(two female machine gun-armed tanks and one male with two 6-pounderĭuring the battle, tanks on both sides were damaged.Īccording to the lead tank commander, Second Lieutenant Frank Taking part in an attack with infantry incidentally met three Mark IVs The first tank against tank combat in history took place on 24 Aprilġ918 when three A7Vs (including chassis number 561, known as "Nixe") Then if we look at operational History of the A7V tank, we get a brief overview of the Battle:
On Apat the Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux - aīattle in which there was no clear winner. The A7V would be involved in the first tank vs.
Germans successfully recover the abandoned AV7 of Wilhelm Blitz. A German mortar team scored a hit on the sole Male Mk IV., causing it to lose a track, thereby forcing it to be abandoned. Four of the 7 Whippets get destroyed by German infantry. Male Mk IV turns to German infantry, reinforced by 7 Whippet tanks. IV took the initiative and knocked out the leading German A7V, scoring multiple hits on the enemy even after the tank was disabled and was being evacuated, resulting in death of 5 German soldiers. IV's were forced to retreat after taking damage as their armaments were useless against German armor. By happenstance, the two detachments came face to face. Females had only machine guns while male was armed with 6 pounder gun. Three German A7Vs and same number of British Mark IV units(Two females and one male) were supporting their respective infantry units in operations.
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