WW1 German tank "Mephisto" now located at the Australian war memorial Canberra

[Australia]

The one and Only WW1 German tank Mephisto has arrived at the Canberra War Memorial in the nations capitol , It has made its way down from the Queensland Museum and will be on display in Anzac Hall until April 2017 , it has been fully restored .

[Aisne1917]

Hello,

Thanks for the pictures, really great! Now I will have to go there to see it with my own eyes!

A.

[wizardman]

[Danmark]

Wow .... well there goes the decider! The maroons cant win now that Mephisto is down south! !

[Danmark]

A state versus state, mate versus mate football game for you northerners. ......

[Alex W]

I can remember as a child climbing on the old girl when it was still displayed outside in the elements at the rear entrance to the Queensland museum. Now it has to be in a airtight bubble everywhere it goes. How times have changed.

[lithgow]

What's happened to the conning tower on top of the vehicle?

[Gunny Hartmann]

What's happened to the conning tower on top of the vehicle?

Looks like it aint had the "tower" for a while, it's missing on this 1919 photo of it being dragged to the Queensland Museum by two steamrollers!...

[Danmark]

I caught up with 'Mephisto' at the AWM on the weekend. Tough to photograph with the subdued lighting but an impressive beast nonetheless!!

.... and ( for a change ) a sympathetic camouflage paint job - well done to whomever orchestrated that.

Dan


PS - to answer the question as to the whereabouts of the conning tower, look at the photo of the open hatch - the blue lighted insides show a caved in roof structure...... not sure how/when that happened?

[lithgow]

May have ben damaged in transport at some stage (especially early on)-or it might have rolled in action-not very stable by modern standards!
'Wings Of The Great War' make a premade/painted model of Mephisto Wings of the Great War WW10204 German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V Infantry Support Tank - "Mephisto", Villers-Bretonneux, July 1918 (1:72 Scale)