![]() The tank went safely through the wire enabling us to go right up to it and shoot right in there and clean them out." If you had an especially tough machine-gun nest that was going to take a lot of infantry lives to storm, you could run right on up to it just like you were thumbing your nose at it. Despite being light it gave you a feeling you were invincible because you could hear the bullets hitting the side of your tank. French tank driver William Roche recalled, "The infantry loved the little Renault FT tank. Nicknamed the ‘Mosquito’, the Renault FT tank could be deployed by being loaded onto the back of a truck and driven quickly by road to where it was most needed. This WW1 French Renault FT Char Canon Tank is fitted with the 37mm Puteaux There had been a problem during the Battle for Cambrai break out when a British Mark IV tank had fallen into the river when the bridge it was trying to cross could not take the weight and collapsed. Its weight meant that it would be able to cross most European river bridges. It would be able to provide direct machine gun fire support for the infantry in an attack. It was designed as a cheap, easily produced machine gun carrier that only weighed 6 tons. ![]() I remember the initials as standing for First Tank FT, because in reality the Renault FT was the first modern tank to have a 360 revolving turret. This demand lead to the introduction of the Renault FT. The big heavy Mark IV tanks were too slow for this role. The British had shown that tanks can break through enemy lines but once that had been achieved the there was a need for a ‘chaser’ tank. The early French tanks, the Schneider and the St Chamond were not very successful compared to the British WW1 early tank designs. Rear view of the WW1 French Renault FT 17 CharĬanon Tank's metal sledge blade designed to help it cross trenches. The number 17, referring to its 1917 in active service date, was added The French word "Char" translated means tank. Over the years it has been moved to different locations. This French Renault FT 17 Tank can be found at the Musée de l'Armée (Army Museum) located in the Hôtel National des Invalides, 129 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris. You can read more about that by clicking here.Surviving WW1 French Renault FT-17 Tank in Paris Musee de l'armee Surviving French WW1 Tanks The gamer, identifying as Challenger 2 commander, posted a classified document online in order to improve the accuracy of the design of the tank in the game ‘War Thunder’. The user posted a classified document online relating to the Challenger 2 in order to improve the accuracy of the design of the tank in-game.Ĭlassified Challenger tank specs leaked online for videogame This is not the first time classified tank documents have been leaked on the War Thunder forums.Įarlier this year, another War Thunder user posted classified specifications of the Challenger 2 main battle tank. “Guys its not funnny to leak classified Documents of modern equipment you put the lives of many on stake who work daily with the Vehicles! Keep in Mind that those documents will be deleted immediately alongside sanctions. Moderators posted the following statement after the redactions. ![]() The tanker claims to have been a crew member on the Leclerc S2, currently fielded by the French Army.įorum moderators removed the content quickly, but the some of the information remains on the website at this time. The posts were made Sunday night during an argument between multiple users regarding the in game representation of the Leclerc. Screenshots below have been blurred to protect any information that’s not public domain. John currently hosts ‘ The Osint Bunker‘ podcast, a popular bimonthly production focusing on global events, you can read more about the podcast on our dedicated page here. He has also studied the Arab-Israeli conflict at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. John is a student at the University of South Carolina studying political science. It also has branches in Germany, Hungary, and Latvia, you can read more on the studio here. Despite the fact that Gaijin Entertainment lists itself as a Cyprus-based studio, it was originally founded in Moscow, Russia, where it still has offices today. War Thunder is a vehicular combat multiplayer video game developed and published by Gaijin Entertainment. A French Army tank crewman has leaked a portion of the Leclerc Main Battle Tank’s classified manual on the forum for popular online game War Thunder, the second time a leak of tank specifications has happened.
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