The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
At the 5th Tank Brigade demonstration ground, Vaux-en-Amienois, France, Australian soldiers inspect Mephisto, a German A7V tank. After being bogged and abandoned on the battlefield it was recovered on 14 July 1918 by the 26th Battalion and the 1st Gun Carrier company, 5th Brigade of Tanks. After been recovered from the battlefield and studied by the Allies, Mephisto was handed over to the Australian War Records Section for despatch to Australia.
The photograph is taken from the left rear quarter. Scattered on the ground are elements from the tank's interior, including a fuel tank and radiator (left hand front quarter) and a machine gun mount (under the rear towing hook). Resting on its end against the crew cupola on the tank's rear upper surface can be seen the underside of a portion of the tank's driving compartment flooring. The horizontal bar visible in the photograph is connected to the driver's steering wheel (on the other side of the plate). Turning the wheel throttles one engine up and the other down, and thus steers the tank.
"An enemy tank captured by the 26th Battalion at Monument Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, France, on July 14th, 1918. An enemy artist had painted a scene on the front of the tank representing a German
"A German tank captured by the 26th Australian battalion, at Monument Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, in France, on July 14th, 1918, and subsequently salved for the Australian War Museum by the 5th Bri
An Australian soldier climbs on Mephisto, a German A7V tank which was disabled during an attack on British units at Monument Wood, south of Villers-Bretonneux, on 24 April 1918. After being bogged an
An Australian soldier climbs on Mephisto, a German A7V tank which was disabled during an attack on British units at Monument Wood, south of Villers-Bretonneux, on 24 April 1918. After being bogged an
ST. LUCIA, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. 1942-10. A CAPTURED JAPANESE TYPE 2 KA-MI AMPHIBIOUS TANK WITH AMPHIBIOUS ATTACHMENTS. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE REAR FLOAT WITH STEERING WHEEL. TANK ARMAMENT CONSISTS OF
A German A7V tank and its crew. (Copied from a photograph, taken from a German officer at Harbonnieres, August 1918.) Crew members of A7V tank ‘Baden I’ pose with their musical instruments. The signs
