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Captured A7V

German A7V or "Abteilung 7 Verkehrswesen" (Battalion 7 Transportation) "Sturmpanzerwagen" (Assault Armoured Car) named "Mephisto" captured by the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). (Villers-Bretonneux, France, April 1918).

 

Severely damaged by a British Mark IV tank and abandoned during the 2nd Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, the Sturmpanzerwagen "Mephisto" was captured by the AIF and returned to Australia as a war prize. The only surviving German A7V of World War 1, "Mephisto" still exists today on display at the Queensland Museum, Brisbane.

 

 

Original Image Source:

United Kingdom Government (Public domain).

Crop, repair, upscale, colorize: RyanN81

 

 

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Uploaded on April 25, 2021
Taken in April 1918