http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schle...nzer-aus-Villa-geborgen,munitionsfund124.html German man had a Panther at his house.
mollusc emailed me the same story but on the BBC website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33381772
It is part of a much larger operation where several homes were raided and stolen Nazi artworks recovered. It is much much bigger than one man being picked on for renovating tanks
I wonder what happened to the tracks. Many of the stories ay he was driving it around town thirty years ago.
The owner of the Panther Tank and 88mm Flack Cannon is a Weapons Dealer and according to a newspaper Report yesterday his Solicitor stated that any damage caused by the Bundeswehr recover Team will have to be paid for. He added that his Client is not guilty of any offences. Pretty heavy historical weaponry to have in your private Garage.(albeit a very large one) Regards Tom
The article I saw made me chuckle as they said they were more concerned about damaging the house than the tank.
Most complete article on the situation so far that I've yet read. Translates well via Google, and confirms, as many of us were already aware, that the thing was neither 'found', nor 'secret', nor even hidden from the authorities. http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Ein-Panzer-keiner-wegraeumen-wollte,panzer520.html Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndr.de%2Fnachrichten%2Fschleswig-holstein%2FEin-Panzer-keiner-wegraeumen-wollte%2Cpanzer520.html
Update from the Panzermuseum on 'The Heikendorf Panther': Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster Translates well via auto: Prozess in Kiel: Der Panzer aus der Tiefgarage
A pensioner in Germany has been convicted of illegal weapons possession after he was found to own an extensive personal arsenal including a tank. The defendant, 84, has been handed a suspended prison sentence of 14 months and has been ordered to pay a fine of €250,000 (£213,469). German pensioner given hefty fine for WW2 tank in house