A7V German Heavy Tank


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(updated  16 Oct 06)

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A7V
  • #501 "Gretchen"
  • #503 (un-named)
  • #505 "Baden I"
  • 561 "Nixe"



#505 "Baden I"


I based my model on the drawings in Bellona Print #10, with details taken from Hundleby/Strasheim.  I have the basic parts to make the three main variants of the armored version of the A7V - Standard 18-bolt, Roechling 31-bolt and Krupp multi-plate.  I have parts for both main gun mounts (bocklafette and sockelafette).  My intent is to model all of them eventually, including the gelaendewagen unarmored transport version.  It’s just a matter of painting them.

Note that the "numbers" apply to the chassis only.  The armored upperworks could be removed and installed on different chassis.  The upperworks don't have unique numbers.  This could get a bit confusing.  Also, the 20 armored A7V's comprised only 3 units at any one time, and individual tanks served in different units at different times, and were marked and camouflaged differently at different time, as well.

501  "Gretchen"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

502

Scrapped by Germans in October 1918.

503

Scrapped by Germans in October 1918.

504  "Schnuck"

Lost at Fremicourt 08/31/1918.

505  "Baden 1"

 Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

506  "Mephisto"

Lost at Villers-Bretonneux 04/24/1918, recovered by Australians, now in Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.

507  "Cyklop"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

525 "Siegfried"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

526

Scrapped by Germans in 06/1/1918.

527 "Lotti"

Lost at Pompelle Fort 06/01/1918.

528 "Hagen"

Lost at Fremicourt 08/31/1918.

529  "Nixe 2"

Lost at Remis 05/31/1918, recovered by Americans and scrapped at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Museum in 1942.

540 "Heiland"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

541

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

542 "Elfride"

Lost at Villers-Bretonneux 04/24/1918, recovered by French and displayed in Paris

543 "Hagen", "Adalbert", "Konig Wilhelm"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

560 "Alter Fritz"

Lost at Iwuy 10/11/1918.

561 "Nixe"

Scrapped by Germans 04/24/1918.

562 "Herkules"

Scrapped by Germans after 08/31/1918.

563 "Wotan"

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.

564

Scrapped by the Allies in 1919.


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