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17-08-12, 22:55
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Ed
Thankyou for posting. Shes a beauty! 10 or 15 years ago I saw old footage of a line of the Renaults, at speed, leaping off the top of a road cutting and chewing through the bank on the other side of the road cutting, to continue on.
My thought at the time was " Everyone in them should all have broken backs". No tanks stopped. A very "classic" looking tank!
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18-08-12, 04:24
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Thanks Ed!
I remember Don Dingwall telling the engineers at DEW to stop over-thinking the project. These tanks were made before precision drawings and methodical production controls. An 1/8th inch left or right didn't matter.
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18-08-12, 23:02
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M1917 Hull
The Hull was recovered from the Stan Reynolds collection in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, not the Reynolds-Alberta Museum which is just up the road. The tank was recovered in the 70's by Reynolds, from Ontario where it was working in a saw mill. Parts like the turret and armour were lost long before the recovery. When I found it going through his yard (in the mid-90's) it was just the lower hull and tracks with a Buick dashboard and modified controls to allow the vehicle to be driven from a much higher position than normal. The tracks also had squares cut from them to fit a grouser-type spud to give it traction on ice.
Having just examined the CWM example, the first thing that stuck out was the distinctive flame cut holes in the tracks. I understand the CWM traded a Sherman project from the Jack Guthrie collection for it. While not a runner, it sure looks great. Having driven the Renault in Samur, I can say that they were not a pleasant vehicle to crew at all.
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20-08-12, 00:59
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What a great thread !
I could read stories of 'just saved' tracked vehicles all day... As a kid I desperately wanted my own Renault Ft 17 tank to proudly drive around in I've had to settle for carrier, Centurion, Stuart, M113 FOV and Cat D4 instead, not that I'm complaining ! Thanks for the story Cheers Phill
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23-08-12, 04:43
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Renault film footage
I thought You Tube might have some footage of these in action, and there is some excellent footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Dg_ng-Qi0&NR=1 looks like the skid device at the rear was needed for going up steep slopes and coming out of a trench . An excellent looking rebuild of this machine
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