.Germany's first tanks were captured British tanks.
Early in the use of tanks in ww1 the tactics were fairly weak, tanks would rush in, but because of their unreliability more often than not they would get bogged down, or breakdown behind German lines.
The Germans would then in turn take the tanks turn them around and use them against their British opponents.
It is important to remember the use for tanks in those days was primarily as a shield against machine gunfire, they were not sophisticated mobile artillery pieces yet.
2006-12-23 23:55:01
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answered by Stone K 6
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Yes, a small number to quote from wikipedia:-
'Germany fielded a small number of tanks during World War I, notably the A7V, of which only about twenty were produced. The first tank versus tank action took place on 24 April 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, France, when three British Mark IVs met three German A7Vs.'
2006-12-23 14:38:22
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answered by rdenig_male 7
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Yes, the A7V as previously mentioned.
But not in significant numbers, to the point that they had, and employed, more captured British tanks than they made.
Many of these were of more use as armoured re-supply vehicles, and the biggest attack by captured tanks, "beutepanzers" that I have found involved six tanks on October 8th, 1918.
2006-12-23 16:03:38
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answered by Pedestal 42 7
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Yes, but they were so large, cumbersome and few in number they had practically no impact on the war.
2006-12-24 11:46:08
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answered by Firefighters Wife 3
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yes they did have tanks.
click and read---> http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/ww1/WW1.html
2006-12-23 14:37:46
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answered by mongo_wood 3
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