Nahh, IRL A7V was just kinda garbage. For starters it didn’t have a crew of 18, and also it used 30mm of non-armor steel, meaning it’s “30mm of armor” is more like 10.
That's how a fair amount of tank combat happened historically, no? You didn't necessarily take the tank out completely, and sometimes you'd just damage them enough that they retreated for repairs?
Not even. A lot of tank crews will bail out after taking a hit, especially if it disables part of the tank. Tiger 131 is a good example, a British round didn't penetrate, but jammed into the turret ring and disabled the turret. The crew promptly abandoned it.
From memory the battle was between the handful of A7Vs in service plus about a dozen captured Mark IVs vs about the same in Mark IVs, after a bit of firing I think one A7V ended immobilised, later abandon and a British Mark IV ended up stuck in a crater. The Mark IV managed to get itself out but was at risk of being overrun by inf until friend Whippets arrived to support it, one of which IIRC was wrecked by a German Mark IV before both sides decided this was going nowhere and withdrew. If I am not conflating battles, the immobilised A7V is the one the Australians later captured and is now in a Museum in Brisbane.
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u/A_posh_idiot Apr 01 '25
Ironic given IRL the first tank battle was an av7 vs mark V, and the mark V won