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A Ride in the WW1 RENAULT TSF Tank
RitaSobral
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 08:33 PM UTC
Greetings!

Here's a video from the latest Militracks where I was given the opportunity to ride in an amazing and super rare WW1 Renault FTS from The Weald Foundation!
I totally wasn't in tears at the end! 😂😍



If you are going to Militracks I hope to see you there this year!
Tank1812
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Posted: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 11:10 PM UTC
That is awesome, was the tears of joy or pain with the lack crew comforts?

Question, there was a wire going from the turret box to the top of the sled. Is that part of the radio or an aftermarket piece to hold the sled up?
Ringleheim
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 12:07 PM UTC
That looks like a lot of fun! I'm jealous!

Watching you climb in showed me just how tiny that tank interior is! I've seen one in real life at a museum, but all buttoned up. It didn't seem THAT small!

It really is quite cramped in the interior!


gharker
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 02:41 PM UTC
I have a Meng kit of this beast.
Totally cool.
GaryKato
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 07:58 PM UTC

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Question, there was a wire going from the turret box to the top of the sled. Is that part of the radio or an aftermarket piece to hold the sled up?


It is a grounding wire for the radio antenna.

Source: Trackstory #10: Renault FT
RitaSobral
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Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 08:24 PM UTC

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That is awesome, was the tears of joy or pain with the lack crew comforts?

Question, there was a wire going from the turret box to the top of the sled. Is that part of the radio or an aftermarket piece to hold the sled up?


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That looks like a lot of fun! I'm jealous!

Watching you climb in showed me just how tiny that tank interior is! I've seen one in real life at a museum, but all buttoned up. It didn't seem THAT small!

It really is quite cramped in the interior!




The FTS is surprisingly not cramped, I am the same size men used to be back then and quite honestly I have been in worse spaces in tanks of the same country and later period where I very nearly got stuck inside.

The one downside is that to look through the hatch you need to have a leg resting on the seat and another standing up so was a bit... hard to not risk my fingers being caught by a falling hatch because I had very little places to properly grab myself especially when the vehicle wobbled on turns.

At the end... more space than even a cold war RU tank!


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I have a Meng kit of this beast.
Totally cool.


Ohh nicee! I just got a Tortoise and Dingo car!
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