French Renault FT-17 light tank which was captured by the Soviets during the Polish-Bolshevik War in 1920, afterwards donated by the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Afghanistan – photo shows U.S. soldiers with the tank, c. 2005. [598 x 498]
by _Tegan_Quin
3 Comments
Yeah, you gonna want to Indiana Jones the shit out of that.
Tank was handled to Poland and now is in Polish Army Museum in Warsaw after restoration
The backstory is bullshit, was never proven, and generally was probably just used to argument the retrieval of this tank. Yes, Poland did use the same type during the 1920 war, but this piece was (most probably) bought second-hand in France by Afghanistan in late 1920s. Soviets did deliver some weaponry to Afghanistan in 1920s-1930s (and it’s decently researched), but not these tanks.