In this episode of the WW2 Podcast, I'm joined by Robby Houben from the Belgian Royal Military Museum to discuss the Renault FT. This small but revolutionary French tank changed armoured warfare.
Designed during the First World War, the FT introduced the fully rotating turret and tracked layout that became the blueprint for every tank that followed. We talk about its design, its service life between the wars, and how it was still seeing action when the Second World War began.
You can see an original Renault FT on display at the Belgian Royal Military Museum in Brussels.
Robby also shares his passion for armoured vehicles on YouTube — check out his channel Two Dudes Talking Tanks.
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