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[Punkawallah]

 

[Oldhippy]

French or Japanese? They didn't do tanks well.

 

[Punkawallah]

French or Japanese? They didn't do tanks well.

Please - the French Renault FT, forerunner of all modern tanks, the first one to have the driver in front, engine in back, and main armament in a 360 degree rotating turret. Last in service as a pillbox/machine gun post in the Soviet/Afghan War of the 1980’s, some reports of its use in the Iraq war of the 2000’s - over a half century of service, at least.
This one is in a Belgian museum, others saw service in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the South Seas, and America.

 

[Andy in Germany]

French or Japanese? They didn't do tanks well.

Both: Japan either bought the FT or built it under licence, I forget which.

 

[Punkawallah]

Both: Japan either bought the FT or built it under licence, I forget which.

Bought, afaik, and used in China. It was built in France and the US.

 

[PeteXXX]

A rainbow at the bottom of my garden a while back.