During its 25-year service, the Renault FT tank was used in many
countries around the world: France, Italy, Poland, the United States,
Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, China, the Baltic countries, Soviet
Russia, Japan, Romania, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland,
and Yugoslavia. It was in service during both world wars. The structural
arrangement created by L. Renault with its transmission and drive wheels
at the rear, combat compartment in the middle of the hull, and a movable
turret, has become a classic construction solution for tanks and is
still used nowadays. It was a base for new tanks manufactured in the
United States, Italy, and the Soviet Union.