1/72 Renault NC27

The NC27, in fact, was called “NC1” at that time, although there is some confusion, as the NC2 was being built alongside. NC27 was a postwar export designation, which was not more accurate than “FT17”, and apparently seems to encompass both NC1 and NC2, although the NC2 is also called Renault model M26/27 in French nomenclature.

The NC1 was at first chosen by the army, but with many modifications, which will ultimately lead to the NC28 and later the army designation “Char D”.

The original NC1 was never ordered domestically, but was exported, sold to countries which already had in service many Renault FTs, like Japan, Yugoslavia and Poland. In 1928, a single one was sold to Sweden for evaluation, as the Stridsvagn fm/28.