Why Germany was late to the armored warfare race

History · Published 3 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: While Britain and France were already deploying tanks on the battlefield, Germany struggled to respond. This video examines the development of the A7V, the German response to the shock of Allied armored warfare during the First World War.

The British and French introduced tanks to the battlefield during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette in September 1916. This deployment caught the German military by surprise, forcing a rapid shift in their design priorities to develop a domestic armored vehicle.

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