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CharlieC


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On Landships II there is an article on a artillery portee vehicle built by Renault during WW1 which is called "Renault FB"

I note that in GBM 137 in an article on the RALTs the same vehicle is called "Renault FP" - bottom of Page 24, GBM 137.

So which is correct?

I don't mind changing the Landships II article but I'd like to be certain. Are we up for another crusade like the Renault FT crusade -

which appears to have been won except in lurking corners of ignorance? The advantage we may have in this crusade is that few in

the anglosphere even know about the Renault FB/FP

Charlie

  



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IIRC Michel Tanker spotted this a while ago and clarified matters. Unfortunately, I can't remember what the outcome was, but it revolves around a misprint somewhere. I'll try to find it.



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Charles: Have emailed Michel, but no joy as yet. However, gleaned this from Pages 14-18 Forum:

les Caterpillars Renault, type FB, de 110 HP du type "caterpillar porteur", commandés à 350 exemplaires et apparus en 1917.

That rings a bell. I think FP was a misprint.



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Just to stir the pot or muddy the waters or mangle my metaphors ...

Wokepedia has it that the Renault FB was a lightened version of the Renault EG 4-wheel drive truck. It was not ultimately produced.

"In 1914, Renault developed a lighter version, the FB, but it was abandoned for concentrating on the EG."

This is a quote from: Boniface, Jean-Michel; Jeudy, Jean-Gabriel (1996). Les camions de la victoire: le service automobile pendant la Grande guerre , 1914–1918 [Victory trucks: automotive service during the Great War, 1914–1918] (in French). Editions Ch. Massin. ISBN 2-7072-0300-9.

A book I'd dearly like to get my hands on.

Charlie

 



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Charles - I think this is the explanation:

https://landships.activeboard.com/t65947860/stchamond-carriage/?page=1

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Thanks for that - FP it is - I'll make the change on Landships II.

Charlie

Edit: - And done - not painful at all.



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 22nd of September 2023 01:00:33 AM

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