Australian Armour and Artillery Museum - Four years in the making..

[ausreenactor]

Gents,

After posting out of Townsville in 2013 I watched from afar on Facebook as the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum took shape and swelled to the collection it is today. The Wermacht Wing recently opened and is awaiting the arrival of the much lauded Panther. One of a handful in the World. I have only taken the pics of the items that 'float my boat'. Over 160 vehicles and artillery pieces on display. The 'Fury' Tiger is there, along with the actual mocked up interior from the movie. We are contemplating an alternate ending to the movie. Myself and another guy in the turret. "here they come!" Pan out to two dude with a Panzerschrek. Shot taken and Sherman destroyed. Might be more popular than the original? Hoping to generate interest for the museum and the club and hopefully not a lawsuit. Got to strut around for a couple of days. World class collection. And growing by the day. M41, M24 and Sherman Firefly inbound soon as well. Enjoy..

 

[ausreenactor]

 

[ausreenactor]

Spied where Forrest L Guth signed the M8 in 2005 before it made it's way down under too!!

 

[Pilot]

Thx for sharing.
Will be downunder for a few days very soon.
Will take my time to visit.

 

[B-Man2]

Very Nice!!
What a great way to display those armored vehicles.
But I have to ask, how and who made a reproduction Tiger Tank?
Where do you start? How do you acquire reproduction parts?
Are all parts reproduced according to previous blue prints?
I remember seeing the video of the fellow who was given an original bolt from a Spitfire and went on over a 20 year period of time
to build an entire working Spit around that bolt, so I assume someone did the same with a Tiger Tank?

 

[falcon_ib]

Wow!!!!!! Amazing collection of vehicles

 

[ausreenactor]

Very Nice!!
But I have to ask, how and who made a reproduction Tiger Tank?

Check out the drive wheels on the 'mobile' Tiger.... Here it is...and this is 'why' and 'who' made the replica. The interior mock up is in Cairns as well.

 

[dujardin]

many thankssssssssssssss

 

[ausreenactor]

Just an update...

Here is what $10 million gets you!

Fully restored. Only running Panther on the planet. Ride in it for $2500 this August!

 

[Chandler]

Great collection -- love the early Stuart.

Do they let you crawl around?

 

[Smithy]

Just an update...

Here is what $10 million gets you!

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Fully restored. Only running Panther on the planet. Ride in it for $2500 this August!

That's seriously awesome mate.

Funnily enough that Wehrmacht camo scheme wouldn't work too badly in QLD ;-)

 

[B-Man2]

Wow!
That’s a must see stop over if I’m ever in the area

 

[Dimitry M]

Excellent! I thought the fury tiger was in the UK? I could be wrong though.

 

[Chandler]

Excellent! I thought the fury tiger was in the UK? I could be wrong though.

Based on the video's caption, the Australian Tiger is a replica made from the English (Bovington) Tiger?

Tiger 131 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Dimitry M]

that's what I thought.

 

[flyincowboy]

Just an update...

Here is what $10 million gets you!

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Fully restored. Only running Panther on the planet. Ride in it for $2500 this August!

Nope there is some running panther too in the French museum of blindés in Saumur Just seen some of them IN ACTION YEARS AGO

 

[ausreenactor]

Excellent! I thought the fury tiger was in the UK? I could be wrong though.

The replica they used is in Cairns. The one they used for the stills and 'skin' (laid over the moving replica) is located at Bovington.

 

[ausreenactor]

Nope there is some running panther too in the French museum of blindés in Saumur Just seen some of them IN ACTION YEARS AGO

That Fench museum is the second best Armour museum in the World. With Bovington being the best by a mile.

The value of the tanks puts Cairns at number three according to the international visitors and the British guy who rebuilt the Panther...

 

[ausreenactor]

 

[ausreenactor]

GBP14 Million worth after the restoration.