Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO AEROPLANE REPLICA A7V 'SCHNUCK' REPLICA WW1 ERA GERMAN HEAVY TANK. THE A7V WAS GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO BRITISH TANKS WHICH HAD FIRST APPEARED ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN SEPTEMBER 1916. TWENTY WERE BUILT AND SAW SERVICE BETWEEN MARCH AND OCTOBER 1918. THEY WERE ARMED WITH A 57MM GUN AND SIX MG08 MACHINE GUNS. THIS NEEDED AN OFFICIAL CREW OF EIGHTEEN BUT AS MANY AS TWENTY FIVE MEN WERE OFTEN ON BOARD. THIS REPLICA REPRESENTS CHASSIS NO 504 WHICH WAS CAPTURED IN AUGUST 1918 AND DISPLAYED ON HORSEGUARDS PARADE IN LONDON UNTIL GIFTED TO THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM DURING 1919. SADLY IT WAS BROKEN UP IN 1922 WITH ONLY THE MAIN GUN SAVED. THE ONLY GENUINE SURVIVOR IS IN AUSTRALIA. IT IS SEEN PREPARING TO TAKE PART IN THE 'TANKFEST 2017' EVENT HELD AT 'THE TANK MUSEUM' BOVINGTON CAMP DORSET UK. 24TH JUNE 2017 THE FOLLOWING INFO IS FROM THE TANK MUSEUM WEBSITE:- 'THE NAME A7V IS AN ABBREVIATION OF THE ORGANISATION WITHIN THE GERMAN WAR DEPARTMENT THAT CREATED IT: `ALLGEMEINES KREIGSDEPARTMENT 7. ABTEILUNG VERKEHRSWESSEN`. THIS TRANSLATES AS 'GENERAL WAR DEPARTMENT 7 BRANCH TRANSPORTATION'. THE TANK MUSEUM HAS A FULL-SIZE WORKING REPLICA OF AN A7V BUILT IN THE UK BY ARMOUR ENTHUSIAST AND MUSEUM FRIEND BOB GRUNDY FROM PLYWOOD AND ANGLE IRON ON THE CHASSIS OF AN AGRICULTURAL TRACKED VEHICLE. THOUGHT TO BE THE ONLY OPERATIONAL REPLICA IN THE WORLD IT IS IDENTICAL IN APPEARANCE AND NAMED `SCHNUCK` AFTER ONE OF THE ORIGINALS. `SCHNUCK` WAS CAPTURED BY NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS IN AUGUST 1918 BEFORE BEING DISPLAYED IN LONDON. IT WAS SADLY BROKEN UP FOR SCRAP IN THE EARLY 1920'S AROUND THE SAME TIME THE TANK MUSEUM WAS BEING PROPOSED TO PRESERVE EXAMPLES OF THE FIRST BRITISH TANKS. ONLY ONE ORIGINAL A7V REMAINS. IT WAS CAPTURED BY AN AUSTRALIAN REGIMENT WHO HAD IT SHIPPED HOME TO BRISBANE WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM.' COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSO PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO AWILSON-7878 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Wilson obtained from FLICKR and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Transportation
Sub-Theme: Aeroplane
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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