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Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:52 am Post subject: German A7V

I was going through my photos and found something I forgot. The German A7V was at Aberdeen before I was born! If you can read the caption, it was scrapped. Rick

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

It was A7V chassis 529, named Nixie II.
Lost near Rheims on 31st May 1918 , after being hit by French artillery, & subsequently recovered by US troops in July 1919 & displayed at the APG. Scrapped in 1942.

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 9:35 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V

Pzkpfw-e, Thanks for the update, and original photo. It's too bad there was no sense of it's historical value in saving it from scrap. Rick

sil3nt · Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V

JG300-Ascout · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:09 am Post subject: Re: German A7V

- Pzkpfw-e

It was A7V chassis 529, named Nixie II.
Scrapped in 1942.

It might have been better than anything we had to field in '42!

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 10:14 am Post subject: Re: German A7V

Sil3nt, Thanks for sharing photos, it looks like the St. Chamond on 2cd color shot. Rick

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:26 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V

- Rick_Eshleman

it looks like the St. Chamond on 2cd color shot. Rick

That one went to Saumur, right?

Massimo

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

Yup!

Ditto the Schneider.

Costas_TT · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 387

Actually, I think the Schneider is visible in the second color pic. Note the wire cutter and the view ports.

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:08 am Post subject: Re: German A7V

Costas, Think You're right, that looks more like the Schneider tank. Rick

Costas_TT · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 15, 2012 Posts: 387

Well, it too found its way back to France in 1985. It has been restored and is the world's oldest tank in running condition.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..._World_War

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