Meng Model 1/35 TS-017S German A7V Tank (Krupp) and Engine Plastic Model Kit

- A German tank from World War I is available as a limited edition with engine parts.
- The A7V tank is the first German tank to be put into combat, with a completely different design from the earlier British Mk.I tank.
- The kit is [MENTS-017] with resin engine parts attached, and the total length when completed is 229mm, and the overall width is 100mm.
- Hatch and inspection door can be opened or closed.

- At the Battle of the Somme, the British Mk.I tanks were locally effective, and were met with shock by the Germans, who were confident of their machine guns and artillery.
- Germany realized this and immediately started developing tanks.
- After some twists and turns, in early 1918 the first German tank, the A7V, entered combat.
- This tank looked like a [Moving Tride] with a diamond-shaped body. Completely different from modern tanks.
- Usually had 16-18 crew members, sometimes with more, up to 26. As a result, it became the tank with the most crew in the world.
- The A7V uses a Holt Tractor chassis, two Daimler 100 hp 4-cylinder liquid-cooled petrol engines, a Nordenfeld 57mm cannon and six 7.92mm MG08 heavy machine guns.
- Early A7V production was handled by Krupp and the Röchling Group.
- The Krupp armor plates were slightly bent and due to wartime resource shortages, the armor plates were cut into five pieces and reassembled instead of the standard homogeneously rolled armor plates.
- The A7V was put into action towards the end of World War I, but was unable to turn the tide of the war.
- However, Germany took advantage of this to develop tanks and became a tank kingdom.
- Currently the only surviving A7V tank 506 is on display at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia.
- Another 563 was made a replica and is on display at the Munster Tank Museum in Germany.
- Unfortunately, these two A7V's are not made by Krupp.

Item Size/Weight : 38.4 x 24.8 x 8.8 cm / 1015g