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James H


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I think this is new. Diary of Spanish tanker during Rif War, with many photos of vehicles.

http://home.comcast.net/~dapena/tanks/cipri.htm



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Marvelous, I was wondering how one came to be in Mali.

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Nice page, thank you for sharing.
Some of the pictures are new to me, others have been published elswhere.
Most of the pictures of Spanish Ft,s show Berliet turreted tanks, either of French or Polish origin, but of the two remaining Fts in Spain there's one which each type of turret.

I'm attaching pictures from these two, first ones are from the Berliet at Madrid (Goloso Barracks), the last ones from the Renault at Zaragoza (Gral Quintana Barracks). The last picture shows a reference number cast in the Renault turreted tank's suspension.



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When was the photo of the Zaragoza tank, infront of the red brick building, taken? It's got a different (& fake) gun barrel now.

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There're around 5 years in between. There was a project to put it in working order (a T-26 was made work shortly before) but the huge radiator between the fighting compartment and engine was far beyond repair... In the end, it was only repainted.

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Martin Windrows book "Our friends beneath the sands" mentions the Renault in use by the French and Spanish in Morroco during the the Rif War there are several entrys but of course its mainly about the FFL... a good read and lots of usefull references bibliography etc.... may actually be helpfull in dating the pics

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There is some information on Wayne McCullough's Paperpanzers website about the Spanish FTs in Morocco: Paper Panzers FT Page

Regards,

Charlie



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