Mephisto, a unique weapon of war and the only surviving German A7V tank from World War I, has gone on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra as part of centenary commemorations. Its ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. The first tanks were invented in a desperate attempt to end the agony ...

But combat wasn’t the point, as the design served as a prototype for the follow-up Leichter Kampfwagen II — or LK II. This upgraded version weighed nearly nine tons due to its additional armor, around ...

Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux. German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical lessons ...

Germany was unusually slow to realise and develop a tank, considering that in 1916, the British and the French had introduced tanks on the battlefield. When the British used their new tanks at the ...

The Germans captured the village of Villers-Bretonneux, a town already known from an earlier battle, but one that has since become famous in Australian military history. Its fame rests largely upon ...

The hulking grey war machine resembles a ship’s upturned hull, with one stumpy barrel protruding above the Iron Cross insignia. It’s a far cry from the Tiger and Panther tanks that ravaged WWII ...

Germany’s A7V was the nation’s first operational tank, entering combat in 1917 with six machine guns, a 57mm gun often of captured origin, and an 18 man crew. This episode examines its design, ...

Dec. 19 (UPI) --Saab is supplying mobile camouflage systems to Germany's Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH for use on new German army Leopard 2 A7V tanks. Deliveries of the Barracuda multi-spectral ...