Hi, I think I've found a new phot of the A7V 528 Abteilung 2 "Hagen". Whats intersting about it is that it has no observation turret. Tell me if you've seen it before.
-- Edited by Hughbearson on Sunday 25th of April 2010 01:06:41 PM
There is a photo of #562 Herkules in Hundleby & Straheim's 1990 A7V book with the tank sitting on a flat car with the cupola removed similar to the image of #528 Hagen. #506 Mephisto had the cupola removed when it was delivered to Brisbane from the UK in 1919 and was displayed without the cupola for some years (see www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference/A7V.html at the end of the images). I suspect the height of the A7Vs meant that they were too high for the standard British rail gauge - the cupolas had to be removed to transport them by rail to Britain. Both #504 Schnuck and #528 Hagen were transported to the UK.
