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Legal fight over WWII Panther tank found in German basement
9 News ^ | 7/27/21

Posted on 07/27/2021 3:50:45 AM PDT by Libloather

An elderly German man is facing a suspended prison sentence for storing a WWII tank, anti-aircraft gun and torpedo in his basement.

The case is moving through a German court, after Germany's army was called in to remove the tank and other weaponry from the 84-year-old's home in 2015.

According to man's lawyer, a US museum is keen to buy the 1943 Panther tank, which weighs 50,000 kilograms and measures 6.7 metres long.

Authorities were alerted to the remarkable collection after the home in the wealthy town of Heikendorf, a suburb of Kiel, was searched during an investigation into stolen Nazi art.

Other military and war collectors have shown interest in purchasing a variety of other weaponry seized from the home, including assault rifles and pistols, local media reports.

The mayor of Heikendorf, Alexander Orth, told local media at the time he was not surprised by the discovery of military hardware.

(Excerpt) Read more at 9news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: basement; germany; panther; tank
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To: Libloather

He should have fired it up and driven to Meuse River.


21 posted on 07/27/2021 5:13:20 AM PDT by Spandau
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To: AppyPappy

When I was a teenager. We put three of the games together on a pool table. And fought out a massive battle over a couple of weeks.

My opponent thought he had blocked a mountain pass with excessive amounts of heavy artillery.

I ran right through his artillary to capture the objective city. He killed a number of my troops but couldn’t get the rest of his armies there in time to prevent the capture of the objective.


22 posted on 07/27/2021 5:13:41 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: HighSierra5
It must have been tough getting that tank down the stairs.

Always lift with your legs.

23 posted on 07/27/2021 5:16:15 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: waterhill

And here I was happy to find a couple cases of 5.56 and .45 last week.

Winchester factory!

L


24 posted on 07/27/2021 5:17:25 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Libloather
It must be one honking house to have a basement to hold this.


25 posted on 07/27/2021 5:46:32 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Libloather

I love the FR humor.


26 posted on 07/27/2021 6:05:04 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: Libloather

Good thing this was in Germany and not in West Virginia or western PA. Nancy Pelosi would refortify the Capitol and the dems would spend the next three years investigating the impending blitzkrieg against DC.


27 posted on 07/27/2021 6:24:07 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: Libloather

If he can sing the Panzerlied I say he can keep it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD9InNdYU78


28 posted on 07/27/2021 6:27:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Cvengr
PANZER is German for "armor", an generic term. A Panther is a particular design and manufactured model, a specific designation.

Panther

29 posted on 07/27/2021 6:42:02 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Mom, it followed me home; can I keep it?


30 posted on 07/27/2021 6:58:54 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Libloather

it’s not a Panzer, a Panther, nor a Tiger. In fact it’s not even German, it’s a British-designed Centurion tank. The key identifying characteristics are six road wheels with a noticeable gap between the 2nd and 3rd road wheels, live track, and large sponson boxes mounted on the flanks of the turret (so the Tommys could carry their tea service into battle).

Nor is it WWII vintage because the Centurion didn’t begin being produced until 1946. The bore evacuator on the main gun tube indicates it’s even newer than that, or at the very least it’s had significant armament updates since manufacture, probably 1960 or later. In any case it definitely hasn’t been sitting in somebody’s basement since the battle of the Bulge.


31 posted on 07/27/2021 7:05:22 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

Oops. I stand corrected. It appears the Centurion tank in the video AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE WITH THE NEWS STORY has nothing to do with the German tank mention in the story.


32 posted on 07/27/2021 7:08:07 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Paal Gulli

You are correct, the lead photo in this article is not a MK V. However, the tank in the story is a MK V. It was painted a desert sand color, no markings and no treads. I saw a photo of the tank after the German army tank recovery team had extricated it from the basement a few years ago.


33 posted on 07/27/2021 7:13:56 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Paal Gulli

If you are referring to what I think you are referring to, than that seems to be a different story:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/army-tanker-found-abandoned-on-sydney-revesby-roadside-solved/bfc43d45-169a-4090-be2f-9b1b17e59713

“9News” is perhaps not the best organized station.


34 posted on 07/27/2021 7:21:22 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: Paal Gulli

OK, you caught it too. Never mind...


35 posted on 07/27/2021 7:23:05 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: AnglePark

You would have liked playing Starfleet Battles.


36 posted on 07/27/2021 7:28:05 AM PDT by Kevmo (Right now there are 500 political prisoners in Washington, DC.)
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To: Libloather
Is tank ammo hard to find?

I would imagine. Shipping charges would be a bitch too.

37 posted on 07/27/2021 7:57:42 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Kevmo

My brother was a big fan of Star Fleet Battles. I enjoyed it when we played, but it was more his thing than mine. Later in life he got into Warhammer and other miniature games, and I tended to stay with the classic historical wargames.


38 posted on 07/27/2021 8:09:57 AM PDT by AnglePark
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To: AnglePark

I liked Axis & Allies. I was very surprised one time when I was using a strategy reliant on those Industrial Factory pieces, and it turned out that the RULES had been CHANGED by the game publisher without any sort of indication.


39 posted on 07/27/2021 9:09:44 AM PDT by Kevmo (Right now there are 500 political prisoners in Washington, DC.)
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To: DannyTN

In earlier and better days when the tanks still ran, the owner would sortie his Panther tank from its basement lair and take it on spins around the neighborhood.


40 posted on 07/27/2021 9:15:26 AM PDT by Rockingham
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