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| Tango01 | 05 Apr 2019 12:28 p.m. PST |
"The birth of tank building during WWI did not go unnoticed by the Russian Empire. Pokrovshikov's Vezdekhod tank is often mentioned in this context, but this demonstration vehicle did not bring much value. The Tsar-Tank, aka Netopyr, designed by Lebedenko was equally useless. It was the largest tank in history, but its list of achievements ends there. In practice, the history of Russian tank building seriously began after the October revolution. Its first step was to copy the successful French Renault FT tank. The neglected state of the Russian automotive industry resulted in even Russian armoured cars being built on foreign truck chassis. These conversions were mostly done by the Izhora and Putilov factories in Petrograd. A portion of armoured cars was also produced at the Obuhov factory, located in the same city. The Russian Imperial army did not live to see deliveries of tanks from France. Initially the Schneider CA 1 was considered, but by the fall of 1917 information about the Renault FT was obtained. These tanks did arrive in Russia, but not as military aid against Germany. On December 12th, 1918, 20 of these tanks from the French 303rd Assault Artillery Regiment landed in Odessa….#
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