![]() ![]() The NON PROTEGE plate on the front indicates that the hull is unarmoured, fabricated from mild steel 150 of these were produced and equipped with a cast turret mounting an 8mm Hotchkiss machine-gun, they were used for training. The tail skid turned up about 20 years later, having been discovered in a store at IWM Duxford. The Type 97 Chi-Ha is a medium tank introduced in 1937, the Type 2 Ke-To is a light tank introduced in 1942. There was a second ideogram to distinguish the models. It was given to the Imperial War Museum after the war, then came to the Tank Museum in 1965. The ideogram 'Chi' meant a medium tank, 'Te' a tankette, 'Ke' a light tank, 'Ho' (artillery) a self-propelled gun, 'Ka' an amphibious tank. This Renault is one of the prototypes built in 1917. Thousands of these tanks were ordered, but most were not finished until after the war and they ended up being exported all over the world. It has many features that you can still see on modern tanks a fully rotating turret, the driver at the front and the engine and gearbox at the back. The tank was built by the French car company Renault. Rather than a large, heavy vehicle, the concept behind it was for a small and light tank that would be more manoeuvrable, harder to hit and could be fielded in large numbers. It is smaller in size with thinner armor and a less powerful main gun, tailored for better tactical mobility and ease of transport and logistics. The FT was a radically different design to previous British and French tanks. A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks. The Renault FT (often known as the FT-17) was the first tank to have its armament inside a fully rotating turret. ![]()
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