Afghan-Renault-FT-17

French Tanks of the Interwar Decades

On 20 October, the Afghan Defence Ministry officially handed over the historic vehicle to Polish Ambassador in Kabul Piotr Łukasiewicz. The Russians probably seized the tank during the 1920 war, and presented it as a gift to the then Afghan emir in 1923.

On 20 October, the Afghan Defence Ministry officially handed over the historic vehicle to Polish Ambassador in Kabul Piotr Łukasiewicz. The Russians probably seized the tank during the 1920 war, and presented it as a gift to the then Afghan emir in 1923.

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