Foo Fighter said:
Would it not make sense to swap the two and allow the original to go back to Germany? Seems to me that if there is only one, it belongs in Germany.
Why ?
The German Imperial Army abandon this Tank after its crew drive it into a hole in battlefield.
The 26th Battalion found the tank and transported back to Australia and they take care of it over 99 years.
And most thoughtful, even put it in a protective cocoon!
Mephisto is ONLY surviving A7V tank, While all other A7V were destroy after the War.
because The 26th Battalion refused British orders and took
Mephisto as trophy, literally move to other end of World, were it survived !
On Mephisto was source for other Replicas:
Next the German replica
Wotan in the Deutsches Panzermuseum in Munster. (based on Mephisto)
are British replica of A7V number 504,
Schnuck in the Tank Museum, Bovington (based on Mephisto)
and a
mobile A7V mock-up is at the Milovice Tankodrome in the Czech Republic. (movie prop?)