The History of: the German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V (WWI)

The only German tank to ever roam the battlefields of France and Belgium during WWI was nicknamed by the British the “moving fortress”. Big, tall and symmetrical, with sloped armor, surprisingly fast, bristling with machine-guns, it was indeed more akin to a moving fortification than a real tank. As it was basically an “armored box” based on the Holt chassis its crossing abilities were far from equal to the contemporary British Mark IV or V. With only 20 built of the 100 initially ordered, it was more a propaganda tool than an effective breakthrough apparatus. ----------------------------------------­­­­-------------------------------------­-­-­-­------ - Music promoted by 1HMNC - No Copyright Music Savfk - Music - Symbiosis licensed under a Creative Commons License.(CC BY 3.0) ----------------------------------------­­­­-------------------------------------­-­-­-­------