Renault FT - Variants

Variants

Char canon: an FT with a 37 mm Puteaux SA18 short-barreled gun - about 3/5 of tanks ordered, about 1/3 of tanks actually produced.
Char mitrailleuse: an FT with an 8 mm Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun - about 2/5 of tanks ordered, about 3/5 of tanks produced.
FT 75 BS: a self propelled gun with a short barreled Blockhaus Schneider 75mm gun - at least 39 tanks were produced.
Char signal or TSF: a command tank with a radio, "TSF" stands for télégraphie sans fil ( "wireless" ) no armament, three-men crew, 300 ordered, at least 188 produced.
FT modifié 31: upgraded tanks with 7.5 mm Reibel machine gun. This modification started in 1931 on the 1580 chars mitrailleurs still in French stocks; all the metropolitan guntanks were (at least officially) scrapped to build utility vehicles on their chassis and the guns used to equip the R 35. This version was sometimes referred to as the "FT 31", though this was not the official name.
FT-Ko: Thirteen modified units imported by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1919, armed with either the 37 mm Puteaux SA18 cannon or machine guns; used in combat in the Manchurian Incident and subsequently for training
Six Ton Tank Model 1917 - US-built copy, 950 built, 374 of which were gun tanks, and fifty of which were radio tanks. During World War II the Canadian Army purchased 236 redundant M1917s for training purposes.
Russkiy Reno: the "Russian Renault", the first Soviet tank, produced at Krasnoye Sormovo, a close copy.

Renault FT CWS: the Renault FT CWS or Zelazny ("mild steel") tanks were built in Poland, for use as training vehicles only (Polish combat tanks were French manufactured). These tanks used spare French engines and components. The hulls and turrets were manufactured to French specs in all other respects. 27 CWS FT tanks were built around. CWS is the abbreviation for Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe (translated as "Central Workshops for Motor vehicles or "Central Truck Workshop"), a plant in Warsaw which performed maintenance and depot level repair.
Renault M26/27: a development of the FT with a different suspension and Kégresse rubber tracks; a number were used in Yugoslavia and five in Poland.
T-18 – A Soviet derivation with sprung suspension.
FIAT 3000 - an Italian derivation.
Polish gas tank - A Polish modification built in the Wojskowy Instytut Gazowy ("Military Gas Institute") and tested on the Rembertów proving ground on 5 July 1926. Instead of a turret, the tank had twin gas cylinders. It was designed to create smoke screens, but could also be used for chemical attacks. Only one was produced.