significant_projects death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title education name
a7v tank october 9 , 1955 -lrb- aged 84 -rrb- brunswick , germany baden-baden german february 13 , 1871 hedwig stöhr joseph vollmer
 technikum mittweida , sachsen joseph vollmer
joseph vollmer

joseph vollmer -lrb- 1871 -- 1955 -rrb- was a german automobile designer and engineer and a pioneering tank designer .
as chief designer for the german war department 's motor vehicle section , he designed the world war i german tanks a7v , k-wagen , lk i and lk ii .
