Very Rare WW1 US Model 1917 Tank (Renault FT-17 Copy) Instruction Manual – Maintenance, tracks, engine, body – 1918

THE official handbook of the FIRST US Tank, namely the US Model 1917 Tank (dated 1918) describing EVERY aspect of this famous and iconic tank. About 200(!!!)) pages!! The manual has interesting information and beautiful plates / photo's / drawings about the engine, body, chassis, use, gun, the ammunition, the turret, the recoil etc. See photo's for condition - the manual is in used condition for its age (rear wrapper is missing). However, this is the FIRST original example we ever had to offer. Dont miss this amazing manual, which is almost never seen for sale. See also our other interesting military items that we have on offer on catawiki!History of the M1917 model tank The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank called the "American Reanult FT", entering production shortly before the end of World War I.[2] It was a license-built near-copy of the French Renault FT,[2][3] and was intended to arm the American Expeditionary Forces in France,