Historical References

[JohnRatzenberger]

Here ask questions and post historical information and references about the subject of the GB.

Let us not try to add too much to the volumes being written on this, the Centenary, but it would be nice to tie in the historical context of the models you build and to provide general information to others that might help with theirs.

Much of the photography of the period was black/white, documentation of colors and markings are questionable, and efforts to "colorize" period photos haven't helped much.

[lancfan]

A7V Sturmpanzer references.
This link is the main Wikipedia page for this type of tank
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A7V;

This is the useful Landship II page for the tank, just follow the links to A7V Sturmpanzer.
http://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html#;

Together they briefly cover the history of the series in enough detail to serve as a GB primer.

THe IWM Archive pages are also useful for internal and constructional details as they include pictures of the scrapping of their A7V "schnuck" prior to the museum moving from Crystal palace to Lambeth, there isn't a link as they are embedded you just have to search through the images until you find them but they can be downloaded individually.


David.