The Sturmpanzerwagen A7V was a heavy tank introduced by Germany in 1918 during World War I. One hundred chassis were ordered in early 1917, ten to be...

Mephisto is a World War I German tank, the only surviving example of an A7V. In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western...

(anti-tank gun) A7V Flakpanzer 1918 (anti-aircraft tank) A7V Schutzengrabenbagger 1918 (trench digger) A7V Sturmpanzerwagen 1917 (heavy tank) A7V Uberlandwagen...

tracked supply carrier built on the chassis of the German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank. When the A7V was first developed, the design committee made allowance...

in service 1913–14 and 1915–19 Wotan, an A7V (tank) that was scrapped by the Allies in 1919, also a replica A7V that was built in the 1980s Wotan I, also...

German response to the modest initial successes of the Allied tanks was the A7V, which, like some other tanks of the period, was based on caterpillar tracks...

technicality, the first tank to feature a pike nose was the German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V of World War I. The sloping of its frontal armour plates was, however, subtle...

stormtroopers. All machine-gun-armed A7V tanks carried two small flamethrowers for their dismounts to use. A7V tank would often carry a second officer...

includes some rare or unique types. For example, the museum has a replica of an A7V German First World War tank, the only example of its type in (continental)...

Schneider CA1 Schneider CA2 and CA3 † Schneider CA4 * Germany A7V Sturmpanzerwagen A7V-U-1 Sturmpanzerwagen † K-Wagen † Landpanzerkreuzer * Leichter Kampfwagen...

before the end of the war, and none saw combat. There was, briefly, one A7V with two extra machine guns in place of the 57 mm cannon. It was later converted...

gunner, loader, mechanic, signaller or messenger) of a tank; either an A7V or a Beutepanzer (captured tank), and either participated in three armored...

Department's motor vehicle section, he designed the World War I German tanks A7V, K-Wagen, LK I and LK II. Born the son of a master locksmith, Vollmer grew...

almost completed by the end of World War I. In June 1917, before the first A7V tanks had been completed, the German War Ministry ordered the development...

but the male tank, armed with 6-pounder guns, hit and disabled the lead A7V, which was then abandoned by its crew. The Mark IV continued to fire on the...

German engineer and automobile designer Joseph Vollmer, who also designed the A7V, the K-Wagen and the LK I. Vollmer was appointed to the position of chief...

Germany produced three prototype SPAAGs with AA guns mounted on A7V chassis known as the A7V Flakpanzer. Between the two World Wars, the United Kingdom developed...

over 400. That same day, 24 April, one Whippet was destroyed by a German A7V in the world's second tank battle, the only time a Whippet fought an enemy...

to the infantry gun role, the Germans used a number of guns to arm their A7V tanks and the guns were mounted in an armored casemate at the front of the...

First World War it was clear that the only operational German tank, the A7V, was too expensive to produce and had too large a crew. Therefore, it was...

with 35 reported to be battle ready. In comparison, over a third of the 20 A7V tanks built by Germany had been destroyed or captured by then. Most Beutepanzers...

Operating pressure: 12,000mps Higgins, David R. (20 January 2013). Mark IV vs A7V: Villers-Bretonneux 1918. Illustrated by Dennis, Peter; Palmer, Ian. Osprey...

be considered the first specialised tank gun. The first German tank, the A7V, used British-made 57 mm Maxim-Nordenfelt fortification guns captured from...

build tanks when Germany had previously only made one official tank, the A7V, and this design led to the creation of the Panzer I. "Original Leichttraktor...

use during the war. The French Schneider CA1 and Saint-Chamond and German A7V tanks were based on Holt tractors. There were at least three models used...

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Bretagne Touraine Anjou Normandie (Later renamed Lorraine) Berry Champagne A7V Mephisto Tiger I Tiger 131 T-80BV Alyosha T-72B3 obr.2022 Tsar Mark IV tank...

used synonym is Kampfpanzer, or "battle panzer". The first German tank, the A7V of 1918, was referred to as a Sturmpanzerwagen (roughly, "armoured assault...

started development only after encountering British tanks on the Somme. The A7V, the only type made, was introduced in March 1918 with just 20 being produced...

and machine guns having maximum armour thickness of 30 mm on the German A7V, while the far more numerous British Mark IV had armour 12 mm thick. The...