Renault FT-17 (EST)

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Renault FT-17
Estonian Renault FT-17 tanks on the Republics anniversary parade on 24th of February, 1925.
Type	Light tank
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	12 1919–1940
Used by	Estonia
Wars	Estonian War of Independence
Production history
Designer	Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier
Designed	1917
Manufacturer	Renault
Unit cost	12,000 krones
Specifications
Weight	7 tonnes
Length	4.94 m
Width	1.74 m
Height	2.14 m
Crew	2

Armor	22 mm
Primary armament	1x37mm gun 237 rounds 1x7.92mm machine gun 4800 rounds
Engine	Renault petrol engine 39 bhp
Power/weight	6 hp/tonne
Suspension	vertical springs
Operational range	100 km
Speed	8 km/h

The Renault FT-17 was a French light tank produced from 1917. FT-17 was the first tank with an armament in a fully rotating turret, and its configuration with the turret on top, engine in the back and the driver in front became the classic one, repeated in most tanks until today; indeed so familiar to modern eyes we can now only with difficulty understand its once-revolutionary nature.^[1] On 5 February 1920 Estonia purchased 9 vehicles from France.^[2]