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dubliner


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A replica A7V was up and running at Tankfest 2009 today.

There are a number of photos floating around the net, but the following is the best set I have found so far..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26943652@N05/with/3665814597/

There are also at least two YouTube videos, you can find them in a short blog entry I did on the replica...

http://filmpanzer.squarespace.com/journal/2009/6/30/replica-german-a7v-makes-the-rounds-at-tankfest-2009.html

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James H


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Fantastic.

It turns out that the company that built it is only ten or twelve miles from me. I'll see what I can do.

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Note Max Hundleby - with camouflaged German helmet - sticking his head out of the driver's hatch in one of the pictures.

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Realy?
The man with the white beard is Hundleby?
Great!

I have never meet him personally or have seen pictures of him. I just had a phone call with him in 1993 (?) - I was interested in his book, but it wasn't available. Neither in Germany nor in the UK. After I had found Rainer Strassheim, he linked me to Handleby and yes, ... he still kept some books. So I received 1 with his signature and a few pages of handwritten notes regarding mistakes in the book.

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I was at the Tankfest as well. A very atmospheric outing for the A7V. If I understood the commentary correctly the vehicle recreated is the one that was held at Bovington between the wars until cut up for scrap in WW2. I have posted a couple of (inferior) pictures but in a moment of madness I put them on the general WW1 tank forum rather than this one. Ooops.

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James H


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It sounds as if the A7V is constructed in the same way as Peter Jackson's MkIV. I had no idea it was being built.

Cristoph - it would be very sporting of you to share Mr. Hundleby's corrections. My copy is as it came off the press.

According to the info I have, Schnuck was broken up in 1919, and it was Nixe that was taken to the USA and scrapped in 1942. I should be happy to be corrected.

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James H wrote:

...Cristoph - it would be very sporting of you to share Mr. Hundleby's corrections. My copy is as it came off the press...


As is mine and I would also like to see the corrections. I understand one is the confusion between 503 and 540 (unless I have that wrong).

 



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elbavaro


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Well ... OK

I will scan the pages and then upload it here in the future.

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Excellent links, Thanks. I find the effect on the colour scheme at different times of day helpful.
Paul

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elbavaro wrote:

Well ... OK

I will scan the pages and then upload it here in the future.


As I am waiting to receive this book very soon I would be very greatful if you could share Mr. Hudleby's corrections with me and all other interested users.

 



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elbavaro


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I uploaded the corrections as a pdf-file just a few minutes ago in "references".

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elbavaro wrote:

I uploaded the corrections as a pdf-file just a few minutes ago in "references".



 Thank you very much! worship.gif



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elbavaro


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Most welcome!

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elbavaro wrote:

I uploaded the corrections as a pdf-file just a few minutes ago in "references".



 Thanks for that. Off I go to check the corrections...



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