It was early 1918, the war was still in full force. Meanwhile the German homeland and His enemies getting tired of fighting. Private First Class Könrad Lutz was moving down to Villers-Bretonneux, France. He had just saw two of Germany's newest weapons, the A7V Sturmpanzerwagen. After experiencing the British Mark IV's at the Somme in 1916 He knew they were weapons to be reckoned with, a new different type of machine. He had used the M1918 13.2mm Tankgewehr before, but hated it due to it being extremely painful to fire and you could say he hated firing it.

Könrad liked seeing the monstrous vehicles. It brought pride to his heart, even though the German Tank forces mostly consisted of captured French and British tanks. He wanted to be in command of one of the armored beasts.

Könrad Lutz was born in Hamburg, on June 18th 1900 and enlisted in the German Army at the Age of 16 during 1916. He saw combat at the Western Front, then returned home post-war, during the interwar period he went to college. Soon becoming an Officer in the Reichswehr. Soon being placed in command of a Großtraktor. After Adolf Hitler took over in 1933, He was transferred to a Panzer IV in 1939 after ongoing some training He was sent to the Eastern front, where he would meet his crew.

This is where our story begins.