Photos of French-designed and constructed Renault FT-17 and Schneider M16 CA1 tanks in Spanish service in the Rif War
Renault FT-17 and Schneider M16 CA1 Tanks in the Rif War (Santiago Domínguez photos)
by Jesús Dapena
(email: dapena@iu.edu)
(Photos courtesy of Santiago Dominguez, saludollo@yahoo.com)
FT-17 tank.
FT-17 tank. The picture is titled “Tank on its way to the enemy trenches”.
FT-17 tank.
FT-17 TSH for wireless communications. The picture is titled “The infantry command tank descending from its carrier.”
Two FT-17 and one FT-17 TSH tanks (in the middle), and two Schneider M16 CA1 tanks barely visible at the left and right edges of the picture.
This is a rare picture of a Schneider M16 CA1 tank in the Rif War. The picture is titled “Artillery tank about to descend from its carrier”.