Considering the top speed of the Renault FT I'm not sure you can call this running.
According to the Girls und Panzer website (which may have different specs from the real world version), the FT-17 has a top speed of 20 km/h (12.4 mph) on roads and 7.6 km/h (4.7 mph) on rough terrain. So on flat ground, the tank could easily outpace me, as the best I could ever run at my peak was only 7.5 mph (minimum pace for males in the military, i.e. 8 minute mile), and would only be slower than Olympic level athletes who can run up to a little beyond 15 mph (i.e. 4 minute mile).
According to the Girls und Panzer website (which may have different specs from the real world version), the FT-17 has a top speed of 20 km/h (12.4 mph) on roads and 7.6 km/h (4.7 mph) on rough terrain. So on flat ground, the tank could easily outpace me, as the best I could ever run at my peak was only 7.5 mph (minimum pace for males in the military, i.e. 8 minute mile), and would only be slower than Olympic level athletes who can run up to a little beyond 15 mph (i.e. 4 minute mile).
These speeds seem to be taken from the Renault NC, an upgraded model from the 1920s, the original unupgraded FT wasn't designed to go much faster than a walking pace. BC must have an uprated engine and rubber tracks.
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