Mephisto, the world's only German A7V tank from World War I, is being housed in a massive plastic bubble west of Brisbane. "Only 20 of these tanks were made," said Jennifer Wilson, senior curator at ...

At dawn on 24 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux, a British Mark V commanded by Lieutenant Frank Mitchell spotted three German A7V tanks advancing through smoke and mist. What followed was the first ...

The vehicles we know today as tanks emerged on a grand scale at the beginning of the 20th century, right before the First World War. In 1900, Britain commissioned steam-engine manufacturer John Fowler ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mephisto tank first arose as a sort of evolution of armored cars that were already starting to find a role in combat, like the British Royal Naval Air Service's Rolls Royce Ghosts of 1914. Such ...

Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial and Director of the Queensland Museum Suzanne Miller look at rare German tank Mephisto now on display at the Australian War ...

The story of how the only remaining German tank from the Great War got into Australian hands has been commemorated in Brisbane. A book on the daring capture of a German WWI tank by Australian soldiers ...

Here’s what you need to remember: In some ways, the A7V may have contributed more to World War II than World War I, as evidenced by Nazi Germany’s armored tank designs of the era which were quite ...