World War 1 Tank FT17 Renault Restoration Track Installation
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- This is a short video showing the procedure for installing the tracks on an original FT17 Renault tank from World War 1. This vehicle is located at the Museum of the American G.I. in College Station, Texas.
www.americangimuseum.org
Mon père a appris la conduite sur le FT17 en 1942 au Maroc son régiment est le R. I. C. M. Class, 1926,merci de nous faire revivre ce tank couvert de gloire et encore en service en 1940, beaucoup de travail, merci énormément à vous et bon courage pour la suite.
That is one fine restoration! Excellent work, love the camouflage and the quality of the general work you did. Thanks for the video.
An original one?!
Man, you are doing an excellent job in keeping it in condition.
It might be in an even better condition than when it came out of the factory, 98 years earlier.
And for who's wondering
Yes, the front wheels are made out of wood
TheOtakuComrade really.........well it wouldn't get it over a mine.......then again no tank would get over a mine without losing a track
Shix Lo
Hi again, lol
Welp, it's WWI technology
TheOtakuComrade yes ww1 tanks are sh!t and I found this out by getting in one and why does this happen : almost everywhere I go I find you in the comment section?
Shix Lo
Of course they are crap, they are really old and rudimentary
It's like compering a FIAT "Falco" to an Eurofighter
-No idea, it happens with everyone that meets me
TheOtakuComrade heh lol
This is the mother of all Tank, the ft17 was the basis for modern tank .
Serge.california says who
That's not possible. Because the first tank ever made was the Mark 1 which was made by the British. So the Mark 1 was in reality, the basis of all tanks.
Kevin Fallis
No he is correct. this IS the basis. Rear mounted engine. Turret. Gun in turret. The British tank had none of that. It was just first in use
kirk stinson didnt you ever watch Horton hears a Who? A tank is a tank no matter where the guns are placed or where the engine is😅
wrong again. the first tank EVER BUILT was made by Leonardo Da Vinci himself. look it up
Nothing like a Renault. So iconic.
This much effort to put tracks on a little Renault FT. Can you imagine the effort to put tracks on a Panther, Tiger, or IS-2?
Maus yeah that would have been a back killer, would for sure needed a cable attached to a vehicle to pull them up and over. I think T95 used a pair of HVSS type tracks per side, so not as bad as one super wide track.
I cant...my mind can barely wrap around the idea of a land ship of that size. When I try to imagine moving tracks for it my mind just goes all mushy and coherent thought fails.
They doit wrong
Then imagine the Maus
panzerkampwagen IV imagine the Ratte (if it was made).
They coulda just yelled 'the track is hit and we can't move!' Then just wait 6 seconds and those tracks would have fixed themselves
Kreig Dernier what are you talking about...
World of tank ma boi
Kreig Dernier. Yep! So glad fixing a tank I war thunder is easier than real life, or at least is shorter!
Derek Nadeau Giguere. Or warthunder.
flying panzer VII yh of course
Great job restoring this piece of military history, TY for sharing
Such a beautiful, awe-inspiring restoration; thanks for sharing!
Impeccable restoration work. Looks great!
This tank it's the best world war one tank powerful good engine good armord and good gun and machine gun
It seems like it wouldn't like mud
Some people own trucks, some people own cars, some people own planes...Then some people own tanks.
yeah theyre pretty easy to buy www.mortarinvestments.eu/products/tanks-2#currency=USD
If I wuldn't live in Germany id buy one someday
But I might move out of Europe if Artikle 13 Kicks in
They actually made that look easy
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Got to see this thing moving and shooting blanks in real life at the museum earlier this year when they did a reenactment.
"Careful with that white panel"
Hits the white panel. lol
LOL I knew as soon as he said that, he was gonna hit it, even when he looked at it
sonyviva308 lmao saw that too haha
Screw yer modern powder coating! There's a hundred year old tank that needs your help. Lol
*UROD BLYAT*
Man that would be awesome to go out to your garage and see that sitting there!
Very interesting even though it seems to be quite easy to hurt yourself or worse while installing the tracks, and almost impossible to do it on a muddy battle field.
it's make for
trench
so mud doesn't scare him
Great video. Have a 1/16 model of this tank. Great camo btw! 😃
Looks like a nice restoration!!
Nice resto boys. Keep up the good work!
Is nice to see one of rheas rare beasts brought back to there former golry
I LOVE THE "DON'T BE CUSSING THEY GOT THIS ON VIDEO"... You know he wanted to say what the hell for!!!
I was a tanker in the National Guard (M60A3). Working on a tank without cussing takes very strong self-discipline. They are resistant to correction and tend to bite back.
Felt good to get some shiny new tracks!
2:27 That's it, join in now that the hard work is done.
I have a 1/18th scale model of that I plan to build ...great resto
Beautiful job guys !
man thats cool. you can just imagine them doing the same thing 100 years ago
Fico imaginando a troca da esteira em combate. Devia ser uma loucura.
When you realize that in the real world, hitting a tank with a hammer or burning it with a blowtorch wont fix the broken tracks in 10 seconds
Bf1 and Bf5 yeah lul
Congratulations for your job. Amazing. Gal Patton began in FT17 Renault tank in WWI when he was captain. Don't forget these brave young men from USA were ready to give their lives for freedom in Europe one century ago. A wink and thanks a lot from France.
Little story about this tank :
I saw others FT17 Renault tank in France, Invalides Museum in Paris and Museum of armoured vehicles in Saumur with the front wheels were made of steel. We can watch it on Wikipedia or on the web CZcams video. Between 1917 to 1918, Renault and others french companies built 3000 tanks FT17. USA built 950 FT17. This FT17 was the first tank with turret, cheapest, fastest 8km/h in WWI and to be built in production mass in a short time easily. FT17 tank was able to go through the enemy's trenches easily in the summer of 1918. It was used in a large numbers following the infantry troops and with aircraft assaults shooting in the german trenches together. In four months, the front lines collapsed and germans had to go back to their border lines before the armistice of 1918. It was the biltzkrieg before 1940. FT17 Renault tank was called the tank of Victory. In 1918, germans didn't believe in these tanks. It was a just a fat and big turttle can for them. In 1940, oddly enough, germans used this offensive tactic but the french forgot it.
I wanted to say within a fully rotating turret above FT17. FT17 was the first to use it like this. Yes, british tank MKII was the first entered in WWI's fights in 1916, during the summer, on the Somme battlefield, but turrets were on the sides with four cannons and so rotating of these turrets were limited. MKII was a heavy tank but FT17 was a light tank. It was a great difference with drivability and speed and also cost of production and mass production. The french learned about the half failure of Somme battle with MKII : too slow and not enough engaged and scattered and breakdown. And more MKII was an easy target for german artillery. In summer of 1918, FT17 made the difference with manoeuvrability, high speed for this era and above all used in large quantities. During the victorious counter-attacks in 1918, MKII was engaged in large numbers too supported by RAF on the german trenches. The german didn't believe in these tanks in first world war. It's amazing ! Suddenly, I think about panzer's tactic in 1940. French HQ forgot it just before WWII. In 1940, french tank tactic was the same battle of the Somme in 1916 but not summer of 1918. That's surprising !
HOLY SHIT THAT LONG
I am not reading this...
yes you could damage your brain
You forgot to mention the FT-17s in Afghanistan... (found by US forces in 2002.)
What a beauty! Thx for sharing :)
This is the 1st true tank that would pave the way for all tanks too come in the future with rotating turret and an integrated gun in it
Armored vehicles with guns in rotating turrets aren't exactly new in 1917
@@2adamast yea but the FT was the 1st one that was truly successful
2:25 in walks yellow hat to give a hand...what a guy!
my back hurt watching you guys do that . lol great job
You have done a really great job on the Renault. It looks like new. Please contact me if you need any help for your FWD Model B restoration and I will see what I can do.
Обалденный динозавр.
Классика компоновки.
czcams.com/video/MYLNXfiU25M/video.html
I love really old tanks.
I wish i had one of those epic traditional tanks
Same, so damn cool
all the cool stuf you and your friends could do in a ft17 renoult
"Careful of the White Panel back there"
Guy looks at it Panel "Ok sir"
Proceeds to step into it
She's beautiful, good job restoration he
When the zombie apocalypse started,the president wants that tank for def
Imagine gettin detracked in the middle field and having to go out to start retracking this beast
and thats why in batlefield 1 if you repair your tank inside it repairs track too
Proud owner of a 370 mm howitzer to scare off nasty people.
"Hey,you seem to restore vehicles,what vehicles do you work on?"
"100 years old tanks"
Very nice Tank Batterfield 1
we need an update wtf its beautiful
my dad is in the army and drives tanks sometimes i'm in the tank too with him and every time we drive down the streets people just look at us its really funny
Wow what a masterpiece
I ♥️ this tank
I love this thing in bf1
"TRACKS UP, LET'S GO!"
*Another shot*
"WE'VE LOST A TRACK!*
Très beau travail !!!
Wow WW1 French tank looks modernized
nice to see another vid!!
That's literally a backbreaking job ;-)
So you had the driver and the tank commander who did everything else,wow...
good video !!!im playing world of tanks blitz on the pc and there the tier 1 ft17 im love hem a little more strong frnace tank !
Cool, very close look,
I'm like the guy sweeping in the back in most projects 😕
That's really cool.
Good luck with your back surgeries
Yeah, good luck with yours, too???
I love this old tank but i feel an easyer way to thred track ,a winch or pullys perhaps.
This tank is masterpiece but it had one little problem the front wheel was made of wood so it was easy to stop the tank by shooting the wheel
Awesome 👍
according to battlefield 1 you need to use the wrench on any part to fix it
I love mon pays.
Luca Hulot exactement
Si tu veut le dire en anglais dit my country
c'est volontaire la faute ^^
Quel beau pays :)
Wahouuuuuuuuuu ! Splendide ! Bravo ! Where did you find the FT17 ?
Imagine fixing the tracks in the battlefield
Compressing the track tensioner would have helper....
Everything was compressed the way it needed to be. The way we did this was the quickest, and simplest was to do it.
how much is it??
Good Job!
A set of come along s would have been handy
what a beauty!
they call it *Croissant Warrior*
All this time, I've been calling it the French fry. That is so much better
Good job guys!
Steel toed boot territory for sure.
I guess they didn't want to mess up that sharp paint job. 63H 63B
Salut les gars. bon travail
Very good job.
What does the bracket held by chains on the back supposed to do? Seems like a good design in that they understood angling the armor.
James Robert that is a trench crossing aid. it helped "lengthen" the vehicle to help it cross trenches.
Would the original mechanics who worked on these tanks not have depressed the track tensioners somehow to gain a little extra length to enable joining of the two ends of the tracks? Just a thought for the now.
Très beau travail ! Bravo ! from where is this FT17 ? From Afghanistan too ?
No, Wisconsin.
Could of done it by running a sling over the rear sprocket and use the tank or a forklift to do the hard work.
Not really, the tank wasn't running yet, and we had no way to get a forklift behind it. It was easy enough., no harm done.
What's the name of this camo pattern? It looks so nice on this tank. What'd I'd give to drive this thing, lol.
Its beautiful
C'est une Belle tank
Everything cool 👍. But what's the problem of the guy with the blue jeans and the blue jeans shirt? 🤔
3:42 ah shit... Here we go again...
Did the FT-17 have WOODEN Front wheels? I’m asking because that front wheel at 2:29 looks wooden.
Yes, the front wheels of the FT17 were wood.
What a way to injure your backs ,use a heavy rope and pull the tracks on ,yes it does work, done alot of heavy dozer tracks this way.
The way it was done worked great. Thanks for the input, though.
That’s awesome
RENAULT IS A BIG COMPANY WE LIKE OR NOT
Didn't know yall had the fiat. I haven't been buy since '07 or so.
Was that a one-man tank, or could a second person be inside, too?
A gunner would sit on a sling behind the driver and operate turret and gun. Could also crank start the engine from the inside if necessary, though its an awful thing to do.
@@agwrangler Thanks
Lookin good
That wheel chain had a 750 kilograms
How can you protect the tracks from rust? do you paint it or what? paint can not last for tracks right? i mean it tears off during operation
It wears off some, so it will slightly flash rust if it sits for a bit. But as soon as you run it again, it takes the rust off.
@@agwrangler Oh i see, the tracks are still to be painted... What kind of paint will you suggest? Is there a friction-resistant kind?
Front idler is wood just weird .....how that held up compared to the rest of the track components
Held up beautifully. Unless it took a direct hit from a large caliber weapon, then there was no issues.
Have you guys done other tanks as well?
Tyler Eaton jes. 2 Shermans. 2 Chaffees. 2 M18 Hellcats, etc etc etc.