Part of this story, which was left out in this article. When the cops found all of this....they couldn’t ‘recover’ the tank. So the Bundeswehr (Army) was called, and they sent a recovery team. Then they discovered that the tank would not crank up.
Rather than repair the vehicle (time constrants)...they dragged it out...heavily damaging the underground garage. There is still apparently some kind of legal deal going on about the damage done, and who will pay for it (police and Bundeswehr both say they aren’t responsible).
Derek from Vice Grip Garage could have got it running.. just saying. He does that stuff all the time. “Send the lightning”!!