“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill
I found out Mephisto, the sole surviving A7V is on display about 5 minutes from where I live (in Brisbane, Australia of all places). After watching, I went and visited it. So cool seeing it in person after such an in-depth analysis. Thank you Simple History!
@@kileytingey6828 the Queensland Museum where Mephisto is located has an amazing display including some very well preserved WW1 relics. Highly recommend if you live in the area!
we only have it cause we took it off the battlefield in the war, brought it back here, then forgot about it for years. good for history else it would have been turned to metal for weapons in later wars
@@bjarkiengelsson yeah it was...and it still was thrown away by dice and is heavily cheater infected. Out of 10 games...9 got at least one cheater in it that ruins the experience for everyone. Basically unplayable if you dont wear pink glasses ;D
Good lord every single crewman must have suffered some kind of permanent hearing loss. Can you imagine how insanely loud those 6 machine guns would be firing inside such a small confined space.
Can you imagine how loud, how hot, how strong the smell of all that gun powder was from all those Maxims was for the crew? When you said they painted Skull and Crossbones I couldn't help but think, "Are we the baddies?"
I cannot and I highly doubt there were any imperial Russian made mashine guns in a German WW1 tank. I don't know who made this video but it's highly inacurate. It's so dumb the speaker even confuse WW1 and WW2 at 00:05 seconds. To break it down: One of the crappiest videos I've seen in a while
i know the reference and meme but should you be interested in the actual meaning: many armies used the skull (and crossbones) symbol (even before ww1 and ww2) and mostly in a sense like "death or glory" or "give no pardon, take no pardon" etc.
Who here remembers that one WW1 flash game where you would periodically send out troops with cooldowns and could launch artillery and gas aswell as move troops between trenches and it was a side scroller battler? This tank being one that the enemy could send out if you play british or one you could send out as german later on during the campaign?
Did you really not even watch the video? They talk about it extensively. And it was a combination of British and Australian forces that captured it, not solely the Australian army either.
Mesphito was captured by the Queensland regiment after 3 or 4 days in no man's land and transported to there regimental depot as a war prize , if the British captured it it would have gone there instead . This was done when general Monash had finally used the Australian regiments together with an Australian commander for the first time .
@@kiwifruit27 did you not read what I said it was recovered by the Queensland regiment I didn't say who was involved the French and the maroi regiments also we're committed
What you have to remember about the A7V is, it's basically just a sample serie of prototypes compared to the Mk's which have fixed some of the more immediate issues by the end of the war. The A7V is rather innovative for the era in it's own ways compared to the FT-17, these are best explained by Military History Visualized when he visits a replica in a museum. The chasse of the A7V would also see other uses as a trench excavator, munitions carrier and SPAAG. A minor error however. A7V - is powered by a 4cyl engine Simple History - Draws it as a 6cyl engine from a british tank.
Great History video about the A7V. I've seen Mephisto. At the time it was on loan to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia in around 2013. I saw it while I was there as a parent helper on my daughters grade 6 school camp to Canberra. An impressive piece of equipment indeed.
Even in WW1 the German Army couldn't help fiddling with things and changing the tank. It's not even surprising that the same thing happened in WW2, 2 completely different governments and eras and yet they make the exact same mistake
The A7V was a heavy tank introduced by Germany in 1918 during World War I. One hundred chassis were ordered in early 1917, ten to be finished as fighting vehicles with armoured bodies, and the remainder as Überlandwagen cargo carriers. The number to be armoured was later increased to 20. They were used in action from March to October 1918 and were the only tanks produced by Germany in World War I to be used in combat.
I live in Brisbane Queensland which is where the only surviving A7V in the world is. I’ve visited it and let me tell you it is MASSIVE but it is definitely worth having a look. 🙂
You forgot to mention about one time the A7V captured a British trench and even the Brits gave the thing the nickname the "Moving Fortress". Don't believe me look it up with the Great war TH-cam channel talking about the German Panzer and the tank museum in Germany.
"Would a world, 🗺 war, 💥 2,⚁ American,🇺🇸 built,🏢 M1. bazooka anti-tank rocket, 🚀 launcher or the British 🇬🇧 built,🏢 boys anti-tank rifle, and PIAT launcher or Soviet Russian, 🇷🇺 built,🏢 PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 anti tank rifle, or the Polish, 🇵🇱 built,🏢 WZ.35 anti tank rifle, or the world,🗺 war,💥 two, 2⃣ ⚁ German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 Panzerbuchse 39, anti tank rifle, or the Panzerfaust disposable recoilless rifle, and the Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket,🚀 launcher, go up,👆 against the Imperial German, 🇩🇪 world, 🗺 war,💥 one 1⃣ A7V tank?"
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥 2,⚁ Russian, 🇷🇺 or Finnish,🇫🇮 built,🏢 Molotov cocktail, 🍾 🍹 go up, 👆 against the Imperial German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 world,🗺 war,💥 1,⚀ A7V tank by burning, 🔥 it when lit throw it at the A7V tank and watch it burn,🔥up,👆 in smoke?"🚬 "like barbecue?"🥩
"Really?" "Like the cold, ❄ war, 💥 Era Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 RPG-7 rocket,🚀 launcher, Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 SPG-9 recoilless rifle, Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 RPG-29 rocket, 🚀 launcher, or the world,🗺 war,💥2, ⚁ Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 anti tank rifles, or the Polish,🇵🇱 built,🏢 WZ.35 anti tank rifle, would bring down 👇 the world,🗺 war,💥 one,1⃣ Imperial German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 A7V tank to its knees?"
I Think Mephisto the German A7V is what we of Australians had captured during WWI In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front, A7V Mephisto became stuck in a shell-hole and was abandoned by its crew. It was recovered by Allied troops about three months later and, after the war, taken to Australia as a trophy.
the story goes is that the brits then ordered that it be turned over to them and that the ausies said "nah. thats ok well keep it." probably apocryphal, but awesome if true lol.
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥 2,⚁ American, 🇺🇸 built M1.bazooka anti tank rocket 🚀 launcher, or 37mm.anti tank artillery gun,🔫 go up 👆 against the world,🗺 war,💥1,⚀ imperial German,🇩🇪 built A7V tank?"
@@joeerickson516 it would be overkill,bazooka was more than sufficient to penetrate thin armored ww1 tank ,even high enough caliber and anti tank rifle would have no problem gone trough ,and I don't judge,but what's up with the excessive use of emoji?
The animation of it going down the street really shows how it would have worked well for capturing cities. Guns on all sides watching the buildings and the main cannon watching the road.
I love how innovative the Germans were, particularly near the end of the war. The first all metal fighter, the Junkers D.I was also developed around that time.
I still love how the first ever tank on tank battle involved both sides shooting each other until the ammo ran out, then everyone went home with nobody even seriously injured. They literally lacked the punch to hurt each other.
Excellent British humor. The Germans painted a red demon carrying a British tank away, so in return; the British painted an even bigger royal Lion with a paw on an A7V.
I read about the horrific injuries german soldiers had in the extreme cold in russia in ww2, and I always wonder, would it have made any sense to have vehicals such as the A7V simply to be hotboxes for troops to rotate in and out of as they were advancing, you know keep them in the rear, so as to keep troops warm.
I mean from what i heard the A7V was a bit ahead of it's time Having ligts and dials making the commander have direct contact with the gunners. And using it's height as an advantage.
imagine 18 germans all singing "this is my box! I am living in this box! this is my big box and you don't have my box!" while rolling in a giant toaster
The "female" version was not a modification of a "male" version (please note the German did not use these British terms). The only A7V which was briefly a "female" was tank 501 "Gretchen", which took part in first two A7V battles (21st March and 24th April 1918) armed with 8 MG08s. In May 1918 however, it was given a 57 mm gun instead of two MGs on the front and became a standard A7V. "Gretchen" was a "female" at the beginning because originally the Germans wanted to produce both "males" and "females", but later they decided to produce "males" only. Also, in reality the Germans used in battle A7V and captured British Mark IV tanks - only these two types. Although they did capture other types of British and French tanks, they were only tested, not used operationally. Mark IV tanks were used, because around 180 were captured during the war, many of them during the battle of Cambrai in 1917.
you contradicted yourself: it was very much a modified A7V, otherwise it wouldn’t have had a separate armament layout and convert so easily it was a failed variation, they chose firepower over useless extra machine guns
I live in Brisbane Australia & for years the Mephisto sat out in the weather in front of the old museum, I've climed on it, it is now in some warehouse being restored, I did not know it's history until recently.
Two British WWI Mark V tanks were found at the Lustgarten in Berlin, June 1945. The tanks were captured by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. After the German Army occupied Smolensk following the first battle of Smolensk the Mark V tanks were transported back to Berlin as war trophies where the badly damaged tanks were later found by allied troops in 1945.
there were 3 in varying degrees of completion by the armistice. there were also a small number of LKIIs that were then secretly sold to sweden and hungary.
@@brainflash1 Oh for sure! Are you familiar with the Colt 1991? More or less the same as the 1911 but they added a few more modern comforts and improvements. That's essentially what I would be going for
A giant breadbox of death! A nightmare to face in BF1, but great when you get your hands on it. A badass tank, if a bit overengineered. A literal rolling fortress tank and I love it! Gotta respect those crazy Aussies for saving the last A7V in existence. Bless those unknowing heroes of tank history.
@@thurin84 After a quick google search, it looks like some later war stainless steel canteens with horizontal seams were soldered together using lead, but were not completely made of lead. A guy actually tested several WW2 canteens for lead in the water and found all of them to be safe. The article is actually kind of cool, you can find it at the website called “thesmileygi” Article titled “Is it Safe to Drink From WWII Canteens?” Don’t want to put the URL as TH-cam will probably filter it out.
0:29. You appear reluctant to acknowledge that it was the British who invented the tank, "the Entente Powers introduced the first tanks... the limited success of the French and British tanks...", etc. First tank attack? 15th. September 1916. British. Battle of the Somme. First successful "blitzkrieg" style attack? Day 1. 20th. November 1917. British. Battle of Cambrai. First demonstration of integrated armour and infantry? 8th. August 1918. British. Battle of Amiens, described by German General Ludendorff as, "The Black day of the German Army". The first French tanks did not appear until April 1917. Do I detect some small resentment concerning the British in your commentary? Otherwise, why disseminate disinformation?
So, basically the Kaiser's engineers created an iron mobile student apartment that was poorly ventilated with weapons that were more dangerous to the crew than the enemy? Gotta' love that Prussian tech!(lol) Great video as always folks, keep 'em coming!
Thank you for the clip. It is always interesting to see something new from you. But sadly there are a few mistakes in here: Only at the start of production some of the first 10 tanks were bruilt as female versions. When they entered service all were converted to male tanks (with guns in the front). The second batch of the next 10 tanks were all produced as male versions from the start. So there was no female tank that ever was used in action. Some addition: The idea of the motor being located in the middle of the tank was a standard concept of all nations that produced tanks, with the British Whippet and the French FT-17 being the first vehicles with separted motor compartments. The idea behind that concept was simple: The motors were often unreliable and overheated easily. So it was important to being able to work on them in the safety of the tank, rather than being forced to leave the tank and repair the motors in the open. Another mistake: The A7Vs were not equipped with Maxim MGs but with mashineguns of the type MG 08 (a German design that based on the Maxim). Last correction: The A7V was never redrew from the front. The tanks were kept in activ service until the end of the war, together with a great number of captured British tanks of the type Mark IV. Thought there were no big operations as Villers-Bretonneux anymore (which also had to do with the devensive role that the German Army had at the end of the war). Sorry that I have added so much corrections. I really hope that you keep up your great work. Cheers!
I used to mow baseball field outfields and whenever someone hit a home run that hit the metal storage garage it sounded like a gun going off next to your ear. Now times that by 10 and you’ll know what it must’ve been like in a WW1 tank.
Mephisto was stored outside, down the road from where we lived at the local museum. We used to climb all over it. It was basically a box with tracks under it.
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Could you make a video showing the inside of the char 2c and Renault ft17?
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The face reveal and sponsor was outstanding!
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How many crew members do you want in your tank?
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“The tank was originally invented to clear the way for the infantry in the teeth of machine gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.” Winston Churchill
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On the other hand the same was true for the chariots of ancient warfare. Without infantry support they could become easy prey during some manuvers.
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I found out Mephisto, the sole surviving A7V is on display about 5 minutes from where I live (in Brisbane, Australia of all places). After watching, I went and visited it. So cool seeing it in person after such an in-depth analysis. Thank you Simple History!
I'd love to see her as there's not many relics from the early 1900's
@@kileytingey6828 the Queensland Museum where Mephisto is located has an amazing display including some very well preserved WW1 relics. Highly recommend if you live in the area!
wow, I really admire your can do attitude xD
Thanks go to Australia for looking after it.
we only have it cause we took it off the battlefield in the war, brought it back here, then forgot about it for years. good for history else it would have been turned to metal for weapons in later wars
BF1 is still massively popular, please make more WW1 videos, such an interesting period
BF1 was the last good Battlefield.
@@bjarkiengelsson yeah it was...and it still was thrown away by dice and is heavily cheater infected. Out of 10 games...9 got at least one cheater in it that ruins the experience for everyone. Basically unplayable if you dont wear pink glasses ;D
@@bjarkiengelsson dude you’re insufferable
BF1 More popular than bf2042 😂
You should play Verdun
Good lord every single crewman must have suffered some kind of permanent hearing loss. Can you imagine how insanely loud those 6 machine guns would be firing inside such a small confined space.
No no, it's ok, the diesel fumes and heat did enough brain damage that hearing was the least of your issues.
WHAT?!
I can't even fathom those conditions lol. I had cardiac arrest already i would drop dead so fast in there. I don't take for granted how spoiled i am 😂
I'm sure the sound is being put outside cause that's where it mostly dissipates.
@@bruhism173 You've never been in a tank before then..
Can you imagine how loud, how hot, how strong the smell of all that gun powder was from all those Maxims was for the crew? When you said they painted Skull and Crossbones I couldn't help but think, "Are we the baddies?"
Michell and Webb reference!
I cannot and I highly doubt there were any imperial Russian made mashine guns in a German WW1 tank. I don't know who made this video but it's highly inacurate. It's so dumb the speaker even confuse WW1 and WW2 at 00:05 seconds.
To break it down: One of the crappiest videos I've seen in a while
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i know the reference and meme but should you be interested in the actual meaning: many armies used the skull (and crossbones) symbol (even before ww1 and ww2) and mostly in a sense like "death or glory" or "give no pardon, take no pardon" etc.
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I have missed this kind of artwork. It feels like I am watching Simple History in 2017 - 18. Nostalgic
Only 20 were ever made. (Which is why in Battlefield 1 the entire front is filled with them, obviously.)
Hollywood and game companies know nothing about war history.
Game balance
The multiplayer cant be 100% accurate
The campaign though...
Everyone knows about the 5 of 20 A7Vs sent to encircle Cambrai. :)
It makes obvious sense though. DICE clearly needed a big cat to fill the heavy tank role. And there's no one better to fill the role.
Who here remembers that one WW1 flash game where you would periodically send out troops with cooldowns and could launch artillery and gas aswell as move troops between trenches and it was a side scroller battler? This tank being one that the enemy could send out if you play british or one you could send out as german later on during the campaign?
I remember playing that on the browser at school in IT lessons. Just unearthed a hidden memory there!
Ah yes warfare 1917
Warfare 1917
Yesss❤ nostalgia
Warfare 1917 and then they made Warfare 1944
It was cool to actually see the voice behind these Simple History videos. Kudos!
Man, I love technical videos like this
There is a A7V called “Mephisto” in Brisbane, Australia. It was recovered by the Australian Army, not the British.
Yeah it's at the QLD museum now👍
Interesting display of war trophy's there.
Did you really not even watch the video? They talk about it extensively. And it was a combination of British and Australian forces that captured it, not solely the Australian army either.
Mesphito was captured by the Queensland regiment after 3 or 4 days in no man's land and transported to there regimental depot as a war prize , if the British captured it it would have gone there instead . This was done when general Monash had finally used the Australian regiments together with an Australian commander for the first time .
It’s the only surviving A7V and both armies were involved
@@kiwifruit27 did you not read what I said it was recovered by the Queensland regiment I didn't say who was involved the French and the maroi regiments also we're committed
What you have to remember about the A7V is, it's basically just a sample serie of prototypes compared to the Mk's which have fixed some of the more immediate issues by the end of the war.
The A7V is rather innovative for the era in it's own ways compared to the FT-17, these are best explained by Military History Visualized when he visits a replica in a museum.
The chasse of the A7V would also see other uses as a trench excavator, munitions carrier and SPAAG.
A minor error however.
A7V - is powered by a 4cyl engine
Simple History - Draws it as a 6cyl engine from a british tank.
This is one of the coolest videos you've ever done, reminds me of the cross sections of the encyclopedias of my childhood, so awesome
Having seen Mephisto when it was at the AWM, I was amazed at how small it was for such a large crew.
Great History video about the A7V.
I've seen Mephisto. At the time it was on loan to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia in around 2013. I saw it while I was there as a parent helper on my daughters grade 6 school camp to Canberra. An impressive piece of equipment indeed.
Even in WW1 the German Army couldn't help fiddling with things and changing the tank. It's not even surprising that the same thing happened in WW2, 2 completely different governments and eras and yet they make the exact same mistake
Germans tend to go for overly elaborate engineering to this day, just like WWII. It's in the blood.
you should look into Großkampfwagen-K-Modell! it really was like a landship!
Arent you glad we lost lol. Thanks to all the fiddling we boosted engineering progress in a short time. In hindsight things couldve been much worse.
The A7V was a heavy tank introduced by Germany in 1918 during World War I. One hundred chassis were ordered in early 1917, ten to be finished as fighting vehicles with armoured bodies, and the remainder as Überlandwagen cargo carriers. The number to be armoured was later increased to 20. They were used in action from March to October 1918 and were the only tanks produced by Germany in World War I to be used in combat.
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I live in Brisbane Queensland which is where the only surviving A7V in the world is. I’ve visited it and let me tell you it is MASSIVE but it is definitely worth having a look. 🙂
Like how tall is it? Like 9 ft 11 ft?
@@kleamagalona3328 yep round 10 ft tall it was
You forgot to mention about one time the A7V captured a British trench and even the Brits gave the thing the nickname the "Moving Fortress". Don't believe me look it up with the Great war TH-cam channel talking about the German Panzer and the tank museum in Germany.
"Would a world, 🗺 war, 💥 2,⚁ American,🇺🇸 built,🏢 M1. bazooka anti-tank rocket, 🚀 launcher or the British 🇬🇧 built,🏢 boys anti-tank rifle, and PIAT launcher or Soviet Russian, 🇷🇺 built,🏢 PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 anti tank rifle, or the Polish, 🇵🇱 built,🏢 WZ.35 anti tank rifle, or the world,🗺 war,💥 two, 2⃣ ⚁ German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 Panzerbuchse 39, anti tank rifle, or the Panzerfaust disposable recoilless rifle, and the Panzerschreck anti-tank rocket,🚀 launcher, go up,👆 against the Imperial German, 🇩🇪 world, 🗺 war,💥 one 1⃣ A7V tank?"
@@joeerickson516 do you have a stroke?
@@joeerickson516anti-materiel rifles would certainly perforate the thin armour. Shaped charge rockets and grenades would total the A7V completely
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥 2,⚁ Russian, 🇷🇺 or Finnish,🇫🇮 built,🏢 Molotov cocktail, 🍾 🍹 go up, 👆 against the Imperial German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 world,🗺 war,💥 1,⚀ A7V tank by burning, 🔥 it when lit throw it at the A7V tank and watch it burn,🔥up,👆 in smoke?"🚬 "like barbecue?"🥩
"Really?" "Like the cold, ❄ war, 💥 Era Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 RPG-7 rocket,🚀 launcher, Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 SPG-9 recoilless rifle, Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 RPG-29 rocket, 🚀 launcher, or the world,🗺 war,💥2, ⚁ Soviet Russian,🇷🇺 built,🏢 PTRD-41 and PTRS-41 anti tank rifles, or the Polish,🇵🇱 built,🏢 WZ.35 anti tank rifle, would bring down 👇 the world,🗺 war,💥 one,1⃣ Imperial German,🇩🇪 built,🏢 A7V tank to its knees?"
I Think Mephisto the German A7V is what we of Australians had captured during WWI
In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front, A7V Mephisto became stuck in a shell-hole and was abandoned by its crew. It was recovered by Allied troops about three months later and, after the war, taken to Australia as a trophy.
the story goes is that the brits then ordered that it be turned over to them and that the ausies said "nah. thats ok well keep it." probably apocryphal, but awesome if true lol.
Simple History has taught me more than any social studies teacher in my life. Deserves more views.
I’ve seen Mephisto in person and it truely is a beast of a tank
"Would the world,🗺 war,💥 2,⚁ American, 🇺🇸 built M1.bazooka anti tank rocket 🚀 launcher, or 37mm.anti tank artillery gun,🔫 go up 👆 against the world,🗺 war,💥1,⚀ imperial German,🇩🇪 built A7V tank?"
@@joeerickson516 it would be overkill,bazooka was more than sufficient to penetrate thin armored ww1 tank ,even high enough caliber and anti tank rifle would have no problem gone trough ,and I don't judge,but what's up with the excessive use of emoji?
The animation of it going down the street really shows how it would have worked well for capturing cities. Guns on all sides watching the buildings and the main cannon watching the road.
Molotov from above
I love how innovative the Germans were, particularly near the end of the war. The first all metal fighter, the Junkers D.I was also developed around that time.
Been a fan for 5 years
I still love how the first ever tank on tank battle involved both sides shooting each other until the ammo ran out, then everyone went home with nobody even seriously injured. They literally lacked the punch to hurt each other.
Love the accurate history vids
Nothing but respect for the engineers and designers behind these epic machines
Keep up the great work!
3:11 Nice touch showing the drunk German soldier falling over lmao. I love the South Park like animation on this channel
I just imagine all of the soldiers inside holding onto the ropes like a German military subway car.
A7V is a popular tank from WWl and everytime there enemy will definitely fight back , an strong and big destroyer is so heavy
Excellent British humor. The Germans painted a red demon carrying a British tank away, so in return; the British painted an even bigger royal Lion with a paw on an A7V.
I read about the horrific injuries german soldiers had in the extreme cold in russia in ww2, and I always wonder, would it have made any sense to have vehicals such as the A7V simply to be hotboxes for troops to rotate in and out of as they were advancing, you know keep them in the rear, so as to keep troops warm.
I mean from what i heard the A7V was a bit ahead of it's time
Having ligts and dials making the commander have direct contact with the gunners. And using it's height as an advantage.
yes, it was the 1st tank with a "fire control" system.
I really enjoyed this video ^^ I'm looking forward to your next videos
Very cool looking tank
This guy definitely doesn't look how I imagined him to look from his voice 😅
Omg I didn’t know Brisbane museum had the only surviving A7V! I remember seeing it in person 😮
lucky you!
Love these cross section videos
Seeing the Narrator still feels like a glitch in the Matrix, like we saw something we're not supposed to!😂🔥🙌
I was looking for a comment like this.
i know, right?
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Please more WW1 Content!
I love when channels do niche topics
“I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt to Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien
I love the diverse content on this channel! Been watching for a long time and always wonder what the next video will be!
I had the privilege of seeing the last surviving one with my own eyes, Mephisto was huge, even in comparison to a lot of modern tanks.
lucky you!
Aye! That's awesome we get to see his face unless that's not the first time
Tiger Tank: "Just wait till they get a load of me!"
imagine 18 germans all singing "this is my box! I am living in this box! this is my big box and you don't have my box!" while rolling in a giant toaster
The "female" version was not a modification of a "male" version (please note the German did not use these British terms). The only A7V which was briefly a "female" was tank 501 "Gretchen", which took part in first two A7V battles (21st March and 24th April 1918) armed with 8 MG08s. In May 1918 however, it was given a 57 mm gun instead of two MGs on the front and became a standard A7V. "Gretchen" was a "female" at the beginning because originally the Germans wanted to produce both "males" and "females", but later they decided to produce "males" only.
Also, in reality the Germans used in battle A7V and captured British Mark IV tanks - only these two types. Although they did capture other types of British and French tanks, they were only tested, not used operationally. Mark IV tanks were used, because around 180 were captured during the war, many of them during the battle of Cambrai in 1917.
there is anecdotal evidence (verbal only) of an unmodified saint chamond being used briefly by german forces before it was destroyed.
you contradicted yourself: it was very much a modified A7V, otherwise it wouldn’t have had a separate armament layout and convert so easily
it was a failed variation, they chose firepower over useless extra machine guns
0:14:King Tiger:"Dad?"
10:27:Leopard 2:"Grandpa?"
This is how I design armored vehicle when I was a kid
I live in Brisbane Australia & for years the Mephisto sat out in the weather in front of the old museum, I've climed on it, it is now in some warehouse being restored, I did not know it's history until recently.
3:14 never see that coming
Leopard 2: How are you today, Great Grandpa?
A7V: Shut up Leo 2, my engine is jammed again!
Two British WWI Mark V tanks were found at the Lustgarten in Berlin, June 1945. The tanks were captured by the Red Army during the Russian Civil War. After the German Army occupied Smolensk following the first battle of Smolensk the Mark V tanks were transported back to Berlin as war trophies where the badly damaged tanks were later found by allied troops in 1945.
I've been waiting for a long time for this video to appear, I mean you've already made a British mark series tank and not it's counter part.
I love the narrators voice. Very powerful, especially when he says 'machine gun'
Awesome video but cannot help a notice to audio bloop @7:50
1:33 what about the k wagon I thought it was built as well it just didn’t see combat also on that topic I have a suggestion for a k wagon video
there were 3 in varying degrees of completion by the armistice. there were also a small number of LKIIs that were then secretly sold to sweden and hungary.
I feel really grateful to see Mephisto in Canberra.
lucky you!!! i would love to see it one day.
german engineering moment
One of my favourite fun facts is the name “tank” was a code name to throw off the enemies to thinking they where talking about water tanks
If I was a billionaire I would have one of these things built up to modern standards it would be so fun
Make sure to give the 57 millimeter at least a partially extruding turret.
@@brainflash1 Oh for sure! Are you familiar with the Colt 1991? More or less the same as the 1911 but they added a few more modern comforts and improvements. That's essentially what I would be going for
"Gretchen", "Faust" and "Mephisto" all come from the drama "Faust" bei Johann Wolfgang Goethe
That's a British tank the painted devil is carrying? Well that certainly makes a lot more sense. Looking at it I thought it was a surfboard!
Simple History is very simple, yet amazing
So, if you lost one of these you basically lost an entire platoon worth of soldiers.
9:50 being trapped like that in the middle of warfare is a nightmare, I cant imagine how scary that is
Seeing someone speak with a "narrator voice" in person is uncanny
So, tanks a lot!
It was heavy but lasted pretty quickly 😢
These Cross section videos remind me of those books in elementary and middle school, How Stuff Works or something of that nature!
To be honest, I thought that demon painting on "Mephisto" was holding a surfboard. Anyone else see that, too?
A giant breadbox of death! A nightmare to face in BF1, but great when you get your hands on it. A badass tank, if a bit overengineered. A literal rolling fortress tank and I love it!
Gotta respect those crazy Aussies for saving the last A7V in existence. Bless those unknowing heroes of tank history.
I blame hotzendorf for this mess
Another informative and gripping episode. I also liked the face reveal in the paid promotion part of the video.
I think that tank looks kinda cute, for a war machine. Probably not what the creators of it want to hear but *shrug*
I’ve been watching your videos for over 8 years and this is the first time that I’ve seen your face I was genuinely surprised lol
Asbestos impregnated suits? That would not be OSHA approved these days lol
Well in WW2 the US gave soldiers lead flasks that were cheaper. Obviously, didn't last long.
@@Red14998 it youre talking about canteens, untrue. they used aluminum, stainless steel, enameled steel, and plastic.
@@thurin84 but I'm right. They weren't used long and there weren't a lot made
@@Red14998 proof?
@@thurin84 After a quick google search, it looks like some later war stainless steel canteens with horizontal seams were soldered together using lead, but were not completely made of lead. A guy actually tested several WW2 canteens for lead in the water and found all of them to be safe. The article is actually kind of cool, you can find it at the website called “thesmileygi”
Article titled “Is it Safe to Drink From WWII Canteens?” Don’t want to put the URL as TH-cam will probably filter it out.
"Good god, A7Vs, make those shots count, McManus!"
0:29. You appear reluctant to acknowledge that it was the British who invented the tank, "the Entente Powers introduced the first tanks... the limited success of the French and British tanks...", etc. First tank attack? 15th. September 1916. British. Battle of the Somme. First successful "blitzkrieg" style attack? Day 1. 20th. November 1917. British. Battle of Cambrai. First demonstration of integrated armour and infantry? 8th. August 1918. British. Battle of Amiens, described by German General Ludendorff as, "The Black day of the German Army". The first French tanks did not appear until April 1917. Do I detect some small resentment concerning the British in your commentary? Otherwise, why disseminate disinformation?
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I feel as if the newer videos are written by A.I
So, basically the Kaiser's engineers created an iron mobile student apartment that was poorly ventilated with weapons that were more dangerous to the crew than the enemy? Gotta' love that Prussian tech!(lol)
Great video as always folks, keep 'em coming!
thats the best description of an a7v ive seen so far! so stealing that!
2:13
"Mainly on the female variant"
You knew exactly what you were doing, Simple History...
BRO💀🙏
Thank you for the clip. It is always interesting to see something new from you.
But sadly there are a few mistakes in here:
Only at the start of production some of the first 10 tanks were bruilt as female versions. When they entered service all were converted to male tanks (with guns in the front). The second batch of the next 10 tanks were all produced as male versions from the start. So there was no female tank that ever was used in action.
Some addition:
The idea of the motor being located in the middle of the tank was a standard concept of all nations that produced tanks, with the British Whippet and the French FT-17 being the first vehicles with separted motor compartments. The idea behind that concept was simple: The motors were often unreliable and overheated easily. So it was important to being able to work on them in the safety of the tank, rather than being forced to leave the tank and repair the motors in the open.
Another mistake:
The A7Vs were not equipped with Maxim MGs but with mashineguns of the type MG 08 (a German design that based on the Maxim).
Last correction:
The A7V was never redrew from the front. The tanks were kept in activ service until the end of the war, together with a great number of captured British tanks of the type Mark IV. Thought there were no big operations as Villers-Bretonneux anymore (which also had to do with the devensive role that the German Army had at the end of the war).
Sorry that I have added so much corrections. I really hope that you keep up your great work.
Cheers!
3:14 this is the first time I’ve ever seen your face, I was not surprised in the slightest
I didn't know are man looks like this I'm not judgeing but surprised😎👌
There were some weird glitches in the video, otherwise than that, good vid!
I used to mow baseball field outfields and whenever someone hit a home run that hit the metal storage garage it sounded like a gun going off next to your ear. Now times that by 10 and you’ll know what it must’ve been like in a WW1 tank.
Mephisto was stored outside, down the road from where we lived at the local museum. We used to climb all over it. It was basically a box with tracks under it.
This reminds me of The Last Crusade, the way they filmed the inside of a tank made it look like a huge room and not a vehicle
i remember when there would be 1 video every few weeks. now there are so many videos that i sometimes dont even have time to watch them all
i love how this is their excuse for an APC in WWI
I love these cutaway videos!
I didn't know this much about Germany's World War I tanks! Another simple, yet highly informative video!
Loving the cross section videos, as usual.