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 The A7V
"Hedi" was not a modified standard production vehicle. It was built AFTER the
war, probably using the chassis from a Geländewagen - that fully tracked softskin transport version of the A7V.
Up till now, it was thought that this was a unique, on-off vehicle: an
improvisation only. We now know that there at least were two tanks of this
type manufactured.
The lower parts of the vehicle was as per standard, with long mudguards. The superstructure was modified. It had no gun, nor - as far as can be ascertained - any MG positions on the sides. Instead it had two small rotating MG turrets to the front corners, and two to the back corners. The roof was more sloping than the standard A7V roof, the slopes coming from all sides, and meeting in the center, where there was no square driver/commander cupola, but instead two small observation domes. These were probaby too small to be used for driving, so the driver must have been moved to front part of the vehicle instead. (A sort of protruding driver compartment can also be seen there.) It has also been speculated that the body was not made out of armoured plate, but only mild steel. "Hedi" had no external exhaust pipes. |
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The "Hedi" was no Battle Tank proper, but mainly used for what is now called "Urban Pacification". The Year following the end of the War was as we all know very turbulent in Germany, with Revolution, Civil War and Unrest rocking the country. The "Hedi" was used in action in Berlin in early 1919, by troops loyal to the Goverment, fighting the uprising by communist "Spartakisten". In May 1919 "Hedi" was used again in Leipzig. |
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is a heavily rebuilt A7V resin kit made by MGM, quite frankly not a very good
one, but quite OK in outline. Most of the old surface detail was sanded
off, including the top grilles, exhaust pipes, front gun mounting and side
doors.
The tracks were used as is. The old square drivers/commanders cupola was replaced with a small superstructure with two small
domes. New engine grilles were added to the top, back and front. Four small MG turrets were added to the four
corners. (This was the trickiest bit, as they were a bit complex in
structure.) New doors and viewing ports were added to the sides. New rivets were added using the white-glue-pinprick
method. The MG:s were taken from a WW1 German aircraft kit. The markings look and are
crude, but they mimic the real thing, that were obviously painted on in a
hurry. (This work can be followed here.)
Click on the thumbnails below to see more photos of this
model:
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