FT-17 Tank

[spayne35]

It is incredible but this tank was the best of the WW1 and it is the first tank with a swivelling turret and was built under license in heights of country (among which the USA, Russia)!

[sparrow111260]

Why is that wherever you go, announcers at air-shows talk like idiots and never shut-up?

[100epicnoob]

Mini tank

WORLD OF TANK :D

[pscartozzi]

@100epicnoob

That's funny. I'm on WoT playing my FT-17 now. Movin on to the Tetrarch

[1khenr1]

wow its very small like a car

[lilian20ful]

прикольный трактор

[TalonMercenary]

I'm guessing this tractor is French?

[TheMrLOPEZZ]

@TalonMercenary

Exactly.

[Raptor89994]

I'd tap that

[matthewgroen]

one word; character

[rmoe701]

Love the kid at 1:40...der-de-der-de-der, I gonna stand in front of this tank...

[tariqwhitehead]

smallet or biggest tank in the world?

[01998]

por dios, que bicho mas feo!!! de donde era? quien produjo este engendro, jajaja

buen video. 5*****

[TchaikovskyFDR]

Can Geico Really save you 15% or more on Car insurance?

Can you really out run a tank?

Yes

[nikolai60]

Renault move-wait, nope, one sec...ok now move-wait, still no...ok...um...ok, wait, there we go, ok, yup, moving out now.

[Homer95Simpson]

sure this isn't a tractor?

[CHALLENGER4599]

435345435tre

[redreaper2020]

we found two of these in Afghanistan in 2003, believe it or not.

[pscartozzi]

@redreaper2020

That's incredible. Can you elaborate?

[redreaper2020]

@pscartozzi Two FT tanks were discovered in Kabul, Afghanistan by a Maj. Redding. With permission from the Afghan government, the two tanks were transferred back to the states, where one of them was restored and is now on display at a military museum.

[wild50gunner]

@pscartozzi one of the ones from afghanistan is currently on display at the Patton Museum at Ft. Knox dont know where the other wound up.

[takon074]

@redreaper2020

DO you want to know more?

[X] Yes

[ ] No

[redreaper2020]

@takon074 already posted info. Look through old comments.

[mirkojorgovic]

@redreaper2020 That was in number over 1000 in France 1940, in spite of values by USSR red-army as inefective vehicle 20 years ago, cca 1920(USSR City-war); German IFV halftracks where far better vehicles,and can easily win this obsolete machine

[ab1cdefghijklmnop]

@redreaper2020 id like to see what happens when an abrams lands a direct hit on this :/

[YambidiBlamBlam]

@ab1cdefghijklmnop There would be ash, black metal scraps, and smoke. It would be a waste of a good take round that could be used to take out a real threat, and a waste of a priceless WW1 relic.

[rabies79]

@redreaper2020 Ye they had bought a few long ago

[Ralroost]

@redreaper2020 that is so cool!

[CastleG8]

hey, Woman. Get out back and crank the car.

[Arcusinoz]

The scary part would be if you stalled the engine on a battle field someone would have to jump out and turn the crank to get the engine restarted!!!!!!

[CynicalNsomniac]

I've always thought these are among the coolest looking tanks.

[weaklypaskaa2]

that against leopard 2A6......

[supersoviet8055]

That doesn't look like the gun FT-17's were originally built with

[BMWM3GTRLOVER]

its too small for an FT-17

[sonicmik]

DAAAW Its so cute!

[HektorPedo]

Nice painting.

[SpaceTestMonkey]

Dominion Tank Police!!!!

[ROCKSOLID19]

Whoever was in that tank in the war, had balls of steel. Brave men.

[kuribayashi84]

It may not look like much, but the Design of the FT-17, with its Gun-Turret,served as Basis for all later Tanks.

[HektorPedo]

@kuribayashi84 not for 'all' tanks of course ...

[bearbon2]

The engine crank looks like a wagging tail.

[PWNarmored]

haha in ww2 this was the ONLY tank in the dutch militairy, and we only had one of them

[adamantane1985]

Cute tractor-like machine! )

[borgri09]

fake replica.... look at the cannon

[metamaggot]

@borgri09 no disarmed original...you can't buy fully operational tanks usually they take all the weapons off them.

[SonOfRDGear]

@MACHIMOfilms Considering it laid the foundation for the modern tank layout? Yes I would agree.

[JSLegoMaster]

Is this a one man tank'

[beardo52]

@JSLegoMaster The FT-17 had a crew of 2, one drove, the other operated the guns, and served as observer, looking for enemy to engage, and guiding the driver who had very limited vision.

[qcumbers23]

I want one of these as my personal tank.

[davetileguy]

he should have kept going and backed over the plane!

[kingknizzer]

approaching light speed..........

[melgibsonsballs]

German tanks were heavy, slow, and expencive the hellcats, shermans, and T34's out numbered them every time

[McLarenMercedes]

@melgibsonsballs

Actuallty the German tanks of WW2 were widely seen as the best. Their combat effectiveness speaks for themselves. Tank aces like Wittmann was just one of many.

Germany could never produce enough of them to counter the overwhelming forces they were facing, AND truth to be told they were complex and difficult to service in the field (like the excellent Panther). Also by 1944 Germany was short on precious fuel.

Very few Shermans ever knocked out German tanks in battle.

[marchovens]

@McLarenMercedes the german tanks where far better but due electricety failure 2/3th of all tanks where out of combat:(

[skraf883]

@marchovens It all depends on which year you're talking about. In 39 Germany held the edge with their Pz3's and Pz4s. When Russia introduced the T34, it totally outclassed them and iIt wasn't until the Panthers and Tigers came along that they took back the edge. Yes, 1 on 1 both the Panther and the Tiger outclassed the T34, (Panther's 9-1 kill ratio over the T34) but we all know that the Russian tactics weren't 1 on 1. At the end of the war, the best tank was probably the US M26 Pershing.

[skraf883]

@McLarenMercedes Look up Staff Sergeant Lafayette G. Pool.. the story of a tank commander  who destroyed 258 enemy vehicles, but he never was awarded the Knights Cross. He was never presented to Hitler, he never wore a fancy black uniform with death heads and S.S. runes, and he never commanded a Panther or Tiger. The reason? He was an American GI and he set the above record in a Sherman tank!

[jackzero99]

@skraf883 He only destroy 12 enemy tanks, you dumbass. Besides, why would Hitler award the Knights Cross to an American?

[skraf883]

@jackzero99 Grow up little troll. I said that because the majority of idiots like you believe that only Germany had great tank aces. Poole killed his 258 vehicles in M4 Shermans in a space of a few days (I believe it was 21 total engagements), whereas Wittmann killed his 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns in a space of 25 months and did it in Tigers.. about twice the armor and twice the hitting power, as well as being much more accurate at long range.

[skraf883]

@McLarenMercedes Also.. German Tigers AND Panthers were pretty much disrespected by the time the T34/85 came about. Tiger was too slow, it's armor too weak on the sides and rear, and the Panther was too high and too unreliable.. ya it had nice thick sloped armor. in the front. It's sides were like paper to the T34/85. It did have the best 75mm of the war though.. Tanks excel based on balance: the Panther had superior firepower, good armor protection, and poor mobility. That's not balance.

[jackzero99]

@skraf883 You stupid monkey. The T-34 85 still had a weaker gun and armor than the tiger and panther. Over 44,000 T-34 were destroyed by the Germans

[skraf883]

@jackzero99 LOL you really know nothing. The T34/85 out penetrated the Panther's 75 and 76. It was faster than both and more maneuverable than both. Ask a tank designer or a real modern tank commander what he looks for in a tank.. it's firepower, protection and maneuverability. The T34/85 had this in heaps over both the Panther and Tiger. The Tiger was built to fight against KVs and T28s, they were out classed when meeting up against the sheer numbers and speed of the T34/85.

[jackzero99]

@skraf883 LOL you stupid monkey stop making a fool of yourself. T-34 was only superior in number. Over 57,000 built and 44,000 destroyed. I've never seen a superior tank destroyed in such numbers. How the fuck did 44,000 T-34 get destroyed when they are so superior? You stupid fuckhead. go away

[skraf883]

@jackzero99 first off, you need to grow the hell up and use big boy words little troll.  2nd, I didn't say the T34 was superior, I said the T34/85 was.. huge difference. The reason why Germany destroyed so many T34 variants was because of the tactics used by the Russians.. throw as many as you can at the front. The T34/85 had greater speed, greater maneuverability, and was able to penetrate the Panthers thin sides and rear armor, where the Russian's outnumbering tactics was able to place it.

[skraf883]

@jackzero99 the fact that there were 10,000+ T34/85s that survived the war, and probably about 30? Panthers should also tell you something too moron. Every surviving Panther is in 1 PDF file.. and not a single 1 was in running order at the end of the war.. every one had to be rebuilt. Also, you wanna talk about a better tank.. Panther had horrible reliability issues, whereas the T34/85 just ran and ran. Talk to a real tanker moron.. they will pick a tank that runs over 1 that doesn't any day.

[redreaper2020]

@skraf883 Um...T34/85 was scrap metal after 250km of running. Russian tanks had abysmal reliability, even worse than the Panther's. Of course, the average lifespan of a T-34 was 2-3 days in combat, so that might say something too.

Though, yes, the T-34 was a good tank. Sherman was better (nobody believes it, but it did good in Korea), but T-34 was still good, and simple to make. Reliabile, no, but it wasn't going to last long anyway.

[skraf883]

@redreaper2020 Actually, they had most of the reliability issues worked out when the T34/85 came out. It was the T34 that had the reliability issues. And yes, you are correct.. Sherman was better than the T34, as it's 1/5 kill to death ratio against the Panther beat the 1/9 of the T34. In my opinion, and that of many WW2 tankers, the best medium of the war was the Pershing with it's 90mm gun (although at the time the US classified it as a heavy, it was reclassified as a medium later)

[redreaper2020]

@skraf883 yeah. Pershing and panther were both very good tanks. Pershing was very much ahead of its time, as was the Sherman. I was going more off of its performance in Korea, where they actually fought each other. The Soviets wasted the T-34 by sending masses of them at the enemy in a giant rush, with no tactics whatsoever, so that might make a difference.

[redreaper2020]

@skraf883 my apology, panther drivetrain had a lifespan even with final drives of 1500km average, and 150 at the lowest.

Just compare to nowadays, the abrams tracks alone have 6,000km lifespan, and track life is miniscule compared to drivetrain life.

[skraf883]

@jackzero99 the fact that the Panther was almost a direct copy of the T34 should tell you something troll. The Germans were scared as hell of the T34. Sure, when the Panther came out, it outclassed it. But the Russians countered by putting the 85mm gun on the T34 with a larger turret, and it was over from there. Now, when you wanna have a grown up discussion, learn some big boy words and we'll talk, until then, no one asked your childlike opinion.

[dopeybear420]

are they painter guys??

[Falconwing]

Presenting, the Original Tiny Tank (Video game reference)

[Kal50BMG]

@fabizio This so called "modern tank" was also used during WW2 by an ignorant French Army Command and you know the result: Just a moving target for the German tanks and Stukas.

[fabizio]

@Kal50BMG FT 17 is the basic model of modern tanks, first tank with a turret moving. Apparently you don't even know what you mean, in 1940 the German tanks were surpassed by the French tanks, especially Somua S-35 and B1-bis, which inspired the Sherman. Read some books instead of writing crap.

[Kal50BMG]

@fabizio All of these mentioned tanks were just crap. The "Sherman" was even called "Ronson": "ignites every time". Read some military books yourself. The German tanks had always been the most effective one, because they had the better armament, the better armour and the better radio equipment. French tanks were that bad, that the Wehrmacht refused to use most of the abandoned French vehicles in Russia or North Afrika in 1941, nevertheless they had urgent needs of tanks. That speaks for itself.

[fabizio]

@Kal50BMG One B1 destroyed an entire panzer collumn before being abandoned because of fuel, at Stonne. Not bad fot a piece of crap. In 1940 the Germans acknowledged themself that their tanks were inferior. They did not used french tanks for the simple reason that Vichy + Speer politics of armament. they used it for fortress europa and training. Anyway, all the experts say that 17 ft is the first modern tank in the world, your advice is useless. Tocard.

[Kal50BMG]

@fabizio Yes, I know this battle. So what? The front armour was to heavy for the German 50 mm guns. But this kind of tank suffered from a lack of movability, so they normally had no chance of effectiv intervention.

There was enough ammunition left for the French tanks at the end of the German six weeks Blitzkrieg, but these tanks were considered useless in modern warfare, so the Wehrmacht had just use for their turrets. The T34 for example was used despite of availability of ammunition in 1941.

[fabizio]

@Kal50BMG B1 was developed in 1929 and designed as a mobile artillery support. look at the FCM 2C​is the epitome of a super heavy tank designed in the context of a war of position.

The real problem was the organization (no independent mechanized unit and aviation, the Maginot Line, which has pumped almost the entire military budget over the years) and incompetent commanders in 1940, apart from De Gaulle, and an ally of shit that has hardly done nothing except flee : England.

[Kal50BMG]

@fabizio I absolutely agree your statement.

[Kal50BMG]

That´s typical for a french Tank of that time: The first movement is backwards...

[kop4321]

French tanks: on gear for forward, seven for reverse.

[misterawesome1234]

the tank looks like it was pulled straight out of a cartoon

[JOKERSTER1919]

ok it is a tractor hat front is backward so that they start from back wow:)

[JOKERSTER1919]

Hahaha under fire engine stops, Come on get out and start engine sacrifice for that junk.

[GhostlyGrin]

It may not function all that well,but at least it looks cool.

[eelco8800]

In 2:29 it gets stuck. On its own tracks! ;-D

Did whoever built this tank back then, hand it out to the party they wanted to lose?

[ichmalealsobinich]

that's a replica, not an original. Look at the ridiculous fake gun!

[uzickimajmunac]

haha we used them in 1941....our asses got kicked

[itachiitachi1946]

it looks like a toy...

[jimjonesable]

looks just like a ww2 jap "can" {tank}.

[TheSILENTGAMERZ]

looks abit like WALL-E

[kenix434]

@TheSILENTGAMERZ If WALL-E Had a gun

[cramcrud]

did a great job tearing up that sod

[1ownjoo2]

Its laughable that they actually used these tanks up to 1945 lol Imagine driving this and see'ing a Jagdpanther in front of you

[4head11]

@1ownjoo2 well no, they use these tanks up until 1948, the egyptian army had a few when they were in

1948 Arab–Israeli War. The Germans did captured and use a fair amount of these tanks. The Germans use them for reconnaissance, training, policing, command, and artillery post. Also many were used in armoured trains and were given to the Luftwaffe as snow plows and defence for the airfields.

[warjg1]

чё это за гавно????это танк???????????????

[ModelbuildingTANKS]

@warjg1 Быть легким на нем. Это был один из первых танков когда-либо сделанных.

[crazyknight2008]

woohoo imagine havng 1000 of these babies rumbling towards an enemy, either the enemy will blow em away or die with laughter.

[ilovekids11]

If thats supposed to be scary they failed miserably

[pscartozzi]

@ilovekids11

I think way back in WWI it was quite terrifying



[Blingtossing]

@pscartozzi For the ones in the tank...Just to end your sentence.

[flightdeckreviews]

@pscartozzi yeah you have to remeber nothing like this had ever been seen in the early 1900's ;)

[ardenn234]

@pscartozzi is that at rhinebeck areodrome in NY?

[MultiRenegade6]

@pscartozzi it was quite.... cute :D

[sergeikozin47]

@pscartozzi of course it is...

[MajKong101]

@ilovekids11 It's funny cause the French were still using those at the beginning of WWII.Those against the panzers,fuck that.No wonder they had to surrender.

[oldspice420]

@ilovekids11 in WW1 it was scary, could easily travel through no mans land and into the enemies trenches. also scary being in the tank since the exhaust was inside the cabin of the tank, so you would end up dying from inhaling all the fumes by the end of the day.

[fenderman0969]

@ilovekids11 even now, if this thing was firing it's main gun at you, you'd haul butt! lol. so would I. Even if you fire a large cartridge at it, it's still gonna get you or make you retreat lol.

[theoldgalah]

@ilovekids11 If that had a working machine gun in it and it was coming for you,you would be scared,but I think you would be safe in that it would never sneak up on you and you could probably run away from it with ease.

[Superchickenman159]

@ilovekids11 they fount it terrifying cuz it's hard to kill this with grenades and you couldn't do anything to it with ur gun. tanks were new so it's likely ur army didn't have one to take this out, artillery was inaccurate and this is small, air bombing wasn't invented... it doesn't matter what it lookes like... this would be a very effective weapon in ww1

[jdraver]

@ilovekids11 picture this your with 5 men with only light guns and that drives up the road with heavy cannon and machine gun u have no way to hide or fight back scary now?

[jubwervouk]

@ilovekids11 mate... when this tank was brought out soldiers where riding horses... fucking horses, WWI they were trotting around minding their own buisness, wait- hang on a sec I think im tripping balls. no mate your not tripping balls, there is a fucking arsenal on wheels rolling straight up to your white ass, brapp brapp brapp.

oh whats that? yeah mate, rocket launchers didnt even exist then- the only thing they had was bullets... so yeah, i would have fucking shit myself

[evildeathmonkey1]

@jubwervouk They had handgranates too back then. Also these things don't stand a chance against artillery. But the psychological effect would have been huge I agree.

[gasteinerboy]

@ilovekids11 they failed in ww2 but in ww1 there where very succesfull

[randomusernamemygod]

@ilovekids11 No they didnt fail miserably, being one of the first tanks a completely new and surprising thing (this is ww1) it scared the Hell out of the Germans. No such thing had ever existed.

[timothydavidcurp]

@ilovekids11

When the machine gun is firing and you are down range of it, yes it is supposed to be scary.

[ImposingSumo]

The starting handle makes it look like it's got a little tail.

[PrepSurvivor]

aww.

that is the cutest war machine I have ever seen.

[HerrHeinerich]

Die armen Panzerbesatzungen damals also in dem Ding würde ich mich nicht sicher fühlen.Lustig das dieses Gerät direkt von den Franzosen ist.

[Foxtrot262]

does it shoot white flags ?

[FGalaxie]

@Foxtrot262 No its shoots Ebnglish canoon fodder, which is what the Canadians are.

In 2 wars yet.

Cant even fight for their own causes.

[Foxtrot262]

@FGalaxie Are you following me and commenting on videos I have lol.

[RebelSonBand]

@Foxtrot262 lol,never heard about you-tube stockers...:)

[mikhailasargalliv]

how things change,almost 100 years ago this tank was something considered powerful and cool as  many consider the Abes M1, but now most would say that is a piece of crap, it looks funny and cool at the same time, i respect ancient stuff.

[Verbeke7]

I love how you gotta crank it to get it started...

[MightyKidMeal]

its kinda cute

[hentaisexfreak4life]

was that tank ever used in war?it looks like a big toy.lol.

[LeChar1989]

@hentaisexfreak4life

Yes it was used in 1st worldwar and even in 2nd. experts say it was the best tank in ww1 :)

[hentaisexfreak4life]

@LeChar1989 i thought there was only 1 tank in world war 1 and that was the first tank ever built and it had only machine guns in it.

[LeChar1989]

@hentaisexfreak4life

No, there was several tanks in ww1:

The British Mark 1, the Little Willie, The French Ft17 and Saint Chamond, and the German A7V

[hentaisexfreak4life]

@LeChar1989 thats awsome.i'll have 2 look them up.

[LeChar1989]

@hentaisexfreak4life

Fine^^

Greetings from Germany :)

[hentaisexfreak4life]

@LeChar1989 greetings from america.r u a chick?

[LeChar1989]

@hentaisexfreak4life

no not really, i think women are not interested in war technology :P

[hentaisexfreak4life]

@LeChar1989 thats true.well thanks 4 the help.

[Ashamedofmyself]

He's gonna mow the grass with that thing?

[EpicButtSecks]

This is my favorit Tank!

[Rudolf555]

So much for that lawn.

[roadstarman58]

Hope the goundskeepers didn't mind! Most people probably don't realize, these were how a lot of countries got their feet wet as far as armor. After WW1 a lot of countries bought these for their armies. The Russians made a direct copy ( Russiky Renault ) and several other country's early tanks are obviously an offspring of these ( Russian T18 and Fiat 3000 as two expamples ). These and the British Vickers 6 ton were the basis for many pre WW2 tanks.

[Hibbicon]

When the French make tanks....

[alberto9911]

my byke is a better tank as this :D

[TrackingAirsoft]

Nice windup tank, bro :D No, Really. Nice tank. o.o

[Thatevilmidget]

Isn't it amazing how far tanks have come in such a short period of time?

[TheWhoppers0]

@Thatevilmidget isn't it amazing how EVERYTHING has come so far in such a short period of time? xD the way we communicate, our military advances, gaming/computers etc.

[Thatevilmidget]

@TheWhoppers0 Good point. The technology we've got has advanced so rapidly it's mind blowing.

[redreaper2020]

wow...amazing to see what a 39-horsepower engine can do.

ft-17s were awsome, used even in ww2. too bad one rifle roudn could do them in (THIN armor)

[Mirdamor]

well... it got a gun that could blow a hole trough your car... so i suppose it isn't that useless xD

[MrGimli2]

was that a real tank atone time?

[Captain25011]

dude WWI tanks are such a piece of crap so are the planes. and the cars. But mostly the tanks. They were just armour and gun converted caterpillar. All it was meant to do was cross over trenches. Its amazing how far tanks have come nnow adays and how its origional purpose doesnt mean crap to tanks anymore. Now they are just a self propelled armoured gun.

[eba2294]

if i were in WW1, this would be my tank of choice

[gnativerson]

is there a way to correct the squished aspect ratio? - its a wonderful looking machine

[jonewer]

Rather you start that thing than me

[Thisisseriousreally]

Where and when was this shot?

[pscartozzi]

@Thisisseriousreally

It was shot about 3 years ago. I took the video at Rhinebeck in NY

[VagabondAstronomer]

Good to see an actual FT-17 running; the one in the History Channel episode is an American made M1917, the US Army copy. Still, gotta love this tank.

[VagabondAstronomer]

What a magnificent little beast! I've been a fan of the FT-17 for some time, it is just great to see one run this day and age!

[Ratti666]

WWI must be sooo slow :)

[1rcp]

cool all around!!!

[Buzzlybonk]

How many of these does it takes to destroy 1 king tiger ?The tiger will run out of shells and then running these over like roadkill until the tiger runs out of fuel.

[321BloodLine]

MOVE KID!

[Mojave888]

She's a beauty!

[cakakic1988]

Were the tanks of that era air-cooled?

[Arizonasnipe]

There is one of these renault tanks at the Invalids in Paris just after you pass all the navy canons before you enter main building

[NathansBackwoods]

Apparently 8 War hating Hippies put thumbs down on this video.

[pscartozzi]

@NathansBackwoods

Yeah, I think that's kinda funny. What's not to like? Is the content bad? Is the camera work bad? Is the sound bad? With all the crap out there on youtube why would anyone single this out as bad. I delete a lot of crap comments, bad language, that kinda thing. Probably them.

[christhetromboneguy]

@pscartozzi wat does suk bout that tank, is u have to crank it, i would hate that job

[Darklordkime]

@NathansBackwoods no no no they dont hate war they hate freedom hahahahahahahahahahah

[primarch4]

@NathansBackwoods now there are nine war hating hippies lol!

[MrFlatmint]

@NathansBackwoods Can we take it then that you like war?Me , I'm a war hater but I like this vid, particularly the cranking handle

[NathansBackwoods]

@MrFlatmint, I would not say i like it like completely love it, its not fun. But i believe its a necessary thing to keep freedom and our way of live safe.

[MrFlatmint]

@NathansBackwoods I tend to think that with only a slight adjustment in ''our way of life'' war becomes the obvious insanity it is.It is generally motivated by some form of greed or intolerance both of which are relativley easy to circumvent.

[NathansBackwoods]

@MrFlatmint, Yeah, it would be great not to have war, no one would die. But the problem is is that someone is always going to have a different mindset then someone else, and its gonna piss em off. Peace is a nice idea, but it will never happen because every one has there own idea. Thats why I except war.

[puckbandit1]

Man those are such cool little tanks

[Buzzlybonk]

what a deathtrap

[kanserstyx]

metal slug!

[chamath1985]

lOl

[mihailolord]

does it have original engine?