![]() Steel idler wheels replaced the wooden idlers fitted to French examples. The crew, a driver and gunner, were separated from the engine by a bulkhead. The M1917 was a US tank accepted by the army in October 1918 and is primarily based on the plans of the French Renault FT. ![]() This pattern, with the gun located in a mounted turret and rear engine, became the standard for most succeeding tanks across the world even to this day. It was cheap and well-suited for mass production, and in addition to its traversable turret another innovative feature of the FT was its engine located at the rear. World War I US Army operating Renault FT tanksĪs the American army did not have tanks of its own, the French two-man Renault FT Light Tank was used by US in the later stages of World War I.
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