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Rick_Eshleman
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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

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Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:51 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V
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.

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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

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Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V
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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! _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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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

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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

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Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: German A7V
Yup! Ditto the Schneider.

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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 12:40 am Post subject: Re: German A7V
Actually, I think the Schneider is visible in the second color pic. Note the wire cutter and the view ports. _________________ 1/72 and 1/76 scale fanatic.

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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

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Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:25 am Post subject: Re: German A7V
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 _________________ 1/72 and 1/76 scale fanatic.

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