Great War truck Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 The armour journal have posted a super clip of film of the German tanks Gretchen and Siegfried driving down a road. Actually much faster and more impressive than I thought they would be. Well worth a look. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=726029370850210&fref=nf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Great footage , thanks for posting. How tanks have changed eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 great video, never seen them on the move before. The film does look a bit like its been speeded up like a lot of older films do when played back, some of the figure movement looks a bit manic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 great video, never seen them on the move before. The film does look a bit like its been speeded up like a lot of older films do when played back, some of the figure movement looks a bit manic. I was thinking entirely the reverse Paul. Looks to me that they did a frame by frame restoration of the film, and then were able to set the 'play' speed by comparing the walking speed of the people. I think the tank speed must be pretty much accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeePig Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That must have seemed incredibly impressive at the time! trevor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 The A7V was quite fast for a tank of that era, 9mph on road & a nominal 4mph cross country. Comparable with the British Whippet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redherring Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Just a reminder that Mephisto survives in Brisbane. It's very impressive up close.[h=1][/h] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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