A World War Two era 'Panther' battle tank is removed from a residential property in Heikendorf, Germany,
Posted on 07/03/2015 11:17:02 AM PDT by NRx
German soldiers grappled for nine hours with an unusual task: trying to remove a Second World War tank found in the cellar of a villa.
Almost 20 soldiers struggled to remove the tank from a villa on Thursday in a wealthy suburb of Kiel in northern Germany, after police searching the property discovered the tank, a torpedo, an anti-aircraft gun and other weapons in the cellar on Wednesday.
Police raided the home in the town of Heikendorf under instructions from prosecutors, who suspected that the villa's 78-year-old owner held the weaponry illegally under a law controlling the possession of instruments of war.
The army was called in to try to remove the 1943-vintage Panther tank, and struggled for nine hours to tow it out using two modern recovery tanks designed to haul damaged battle tanks off the field.
The soldiers ended up having to build their own wooden ramp in order to free to tank.
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Wow. What a packrat!
That AA gun looks like an 88.
“Hoarding: Buried Alive - Extreme Edition”
“Police raided the home in the town of Heikendorf under instructions from prosecutors, who suspected that the villa’s 78-year-old owner held the weaponry illegally under a law controlling the possession of instruments of war. “
LOL
Like the owner could do any damage with it being it took 9hrs to get it out of the basement by a platoon of men with heavy equipment.
He was planning to take out the local Schule with his Panther Panzerwagen.
Excellent shape the equipment is in. No tracks on the tank.
I hope they don’t scrap any of it.
I guess they don’t have a 2nd Amendment over there in Germany.
A Panther is perfect for home self-defense.
The military was extremely careful not to damage the home. In the Us the home would have been destroyed by other tanks retrieving one of their own.
Worse, none of them were registered!!!
Yes it does.
Was just reading how efficient and proficient the German crews were that manned them.
Picking off allied tanks with them one after another in North Africa.
It’s the one Oddball left behind after he got his cut of the gold shipped off to the USA.
the mayor said the guy drove it around town during a snow storm in 1978.
A World War Two era 'Panther' battle tank is removed from a residential property in Heikendorf, Germany,
He’s probably just one of those holdouts who thinks WWII is still going.
Wow. It’s in nearly pristine condition.
Mommy, Daddy, that is what I want for my birthday!
Oh, cool! A 1943 Panther, arguably the best tank of WWII. It looks like he had a very nice 88mm, too.
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