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the_shadock · Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

- Neil_Baumgardner

Hmm... It appears they have repainted the “First US Sample Tank” (M1917)

and camouflaged it, even if it was only a "sample tank"..
Rolling Eyes

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TrevorLarkum · Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:42 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

The Ottawa M1917 has been restored:

blogs.ottawacitizen.co...-like-new/

bialy-r · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:12 am Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

There are some affords to bring to Poland a FT-17 tank from Afghanistan. That could? be a "new" FT-17 tank found by Polish soldier.

odkrywca.pl/pokaz_wate...19#1492152

poznan.gazeta.pl/pozna...ydent.html

It will be a gift of Afghanistan government.

There are some talks that the tank could be an original Polish tank which was lost in Polish-Soviet 1920 war and then given by Soviet Union to Afghanistan. I don't know if that's write or if that is an "argument" to bring it to Poland. But Poland used 120 FT-17 tanks in that war and some where lost during fights.

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

Never mind the rights or wrongs of it, just get it to safety!

the_shadock · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:23 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

yeah, one more !!

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bialy-r · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:47 am Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

odkrywca.pl/ft-17-dla-...tml#709819

the_shadock · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:27 am Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

I'd bet that this is the same one than this one. Same damages on the outer border of the tracks, the gun is pointing in the same direction and they probably removed the piece of pipe that used to be a fake barrel :

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:39 am Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

Jope they will start recovering some L3 tankette too...

Massimo

sil3nt · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

www.mfa.gov.pl/en/news...earch=true

bialy-r · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

On the way to Poland

facet.interia.pl/galer...iAId,58557

sil3nt · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

FT-17 is currently in Poznan, in our museum ...

picasaweb.google.com/1...zyjazdFT17

the_shadock · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:21 am Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

here is the question on a French forum about the Afghan FT transferred in Poland. The question is : could we identify the tank as being ex-Polish? It's in French but it could be easily translated.

http://pages14-18.mesdiscussions.net/pages1418/Pages-d-Histoire-Artillerie/Artillerie-Speciale-chars-d-assaut/renault-francais-pologne-sujet_615_1.htm

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JimWeb · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: French and American FT-17

There was a lot of discussion about these on the old AFV News forums. The conclusion was that they were FT17s sold to the US Army who gave them to the white russians in siberia c1920 who lost them to the communists who eventually gave them to the afghans.

There was a whole list of book references beyond my ability to remember.