For years it used to be outside, and kids would climb on it
supersnatchlicker on
Didn’t have a bubble around it last time I saw it (a year or so?)
libbyy_98 on
Used to work at the Queensland Museum, it is now on display indoors in the Anzac Legacy Gallery. Known as Mephisto after a demon in German Faustian folklore.
IlluminatedPickle on
Yeah, its known as Mephisto.
It got stuck in no man’s land during a German attack, and everyone figured it was stuck there until the front moved. Until some Australians came along, looked at it and went “mine”. So out they went, being shelled with gas and explosive artillery, machineguns and snipers taking shots. But they dragged it back and it was taken behind the lines. After the war, nobody wanted it except us, and now we’ve got the last one in existence.
Well, The Tank Museum in the UK has a functional reproduction.
Much-Director-9828 on
It wasnt a very good tank if it needed a plastic bubble to protect it.
Some of that pre karratha steel i see
jizzles77 on
I remember climbing all over it as a kid at the old museum near the Ekka grounds
Sysxinu on
I saw it a few weeks ago at the queensland museum in South Brisbane.
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Old photo, that’s the rail museum at Ipswich
For years it used to be outside, and kids would climb on it
Didn’t have a bubble around it last time I saw it (a year or so?)
Used to work at the Queensland Museum, it is now on display indoors in the Anzac Legacy Gallery. Known as Mephisto after a demon in German Faustian folklore.
Yeah, its known as Mephisto.
It got stuck in no man’s land during a German attack, and everyone figured it was stuck there until the front moved. Until some Australians came along, looked at it and went “mine”. So out they went, being shelled with gas and explosive artillery, machineguns and snipers taking shots. But they dragged it back and it was taken behind the lines. After the war, nobody wanted it except us, and now we’ve got the last one in existence.
Well, The Tank Museum in the UK has a functional reproduction.
It wasnt a very good tank if it needed a plastic bubble to protect it.
Some of that pre karratha steel i see
I remember climbing all over it as a kid at the old museum near the Ekka grounds
I saw it a few weeks ago at the queensland museum in South Brisbane.
https://preview.redd.it/3al6su0jx8sg1.jpeg?width=741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=40776a99659f5700e3d7f740f63b211913070b92
It’s right there at the meuseum. You can see it anytime.
The photo kinda makes it look smaller than it is.
Yep the old museum was an amazing building
On the topic of interesting tanks. There’s this one as well.
https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/news/2025-06-23/story-australias-atomic-tank
Saw it on Sunday, beautifully restored and displayed
https://preview.redd.it/bo3x7qypb9sg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=034e76cf1d7a9921d77445c005a8598f4c4261dd
Didn’t it spend ages outside as a display? Kids used to climb on it.