This tank has an extraordinary tale to tell and went on quite the odyssey after the war. Today, just one A7V named "Mephisto" still exists. This is the story of Mephisto, where it is now ...

produced the first prototype — the Sturmpanzerwagen A7V — in 1917 at the behest of the German War Ministry's 7 Abteilung, Verkehrswesen (Department 7, Transport). This tank, literally named ...