Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The first tanks were invented in a desperate attempt to end the agony of trench warfare. They ...

When the war started, he enlisted in the German Army and went on to design not just the A7V but other tanks as well. Vollmer more or less copied the design of armored train cars from the era.

Michael Westaway receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He contributed an essay to the new book Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance. What can we possibly learn from the ...

Tanks at the time were very vulnerable to artillery fire. The first and only German tank of World War I, the A7V, was a sophisticated model that was faster and better-protected than the Allied ...

The only German WW1 combat tank still in existence is set to go on ... Stefan Armbruster has the story. The A7V was the only German combat tank in World War I. Only 20 units of the frightening ...

The German Empire too fielded tanks during the Great War, and in some ways, their A7V design may have actually been better. The basic A7V design saw a large armored compartment mated to a ...

Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux. German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical ...

French troops stand around a toppled German A7V tank, Mephisto, at Villers-Bretonneux in 1918. The Mephisto WW1 A7V German tank on permanent display at Qld Museum takes its name from the painting ...

The tank is quite the traveller, having been on display twice in Ipswich since it was transported to Australia from Ipswich at the end of WW1 ... Mephisto is a German A7V tanks captured by ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The first tanks were invented in a desperate attempt to end the agony of trench warfare. They ...

The first and only German tank of World War I, the A7V, was a sophisticated model that was faster and better-protected than the Allied models that faced it. Capable of 9 mph, it was quite a ...

Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux.German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical ...