Earlier Renault FT-17?

plenka

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Could the FT-17 been pressed earlier into service? It was after all, a first modern tank, with all the things that made modern tanks what they are today (Fully rotating turret, engine in the back, crew in front).

So are the next few things possible?

- FT-17 put into service earlier then OTL (31.5.1918) and in greater numbers.
- French military fully concentrating on a light tank concept, rather then keeping several different tanks in production at the same time. (Saint-Chamond and Char 2C)
-Lastly, could there have been more modernized versions of FT-17 in active service after it has become obsolete as a tank. (Self Propelled gun, artillery tractor, tank destroyer)?

So what do you think? Is it possible, and more importantly, is it plausable?
 
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First - plenka is Czech for diaper

Then

Yes an earlier FT-17 was possible

More? - 2700 during WWI is not enough?

Different use - hardly to imagine - for WWII use it was underarmored and not fast enough - 40km range also does not help.

Putting a "larger" on (SP arty or TD) would mean to overload the Frame.
 

plenka

Banned
First - plenka is Czech for diaper

Then

Yes an earlier FT-17 was possible

More? - 2700 during WWI is not enough?

Different use - hardly to imagine - for WWII use it was underarmored and not fast enough - 40km range also does not help.

Putting a "larger" on (SP arty or TD) would mean to overload the Frame.

If plenka means diaper, I shudder to think what Plenković means.
No, you can never have enough tanks. To me the greatest shame is that onog 2700 Were produced during the duration of war and more then 10000 after the war has ended. As for modifications, it is better to have a company of FT modified as tank destroyers accompanying your infantry divisions as a mobile AT force then to have them in some warehouse in the rear.
 
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