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Another FT17 in Afghanistan


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I was astonished to learn whilst reviewing a book recently that II SS Panzerkorps had FT17s as long ago as 1944 at Arnhem. (Not in the tank battalions of the Panzer regiments obviously!) Assumed that they'd be a rarity even then. This is impressive.

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Must have been poor! Most captured stuff was pressed into service somewhere. I know the repalcement FT35 was used in Jersey. There is, or maybe was an FT17 turret at the Beauport battery at St Brelade, as a kid I used to climb up the cliff and sit on it. The current owner a certain N. Mansell, is a very anti social person and has placed it behind razor wire. (Apparently he couldn't get planning permission for minefeilds)

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