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The first German-made tank to see service! Popular in movies and video games, the Army ordered 100 A7Vs in 1917 with only 20 being delivered in 1918. It weighed 30 tons, 30-15 mm of armor all around and bolstered a 5.7 mm gun, actually the exact same as the 5.7cm Maxim Nordenfelt. If you remember the Mark IV post from earlier, it shares a very special title with the A7V, and that is being one of the first two tanks to engage in a tank vs tank battle. You've probably heard of the battle at Villers-Bocage , but have you heard of the second battle of Villers- Bretonneux? After heavy fighting the Germans were able to take the town and open up the railway junction to Amiens. 3 British Mark IVs were sent into the town, two females armed only with machine guns and the other a male armed with two 6-pounder guns. The A7V, specifically one named Nixe, opened fire on them. The two females were unable to harm the A7V but took significant damage, both of them missing parts of the hull leaving the crew exposed. The female tanks pulled back and the male advanced to avoid being hit by artillery fire. The two tanks continued to shoot at one another, but being on the move gave the Mark IV's gunner an extremely hard time aiming. The Mark stopped for a moment and landed several hits on the A7V forcing the crew to bail out. The next action on the Mark IV's end is questionable,as most of the A7V's crew survived and bailed out of the tank, in which the Mark IV then opened fire on the fleeing crew members killing half of them. Two more A7Vs backed by infantry showed up. The Mark IV was then aided by 7 whippet tanks taking 3 losses until the A7Vs pulling back(with the infantry taking a lot of losses too). The Mark IV now damaged attempted to retreat, but was hit by artillery and motor fire and had to be abandoned. Delayed this a bit, but still here it is!

Sadly as the case with many unique tanks manufactured in low numbers survivors are almost always non existent or very rare. For the A7V there is one, ONE tank that survives. It was one of the tanks abandoned at Villers-Bretonneux and was recovered 3 months later by Australian troops. As a war trophy it was sent to Australia in 1919 and put on display for the public. It is currently on display in the Queensland Museum....in Queensland Australia.
Oh,and the lineart is on instagram.
www.instagram.com/picture_panz…

Description
The first German-made tank to see service! Popular in movies and video games, the Army ordered 100 A7Vs in 1917 with only 20 being delivered in 1918. It weighed 30 tons, 30-15 mm of armor all around and bolstered a 5.7 mm gun, actually the exact same as the 5.7cm Maxim Nordenfelt. If you remember the Mark IV post from earlier, it shares a very special title with the A7V, and that is being one of the first two tanks to engage in a tank vs tank battle. You've probably heard of the battle at Villers-Bocage , but have you heard of the second battle of Villers- Bretonneux? After heavy fighting the Germans were able to take the town and open up the railway junction to Amiens. 3 British Mark IVs were sent into the town, two females armed only with machine guns and the other a male armed with two 6-pounder guns. The A7V, specifically one named Nixe, opened fire on them. The two females were unable to harm the A7V but took significant damage, both of them missing parts of the hull leaving the crew exposed. The female tanks pulled back and the male advanced to avoid being hit by artillery fire. The two tanks continued to shoot at one another, but being on the move gave the Mark IV's gunner an extremely hard time aiming. The Mark stopped for a moment and landed several hits on the A7V forcing the crew to bail out. The next action on the Mark IV's end is questionable,as most of the A7V's crew survived and bailed out of the tank, in which the Mark IV then opened fire on the fleeing crew members killing half of them. Two more A7Vs backed by infantry showed up. The Mark IV was then aided by 7 whippet tanks taking 3 losses until the A7Vs pulling back(with the infantry taking a lot of losses too). The Mark IV now damaged attempted to retreat, but was hit by artillery and motor fire and had to be abandoned. Delayed this a bit, but still here it is!

Sadly as the case with many unique tanks manufactured in low numbers survivors are almost always non existent or very rare. For the A7V there is one, ONE tank that survives. It was one of the tanks abandoned at Villers-Bretonneux and was recovered 3 months later by Australian troops. As a war trophy it was sent to Australia in 1919 and put on display for the public. It is currently on display in the Queensland Museum....in Queensland Australia.
Oh,and the lineart is on instagram.
www.instagram.com/picture_panz…