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Specifications Weight 6.5 tonnes Length 5.00 m Width 1.47 m Height 2.14 m Crew 2 (commander, driver) Armor 22 mm Primary armament 37 mm gun or 7.92 mm machine gun Engine Renault 4-cyl petrol 39 hp (29 kW) Power/weight 6 hp/tonne Transmission sliding Suspension vertical springs Operational range 65 km Speed 7 km/h
Type Light tank Place of origin France Service history In service 1917-1945 Used by See Users Wars World War I, Russian Civil War, Polish-Soviet War, Chinese Civil War, Spanish Civil War, World War II, French-Thai War Production history Designer Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier Designed 1917 Manufacturer Renault Variants Char canon 37, Char mitrailleur, FT 75 BS , Char signal, FT 17 modifi 31, Six Ton Tank Model 1917, Russkiy Reno, FIAT 3000
Louis Renault, Paul Thom one of his most talented designers, and Rodolphe Ernst-Metzmaier They were the designers of the FT 17. The FT 17 was widely used by the French and the US in the latter stages of World War.
