Tag: world war one
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Saint-Chamond
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: France Period: World War 1 Location: Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France Armoured pioneer The Saint-Chamond was the second French tank ever to be fielded in May 1917. It was developed in parallel to the rival Schneider CA1, used the exact same Holt caterpillar tractor chassis and was also equipped with a…
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Sturmpanzerwagen A7V (Replica)
Type: Heavy TankNation: GermanyPeriod: World War 1Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK The first tank battle The A7V was deployed for the first time on 21 March 1918 at the Canal de Saint-Quentin in Northern France. The first tank-on-tank engagement in history would take place only a month later. On 24 April three German A7Vs…