Mephisto, the world's only German A7V tank from World War I, is being housed in a massive plastic bubble west of Brisbane. "Only 20 of these tanks were made," said Jennifer Wilson, senior curator at ...

The Mephisto tank first arose as a sort of evolution of armored cars that were already starting to find a role in combat, like the British Royal Naval Air Service's Rolls Royce Ghosts of 1914. Such ...

The vehicles we know today as tanks emerged on a grand scale at the beginning of the 20th century, right before the First World War. In 1900, Britain commissioned steam-engine manufacturer John Fowler ...

Mephisto, a unique weapon of war and the only surviving German A7V tank from World War I, has gone on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra as part of centenary commemorations. Its ...

Here’s what you need to remember: In some ways, the A7V may have contributed more to World War II than World War I, as evidenced by Nazi Germany’s armored tank designs of the era which were quite ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While it’s impossible to know how well the LK IIs might have performed, they would have likely been a better use of resources than Germany’s failed U-boat campaign, ...

Michael Westaway receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He contributed an essay to the new book Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance. What can we possibly learn from the ...

The Germans captured the village of Villers-Bretonneux, a town already known from an earlier battle, but one that has since become famous in Australian military history. Its fame rests largely upon ...