Landships II

plastic fan · General

Speaking of Ft varients.....

Rectalgia · Legend

I read somewhere one (or more) BS variants may have been used during the Spanish Civil war by the Republicans. Sourcing of that/those and other variants were said to be through Poland which (is said) also supplied FTs to Uruguay, Yugoslavia, and China with a possible secret deal in the case of Spain if it was during the actual civil war (non-intervention policy would preclude open supply). All delightfully vague but Polish and Spanish sources are likely avenues for research.

There are mentions here: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/spain/Spain-2.html.

Ironsides · Legend

France Yes but�I think to late for WW1,�I have seen a�pic of�one ko'd tank in WW2 though... well actually two�"hors de combat"... by the way this is a self propelled gun rather then a turreted tank...

Cheers wink

-- Edited by Ironsides on Thursday 26th of August 2010 10:06:58 AM

-- Edited by Ironsides on Thursday 26th of August 2010 10:09:51 AM

kieffer · Commander in Chief

Hi Ironsides,

I think this is the 75mm gun tank, with only a changed turret, similar to the earlier but having seven sides, with an escape hatch on the left and a bustle at the rear for the gun recoil.
This type was taken in quantitive production. I think the gun was called 75mm S, so may be that has something to do with the BS?
As far as I know: trials were done with a 105mm Mle 1913 canon, project abandoned in 1918. Other trials in 1918 were with a 75mm Mle 1897 gun. Then the gun was moved forward, a second project having the same concept I think was the BS.
I must speculate now, did not find any records on further production or sales to other nations, but that might be very well been possible of course. I guess it was the 75mm that saw action in Spain.

-- Edited by kieffer on Thursday 26th of August 2010 10:45:10 AM

plastic fan · General

Thanks . I was thinking of making one using the Hat FT tank.

Hughbearson · General

Are they still even in production? I hope so...

PDA · Legend

Hughbearson wrote:

Are they still even in production? I hope so...

Are HaT still making the Renault FT models? Yes, I think so.

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plastic fan · General

From what I have read on the net Hat and Armourfast are now seperate companies, but I believe everything in the armourfast line is in production. This may be a good thing as hopefully Armourfast will bring out more W.W.I kits. A really good Mk IV and V are needed.

PDA · Legend

Word on the street is (I just love saying that); Hat and Armourfast�have always been�seperate companies, but HaT handled the distribution of Armourfast's products (and that has now changed, with Armourfast taking distribution back 'in-house').

None of that matters however,�because the two Renault FT kits are made by HaT, and always have been, not Armourfast.

One of the new kits by Solfig is a Renault 75.

-- Edited by PDA on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 12:33:27 PM

Pat · Commander in Chief

Also, the Armourfast catalogue makes no mention of the FT17:
http://armourfast.com/
It might be because their page are obviously still work in progress but I doubt that is the reason.

PDA · Legend

I'd say the reason is, the Renault FT kits are made by HaT (I think they are the only tank kits HaT make). They are not made by Armourfast.

-- Edited by PDA on Thursday 2nd of September 2010 05:19:31 AM

plastic fan · General

Thanks PDA. That clears that up.