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 Russians weren't the only country tinkering with odd combat vehicles during WWI, though: The German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V makes the list of the weirdest tanks in history.

Today, Panzer is a loanword, notably in the context of the German military. But it is a bit more confusing because the first German “tank” was the Sturmpanzerwagen (Armored assault vehicle) A7V.

Der A7V war der erste deutsche Panzer im Ersten Weltkrieg. Ralf Raths vom Deutschen Panzermuseum stellt den Sturmpanzerwagen in diesem Beitrag vor.

The only remaining German A7V tank in the world has returned to the Queensland Museum to be at the heart of the Anzac Legacy Gallery, marking a century since the end of World War I. The Mephisto ...