally disillusioned lot completely different from those who had been groomed to fight gloriously for Germany in 1914 to return home as heroes (cripples).
What the hell are you talking about?
200+ FT 17 were immediatly buyed by us army in 1918, Patton leaded the first us tank corp with (2 batallions). 3000+ FT 17 were buyed by us army after 1918, then constructed under licence in USA, Russia, Poland, China, Spain, Belgium, Japan,... well in the whole world. This little pretty thing was simply a technical revolution. FT mean nothing specific, its just a technical term from the Renault factories, 17 is for 1917.
And they never even named it the FT-17, that came after the war, it was just called the Renault FT.
That was the last time France built an actual good tank for tis era until the AMX 13
hagamapama wrong! the B1 tank was the best tank in 1939. course, the Germans had a better job teaching their weapons. Today, the Leclerc tank is very good and its predecessor the AMX 30 was very good too.
Montcalm1000
B1 tank is absolutely horrible. The only way it was effective was from the front and it's slow, and its gun coverage either twith the 75 or the 47 is horrible beyond words.
Worse -- even if it did its job well in the Fall of France (which is debatable), with its tiny turret ring and bolted armor were evidence of just how badly France was stuck in the past, and the complexity that made it impossible to produce in numbers, impossible to upgrade, and impossible to use the factories that produce the B1 to switch to the production of an actual good tank.
this tank was a technological dead end doomed to be no match for tanks coming out of development only 2 years later. Heavily armored tanks with archaic armor construction, tiny turret rings, tons of weak spots and only a Morse Code radio had no business in a 1940's battlefield and Germany wasn't slow in proving that against the B1 even with armor that was technically inferior.
Which brings up a point. The only reason, and I DO mean the ONLY reason, the B1 could stand at all against German tanks is that German tanks in 1940 were not actually particularly good. The Panzer III was already on the verge of obsolecence before WWII ever began, but they were stuck with it because Germany was also behind modern armor trends -- all their tanks with perfectly flat armor, up to and including the Tiger tank, demonstrate this. But the fact that the enemy is also incompetent does not make you competent.
With that said the Panzer III is the last German tank to have any problems penetrating a B1, and that was because its turret ring was too small to mount a 75mm gun. That chassis was still produced, but converted into a tank destroyer model -- the famous Sturmgeschutz III, which would have easily outclassed the B1. Once the Panzer IV was upgunned to a proper 75 in the turret, the B1 was also out of luck there. The Tiger and Panther would have laughed at the B1. That and even in 1940, the Germans were smart enough to fit proper radios on all their tanks, something that France considered unnecessary until it was far too late. That allowed inferior German armor to exploit and embarrass the B1 and open holes in the line and destroy them with flanking shots. The B1 had a few weeks in the sun and then the Germans flanked them, were around them, and that slow, underengined, overarmored behemoth was not stopping them or catching them after that.
Frankly the T-34 was a much bigger problem for Germany because of all the things France knew about but completely ignored in its interwar tank philosophy angled armor, welded armor, mechanical simplicity for ease of manufacture, the Christie suspension and other advanced suspensions, maximum upgrade potential. Once the Russians decided to go for radios in every T-34, that was the last piece of the puzzle that France had 30 years to solve as well -- and diidn't even try.
isnt that the drill seargent from full metal jacket ???!!
Yes it is.
Hell yeah it is, He had his own show on the history channel. My dad and I watched it when I was a kid.
TRAPPIN DAPPIN yee
Hartman ?
R.I.P😔
Four minutes of my favourite Tank. Thank you
french are the best ;)
florian Tessier yeah they totally nailed the ww2 (sarcasm)
B1 bis etait le meilleurs char du début de la 2eme gm
Luiz Fernando check the battle of saint louis bridge.....then we will talk
Everyone makes jokes about the French in WW2, but honestly their WW1 performance was disgusting. You can't look at the Lebelle rifle and Chauchat and tell me that they knew what they were doing. The Renault is probably the only good idea they had in that entire war.
@@luizftavares Contrary to what the less cultivated people think, France had a major role during WW2 too:
1) Battle of France, May-June 1940
German archives and Wehrmacht officers highlight the heroic resistance of French soldiers. In 45 days of fight, the French army destroyed or damaged 1,800 of its 3,039 tanks, 1,559 of its 3,900 airliners. The German army knows daily losses of soldiers of 4711
(it is more than the losses of the first 6 months of war on the Russian front in 1941 where the losses are from 3000 to 3500 German soldiers per day).
2) After Von Manstein's amazing plan of attack (by "les Ardennes" considered impassable by tanks), the English and the French found themselves surrounded at Dunkirk; Sedan's breakthrough was rapid because the Germans, thanks to Pervitin (35 millions of pills distributed before the campaign of France), did not sleep for 3 or 4 nights.
The English decided to retreat without warning the French leaders who wanted to counterattack. About 16,000 French soldiers were sacrificed to make possible the evacuation (Operation Dynamo). Without them (100,000 French soldiers killed in 6 weeks of war)
England could not have continued the war, recognized Winston Churchill, D-Day could never have happened. The 1559 German planes destroyed by France were of course missing from the Wehrmacht during the Battle of Britain.
3) France found itself alone against Germany, then Italy (the English had withdrawn, the Russians wanted to save time, the Americans were neutral and were not ready anyway ...) .
Philippe PETAIN, the hero of Verdun and WW1, who had the confidence of the French, was called to help to save the country, but the reverse happened; faced with the catastrophic military situation, he asked for the fighting to stop.
4) But part of France wanted to continue the fight: the Free France of DE GAULLE, but also the French resistance.
From 1940 to 1945, around 600,000 French soldiers fought against Nazi Germany:
- 1941: Free French brigade from East Africa
- 1942: the decisive battle of Bir-Hakeim where Hitler said that the French soldiers were, after the German soldiers, the best in Europe.
- 1943: The Tunisian campaign and the liberation of Corsica (75,000 French soldiers)
- 1943-1944: the French expeditionary force in Italy (120,000 men from Marshal JUNE)
- 1944: capital intelligence, guerrilla warfare and sabotage in Normandy by the French resistance, without which D-Day would have been very difficult. 150,000 German soldiers stranded in Brittany by the French resistance.
- 1944-1945: landing in Provence (landing as important tactically as D-Day), 300,000 soldiers including 230,000 French soldiers: epic of the army of De Lattre De Tassigny and the Lerclerc division, until liberation of Paris and the capitulation of Germany with the help of the allies.
Thanks to the victorious battles of Free France, France was able to occupy part of Germany (from 1945 to 1949) like the Americans, British and Russians.
Less glorious story: during the occupation of Germany from 1945 to 1949, French soldiers (certainly in the spirit of revenge) looted, burned, robbed, raped ... and some were shot for rape.
seeing the short 37mm in action is amazing
No lie: that's my uncle and his FT-17.
+2danzig7 If it was an FT-17, you might be right.
+2danzig7 Hayes is a great guy, I did some work for him.
Too bad it's actually a M1917, a licensed built US version which have different components and a little different exterior appearance.
to bad the sound is way of than video...
lordsjaak its dubbed from chinese
My favorite episode from the show!
I want one for Christmas and put in my backyard🤩🤩🤩
Hengist R : the renault ft was a French tank. but the excellence of this tank has seduced many countries, including the united states who are uttilises under the name "6 ton tank".
what's that silent in the last I want to hear a boom...!!!
RIP gunny
It was called the FT during the war (not FT-17), actually not this tank as it was a US built M1917 which were being built during the latter months of the war and did not see action as only a few were delivered. Note the gun Mantlet, that is a givaway (the FT did not have an external mantlet. Also the extra angled metal on either side of the driver, annnnnd.....the exhaust on the American manufactured tank is on the left, the French FT was on the right. Referred to as the Mosquito tank, it was intended to work in swarms, spreading out German fire with both cannon and machine gun versions working together. Quite cool. Hayes is a great guy.
Dam those tanks were TINY!
And thus very easy to transport rapidly using trains or even trailers towed by trucks. Tiny or not, they won the 100 Days Offensive in 1918 and proved the template for all future tanks.
I just can't believe how small it is. It's like someone took one of those mini Caterpillar bulldozers and welded some iron plates and a gun on it
This is actually a Ford 6 ton or M1917 not to be confused with the 3 ton or M1918. The way you can tell is the exhaust pipe is on the opposite side as the FT17, it has a gun mantlet, the front plate is made of triangles and a trapezoid the ft is squares, the track tension device is shorter than the ft and the roller strip is connected more to the center of the strip than the ft among measurements. Its also bigger in almost every way so Gunny would have a worse time climbing in the Ft.
It`s quite amazing that this World War I tank is still operable! 😄😄
I hate to say it but *this Renault Light Tank sure is a cute little bugger!!! Were I to have the wherewithal I'd have 1 or 2 of these. They'd be a Hoot in parades and yard ornaments to keep the BGs away.*
FT 17 tank is very low profile, and used all the way up until the 1980s. Its probably like a impressive design 👌
It would be interesting if someone could make a modern version of this.
That was really neat. Thanks for sharing.
Very good job !
Historical.
The first good tank in the world.
In France, no FT17 in working condition !
What a pity ;-)
I really want a working m3 lee or sherman one day. But I would take one of these if it was all I could get, me and my pal just rolling around would be so much fun.
Ah ye olden days of R. Lee Ermy.
Can't help but to think of metal slug!
This is the tank that introduced the fully rotating turret! Now I'm not a big fan of the French but boy where they brilliant with this one!
Not fan of the french... But why?
Wow, he actually managed to hit the target.
Just think. He was actually paid to play with guns and drive vintage tanks.
No wonder he always looked so happy.
If that was a 75mm gun from either sherman, PZIV, or T34 (76,2mm) it would blast that "call it banker" sky high.
Only thing i would add to ft-17 is coaxial machine gun, so you don't have diffrent versions (one male, one female)
Theres a working FT17!!! Holy cow I'm happy!
The American version- the _M1917_ actually.
I miss Gunny. Would be interesting reloading the 30mm brass.
this video is awesome a tank that doesnt fire a blank....
Poor Gunny. He just faded away. I guess that is the reward for old warriors.
Renault: Exhaust on right; front idler wheels of wood with iron rim, or cast iron with spokes; round or polygonal turret; Hotchkiss M1914 on machine gun version. M1917: Exhaust on left; idler solid steel disc; polygonal turret only; Marlin or Browning MG. Different mantlets and some small differences in hull shape either side of driver's flap.
Like it or hate this tank is the blueprint for all modern tanks.
For me, this tank became father to modern tanks. Not just armored weirdo with cannons.
pitty, cant hear the sound on the end
I thought that was only me
Think I'll buy myself a FT-17 just to know how is the sound of a shot with this beauty! LOL
thats one powerful little tank lol
@WoWuser2007 The 37 mm gun in this tank was a very low velocity type, but used explosive munitions too. the Barrett can't match the explosive payload. The German Tank Abwehr Gewehr 1918 13mm rifle was the "Adam" of all A.T. and A.M. rifles used to this day. It could shoot through most of the armor of the FT-17, but had no explosive payload.
Thats such a puny round :D
I love the presenter he's hilarious what a legend:-)
Jude Heath wasn't he in full metal jacket he's so cool
Jude Heath Private PILES what ur major malfunction numnuttz lol
The tank that fought the Boches and the Bonus Army!
Wow a French tank that moves forward. What a surprise.
Your lack of History is hopeless
TWO people can fit in that thing? It's a miracle!
Goddamn that looks like fun.
Funny thing is, this is not a French FT, rather a US M1917.
+Amazing Ace same thing
sweg g No, the M1917 had several modifications, the exhaust location and gun mantlet for example.
that still the same things
sweg g Technically speaking, yes. But they are different variants.
+sweg g Nope, it's not. Totally different engine and transmission, totally different exterior layout, and the armament is different, especially when you consider the machinegun-armed versions. The interior controls are also different, as well as the armor in front of the driver's head. Also, we changed the track composition after a few years to incorporate bushings as part of the track blocks. There are other differences, these are just a few.
This is not an FT aka FT 17 tank but a US copy, the M1917, only a few that got to France as the war ended but would have been present in great numbers in the offensive of 1919. The US used the french built FT (erroneously called the FT 17) only in combat and even brought them back to America after the war to serve with the nine hundred or so US M1917s through the 1920's and into the 1930's . There are some differences, in this one very noticeable is the area around the driver where the US added another plate to each side near the face.
It's like a real-life Dominion Tank Police!
"Kinda hard to believe 2 guys can fit" THATS WHAT SHE SAID
I can't believe that america used our tanks at the beginning...
It's like Colombo in his Peugeot
ahlala... c'est si drôle :)
Greating from France ;)
It’s a belligerent Bobcat!!!
The first tank used by americans, and a great victory at 'Bataille de Saint-Mihiel'. This tank is part of the great history of usa
The first modern tank in the world and the first spanish tank.
Balls. Can't imagine sitting there with bullets bouncing off the arnor just inches away.
was that a great big lead bullet reload? pretty nice.
I miss this show
Love this guy!! Can't recall the actors name sadly. Shame the sounds not in sync. Same goes for the other film about the ww2 American AT guns.
@Sturmmann
true and this tank didnt put up a fight against the germans. The tank was used for the last time in the battle of paris in 1944 by the germans
Three tw (silence right when an awsome explosions happens)
vive la France
00:10 that's what she said
This was a BRILLIANT DESIGN in 1917-1918!!! This was the tank CPT George S. Patton cut his teeth on in WWI (Ike had the British Heavies MK IV Males/Females). The United States Army was SO IMPRESSED with the FT-17 that it became the US M-17 tank up its replacement by the M2 Stewart. The Pateau 37mm L24 was SOTA up to 1930. So what's the scary thought? The French actually fought the Germans in these tin cans. The US .50CAL MG (12.7mm) could out penetrate the Pateau 37mm gun!!!
I really wanna buy/have one of these
Germany : *Attack France*
France : *Use tanks*
Germany : Wait that's illegal !
I'd take the Renault over the other tanks it's small and slow but it has spirit and the rotating turret is icing on the cake.
How many persons this tank needs to be operated? I see 2 (driver and shooter)
Yup, that's it! If you buy one, you just need a friend! That's why I haven't bought on yet.
The Dutch Army in 1940 had 1 tank and it was this one!
@Charliecomet82 isnt the fuego the one that would burst into flames because of faulty circuits?
Hey, it’s Drill Sergeant Hartman
the sound is 20 minutes too early.
France's solution to pillboxes and bunkers: Renault FT 17
Soviet Union's solution: KV-2
Either France is doing what it does best at in war, or the USSR is doing... What it does best at any given moment in time or space.
(This is a joke, I know these two tanks were made in different time periods)
Do you really believe that pillboxes in 1914 were built by sandblasted calc stones, as we use them for building our little houses?
academicusprecarius [bad cough] _It was a joke_ [another bad cough]
The Soviets adopted the Renault for a short time period.
The MS-1 proved to be more effective.
Where KV-2 doed battles?
"referred to in post-World War I literature"; but not by Renault, or during WWI. If you read the rest of the Wikipedia article, you will find a section entitled "Nomenclature," which explains how the vehicle was named and why it was not called FT17. I wrote most of that section.
Gunny is awesome
I love mailcall! shame they dont have it in the UK :(
Mean while in BF1 a Mark V be chugging along at 80mph.
More like 15 or 20 but yeah these and the mkv go around 5 to 9 mph irl
When America was looking for a small tank, they chose this one over the Ford M1918.
What happened to the sound at the end? Literally cut off right when he was about to fire it.