Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 The names of the "Tank Boys" in the rear armour plate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) This is a shot of "Hagen", displayed at House Guards Parade in London. It was scrapped after a small boy injured his fingers in one of the doors....The A7V taken to Aberdeen in the USA was NIXE II, which was cut up in 1942. Edited October 7, 2006 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) This pic shows 506 Mephisto (right) being converted from a "female" tank to a "male" tank Edited October 7, 2006 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Mephisto arrived at Norman Wharf in Brisbane on 2 June 1919 and was unloaded the following week.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 into the museum grounds, thanks to 2 city council steam rollers. The tracks churned up the roads quite badly, but the steam rollers put everything right again after the delivery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 out in the open minus the tin roof (still covered in graffiti) - the tank was sandblasted and repainted in 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 being relocated to the new Museum in 1986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 The book I got these pics from is called "MEPHISTO A7V Sturmpanzerwagen 506" by Mark Whitmore, and is available from the Queensland Museum. It has a wealth of pictures, technical drawings, names of the various commanders and battles the tanks fought in.cheersJason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 (edited) Would anyone have pics of the old Aberdeen A7V? I never knew they [once] had one until it was mentioned in this thread.And on a similar note, does anyone know if others might have survived the war in addition to these two examples?A couple of others survived, but were unfortunately scrapped...ELFRIEDE was displayed in Paris after the war (it was used for target practice and had huge aiming panels painted on it). SCHNUCK was displayed with HAGEN in London until scrapping.Interesting to note - the Polish Army used the remaining A7V's and Renault tanks in their short territorial conflict with the Soviets in 1918. Apparently, the remaining A7V's lasted until 1926 in Polish service! Edited October 7, 2006 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Jr. Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Jason,Thanks a lot for sharing such nice pictures of the last A7V around!Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffken Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Jason--ditto on Douglas's comments...many thanks for sharing the pics, nearly all of which I hadn't seen before!Looks like there's still much to be uncovered out there on the A7Vs. Gaffken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) No problem gents - I'll put some more pictures up tonight when I get home from work.cheersJason Edited October 12, 2006 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hi all,Just out of curiosity, does anyone happen to know if there are any decent models, preferably in a fairly good size... say around six inches to a foot long range, of either the A7V or the tanks used by the allies? Thanks, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hi all,Just out of curiosity, does anyone happen to know if there are any decent models, preferably in a fairly good size... say around six inches to a foot long range, of either the A7V or the tanks used by the allies? Thanks, Dan Dan,An Italian company called Tauro Model offers a 1/35 scale kit of the A7V and Emhar does some of the British tanks in the same scale. Emhar also offers a kit of the A7V in 1/72. I have an unmade 1/72 scale resin model of the A7V sold by a company called Fine Scale Factory. The H?ndler/Traders-Info link on their site at http://www.finescalefactory.de includes an address for a dealer in the USA.I have seen scratch-built models made of wood and metal of various WW1 tanks in 1/16 scale at a local exhibition. They were very impressive and would probably not be difficult to make with a decent set of drawings.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Here are some more, starting with MEPHISTO's first commander, in the light coloured great coat Oberleutnant Skopnik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) MEPHISTO's commander at the time of its capture Leutnant Theunissen (with the EK1) Edited October 12, 2006 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 A rather sorry looking ELFRIEDE when it was captured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 and ELFRIEDE on display in Paris after the war, complete with artillery aiming marks painted on the armour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 the other side of MEPHISTO's artistic decorations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 an un-named A7V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 MEPHISTO on the wharf after unloading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 SCHNUCK after capture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 ALTER-FRITZ and crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 These 3 are the remaining A7V's from MEPHISTO's unit, from left to right - BADEN I (male), CYKLOP (male) and GRETCHEN (female)cheersJason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 These 3 are the remaining A7V's from MEPHISTO's unit, from left to right - BADEN I (male), CYKLOP (male) and GRETCHEN (female)cheersJasonJason,Most of those images are completely new to me, thanks again for showing them.An apparently original print of the image shown above with the three A7Vs and their crews was sold earlier this year on German eBay. I do not remember the exact price (it is saved somewhere on a back-up CD), but it went for several hundred Euros.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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