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James H


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There was a young fellow called Tucker . .
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Spencer Tucker, to be exact.

He is the author of Tanks: An Illustrated History of Their Impact

It states, amongst other things, that the A7V made its debut in March, 1917 (which is probably a typo) and that some saw service with the Polish Army after the War.

Haven't read it all, but I suspect more misinformation can be found within.

Update: "Major William Wilson." Oh, great.

-- Edited by James H on Friday 3rd of February 2012 05:51:15 PM

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I can't remember where James, but I read somewhere on this forum that the Polish thing is just myth; would be interesting to know if this chap Spencer has any proof.

"Major William Wilson"? Never heard of him. I presume you've read a bit about him then - not favourable?

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Polish A7Vs is a myth, no doubt about that. If Poland really had even one of these tanks, then there would be some documents and photos, but there is none.

Read here: http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/pol/polisha7v.html



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The point I'm making is that this is another badly informed work. He's obviously lifted the story of the Polish A7Vs from somewhere without checking it. William Wilson should be Walter Gordon Wilson, and so on. Probably not as wildly inaccurate as Albert Mroz's travesty, but it's tiresome that authors are perpetuating myths and making fundamental mistakes.

Another one to treat with caution.

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Mistakes mentioned above are, in my opinion, disqualifying and this book is to be avioded. There are many books worth buying, so why bother with this one.



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Hiya Gentlemen,

Isn't it possible that by A7V they mean the Überlandwagen? Not that I have seen any pictures of these in Polish service, but the Polish had at least one Lanz fully tracked tractor...

With kind regards,

-Arie



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Arie Dijkhuis wrote:

Hiya Gentlemen,

Isn't it possible that by A7V they mean the Überlandwagen? Not that I have seen any pictures of these in Polish service, but the Polish had at least one Lanz fully tracked tractor...

With kind regards,

-Arie

 

Polish troops did not capture any Überlandwagen - no documents, no photos, nothing... ;)



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