What is A7V?
[[File:A7V Wotan.jpg|thumb|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.]] The '''A7V,''' also known as the '''Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement, Abteilung''' (English: '''General War Department, Section 7, Transport'''), was the first German [[Tank]], made by the [[German Empire|German empire]] in 1918. It was a response to the Mark 1, which was made by the British in 1916 and used at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. It was used in the later part of [[World War I|World War 1]], and the German Revolution of 1918. The Tank also was adapted into the A7V-U, and the 7V Flakpanzer.<ref>{{Citation|title=Tank Chats #49 A7V {{!}} The Tank Museum|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXO9VK1uyFs|language=en|access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref> ==References== <references /> [[Category:Military of Germany]] [[Category:German Empire]] [[Category:World War I]] [[Category:Tanks]]