K-Wagen: The World's First Super Tank 

When Mephisto, the war trophy A7V was left on display out in the open in Brisbane it was reportedly used as a convenient shelter for drinkers and couples who wanted some privacy. The war wasn't the last action it saw.

Literally a fighting "land ship" it would seem.

"Sir, you're calling for fire on a single tank, but you only gave us a grid square for targeting" "Son, the bloody tank *is* the whole grid square"

Scraped what a crime The tank museum would have loved that

“That’s not a tank” *points to Landship MK1* *”This is a tank”* *Points to K-Wagen.*

When the Germans started playing Warhammer and wondered if they could make it work for real.

Not to be mistaken with the other German invention: The Kubelwagen

Don’t forget the Tsar Tank! Though that probably deserves its own video

Mind Blown..., when you said Control "ROOM"!!!!!

This is why you don’t leave a german tractor designer alone in a room with a toaster and some blueprints

So they just tried to build a land battleship?

Designer: So how big do you want this thing? German High Command: YES!

I’m in school but when you drop a video the world stops and I watch

As always, an interesting contribution. Of course, we Germans also deal with the history of tanks. Recent research, however, give a different view than the picture of arrogant German officers who underestimate the armored weapon. In fact, after the first appearence of tanks many German Commanders prompted to produce similar weapons and send them in bulk to the front. This is covered by many sources. However, after the first shock, the Germans were not really impressed, because the tanks of the British and French were relatively easy to turn off and did not really prove themselves from the German point of view. The tight resources were then actually invested in submarines and airplanes. Mark is here right again.

I like my women like the Germans like their tanks E X T R A T H I C C

The A7 came with a manual stating on the back "No trees were harmed in the making of this vehicle" . This footage proves otherwise

Germans: Tanks are not chivalrous. Also Germans: We'll use poison gas. Germans: Shotguns are a barbaric weapon! Also Germans: Flammenwerfer. It werfes flammen!

Mark Felton is an international treasure!

IS IT JUST ME OR DOES ANYONE ELSE GET EXCITED WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS ? SOMETHING SPECIAL IS ABOUT TO BE SEEN . FANTASTIC MARK, WELL DONE AGAIN !

The k-wagens were very overlooked tanks indeed.

Is it me or does Mark’s voice fit in perfectly with the footage and documentary

Germany sure did like its tanks big throughout history

If it is an odd point of history, Mark Felton Productions is sure to have researched it. Great stuff. Thanks again for the hard work.

Ratte design meeting... “What if we figured out how to add tracks to a battleship?”

Mark, you stated that all super heavy tank designs were failures, but you know that's not true: Lest we forget the Bob Semple!

One of my favorite RU-vidrs! Great voice for narration, and extensive information that I was not aware of. Thank you!

Don’t know why they didn’t put this in battlefield 1

Another interesting lesson in history. Love the video. Crazy to think how far Tank technology alone has come since then. Wow!

*Oh that music... So stirring...* PAM, PAM-PAM-PAM-PAM-PAM...

The last time I was this early, the English were still talking about liberating Poland.

Thank you Mr. Felton i love your channel thumbs up stay awesome history Buffs.

In the 1970's I came across a neglected example of one of these prototypes and after a minor mechanical refresh, used it as a daily driver (my work commute, standard shopping etc.) until maintenace became somewhat expensive.

These videos are better than most professionally produced documentaries. Absolutely first rate.

“I challenge you to a duel, Sir! What will be your weapon of choice? Machine gun, triplane or u-boat?”

That was worth taking a break. I knew about the K-wagon but I didn't know it was that huge!

Great coverage. Thanks for posting, Mark!

Really enjoy these videos; concise, informative and very interesting

Thanks for taking the time to put this together and sharing. Greetings from North Michigan, USA.

Love the work man I love learning about the stuff I love

They have them. In the belly of that steel beast.

Mark...At the end of a cold,wet,dark,miserable,long shift...just a tiny spark of interest is sometimes all you need to relax your mind..Thanks mate.Keep em coming!👍

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO !!!! I asked about it along time ago.

I have visited the last remaining A7V, it's in Brisbane Australia where I live!!

Exquisite story. Informative and surprising as usual, Herr Felton.

Great video as usual! Tanks!

Excellent! Absolutely love these original movies and their vintage witness! Keep up the good work. Ty.

Cheers Mark for all your effort you put into the research mate!

The A7V looks like it should be crewed by Jawas and sells droids town to town.

Very interesting and informative. Thanks Mark!!

The V-Wagen was built like a tank, it even had sloped armour.

So interesting. You present the most esoteric stuff but make it interesting. Good work.

Your skills at research never fail to amaze me! Thank you sir

I had not seen the film of the German tanks before . Amazing . Thank you.

The K-Wagen reminds me of a battleship on land. The Ratte does as well. Good thing these aren't practical as they would be terrifying .

Video should be named: "The K-Wagen: The first insult to Square Cube Law" (that construction was attemped on)

Thank you Mark.

Thanks for the show,one of the a17 s still exists here in Brisbane Australia at the Queensland museum at South bank

Tanks for sharing this video

Amazing. Thank you very much for this.

Very interesting! Thank you Mark!

Nice clip and awesome historical fotage.

A shame that none survived the war. Would've made an amazing addition to a WW1 museum.

Another great video on a little known subject!

Incredible, truly.

7k views in 3 minutes good to see this channel getting the attention it deserves

Ah yes, the chivalrous combat of WW I (4:15)

First congrats on one million subs, second keep up the good work. im a big fan and a History nerd

Love the video man

Love you channel!

The germans may have only built 20 but there is a reason. First they had more than enough captured tanks Second after the initial fear they found out that is was rather easy to destroy them

1 word "OUTSTANDING".....Thanks Doc.

First!! To say that the K-Wagen looks like an interesting concept of a tank

"Pounded to pieces by artillery." ...or by the 6 pounder guns of MK.IV Males, from all directions and all at the same time. Just like with Battleships; the British had only to outbuild the Germans.

The factory where the K-wagen was build was standing like 200m away from my house

Excellent vid

Best german word pronounciation from an english dude ive heard to date, props to you my guy

thanks Mark, very good that film...

Great video

How was this thing not a boss fight in Toy Soldiers? It’s perfect. It’s even modular, so you have to destroy chunks of it.

Hey thanks Mark. I had no idea, that the Germans only produced 10 tanks in WWI! This one - K-Wagen was a goose egg. Surprising.

👍 Wonderful footage

It would be nice to see this in war thunder.

Spot On again Mark👍

Like the Yamato class battleships, which were built because the Japanese lacked the resources to build more than a few battleships, even if smaller, the surface area of a big tank is actually less than the total surface area of multiples of smaller tanks. The idea may have been to try to save resources by building fewer but more destructive tanks than the Allies.

First I WANT THE K-WAGEN IN WAR THUNDER

I did know about the K-Wagon but lacked the details you have so kindly provided. So thanks for that. It is somewhat ironic that modern Leopard tank was inspired by tank destroyers such as the US M-10 and M-36. One of the other problems with the German A7V tanks was that it was crewed by men from different branches of the German Army. So the guns were manned by artillerymen, the machine guns by infantrymen, transport operated the engines et cetera. Because of that the prejudices each branch held for the other branches was often brought with them. This made it hard for them to fight as a cohesive unit. And the tank had the ability to fall over on the slightest of inclines. Makes it sound more like something out of Wacky Races. So the Germans thought that the tank was dishonourable. But gassing your enemy was fine. Interesting standards of honour some people had.

You do an excellent job, and always adhere to the no politics Guideline. Well done

Maus : I am the first super tank that ever created K-Wagen: hold my bear !

With Mark, you don't watch the vid at first.! You first like the vid and then watch sure for the awesome quality of Mark's vid...! :)

I wonder where he gets all his pictures and footage for these videos. Great work though Mark just subbed. :)

The Char 2C from BF1! er? yeah....Excellent vid as always Mark :)

Thank you for the history lesson

Looks cozy.

Great vid Mark with the Char 2C at the end of your vid I read in a book that most of them that where made where being rushed up to the front on a train which was stopped in its tracks by Stuka dive bombers. Maybe you could do a vid on this tank to clarify in more detail what happened to the few that where made.

It would have failed...they forgot to put in a bathroom 😳

would love to see more of the flying elephant. i can imagine a k wagon vs elephant dual

That thing is a beast! That would be terrifying to see bait through frontlines.

8:24 That's some Final Boss type of shit going on right there, checking out your forces before heading out, all cannons standing up saluting you in what could be the Final Showdown. I'm gonna get blown up and beat down BUT I'm gonna look good while at it.😎🤘🏻

Taking a Ratte out for a leisurely test drive would destroy roads and bridges without firing a shot ;-)

5:32 The tank's name is Fenrir , Fenrir in Norse mythology is the son of Loki, destined to bring Ragnarok-Götterdämmerung to asgardian gods !