A7V [SEP] service entry
kW/ton(6.8 hp/ton), trench crossing: , ground clearance: .
Combat history.
Combat history St. Quentin Canal.
The A7V was first used in combat on 21 March 1918. Five tanks of "Abteilung I" under the command of Hauptmann Greiff were deployed north of the St. Quentin Canal. Three of the A7Vs suffered mechanical failures before they entered combat; the remaining pair helped stop a minor British breakthrough in the area, but otherwise saw little combat that day.
Combat history Villers-
and used during the Polish–Soviet War. However, the idea is dismissed by reliable sources, since the fate of each A7V unit that saw service in WWI is known and there is no known official record or photographic evidence of A7Vs in Polish service.
The design of the A7V is featured on the 1921 Tank Memorial Badge, awarded to the German tank crewman veterans of World War I.
Variant.
- A7V-U: ("umlaufende Ketten" = "tracks running all the way round").