German pensioner had a Panzer tank in his cellar

bitslice · 3 Jul 2015 at 23:12

Danny091 said:
but if they are functional he should have had them made "safe

Yeh of course, you can still get 75mm shells on eBay so having a Panther is a right liability...

I was watching a video of someone restoring a Russian tank destroyer, all was going well until some utter **** took a plasma torch to the gun and melted a big hole in it, to make it "safe"

*RAGE!!!!* :mad:

stopper · 3 Jul 2015 at 23:50

Dave85 said:
Seems a bit unfair for them to essentially steal them from him

Thank you. I thought I was the only one on here that thinks like that.

Efour · 4 Jul 2015 at 01:13

Very cool.

GAC · 4 Jul 2015 at 02:43

would love a 88 for new years eve. put the kids to shame with their fire crackers

d_brennen · 4 Jul 2015 at 02:56

Flack88 said:
Thats bizzare. Same things have been reported with a Lancaster bomber, I cant remember which one and where. I remember watching something where the museum staff set up a camera and could hear very faint sounds of crew members and switches being flipped.

Except that never actually happened. For all the world wide, centuries old talk of supernatural clap trap, not one single, verifiable recording has ever been made. Ever.

FloppyPoppy · 4 Jul 2015 at 03:35

Shame they should not have took it all off him could have such a strong connection to that equipment.

Woden · 4 Jul 2015 at 03:41

d_brennen said:
Except that never actually happened. For all the world wide, centuries old talk of supernatural clap trap, not one single, verifiable recording has ever been made. Ever.

Wrong. Watch "Grave Encounters". Powerful documentary.

Tacitus · 4 Jul 2015 at 04:39

Danny091 said:
If they are no longer functional and he kept them because he likes old war things then i dont see the problem but if they are functional he should have had them made "safe" and then again no problem. However if he is a nazi and kept them for some strange reason then they should be taken off him. Unfortunately the article does not say which it is.

I take the fact he used to "chug around town" in it during the winter snows to mean he didn't plan on using it to harm.

Cosimo · 4 Jul 2015 at 07:20

Very impressive! "I was only obeying orders", Herr Flick told the judge...

Outcast · 4 Jul 2015 at 12:47

adolf hamster said:
Assuming the guns arent live, there's no reason he cant keep them, also lol@ the idea of using that in the fourth reich, there are very few nations on earth that don't have the hardware to deal with a panther.

That said, pretty nice, glad to see people are keeping these things around and in good condition, say what you like about their history and purpose but its things like that that keep the history alive and we need to keep the history alive to stop it happening again.

What about if he decides he doesn't like the Eastern Europeans that have taken over an entire area of terraced houses ?

Just drive through the lot of them !!

Shells not required !!

And just how long would it take to get the right hardware actually on the scene to disable it before he has basically fulfilled his quest ?

We couldn't even stop a joyrider in a bobtail artic unit !

But I agree... VERY Kewl and I want one.. Just for kudo's of course. They probably do about 3 miles to the gallon so I could never afford to joyride about town in it anyway !!

Surveyor · 4 Jul 2015 at 12:52

Outcast said:
They probably do about 3 miles to the gallon so I could never afford to joyride about town in it anyway !!

Fuel capacity 720 litres (160 imp gal; 190 US gal)
Operational range 250 km (160 mi)

Edrof · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:27

Participant said:
How about you go AND read the article? You are not American.

I could care less.

ikillbears · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:53

maybe it will be at tankfest next year!! tankfest is best fest

OhEsEcks · 4 Jul 2015 at 13:59

Edrof said:
I could care less.

Ur a diamond dozen.

Judgeneo · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:27

Thats one big basement

Flack88 · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:47

d_brennen said:
Except that never actually happened. For all the world wide, centuries old talk of supernatural clap trap, not one single, verifiable recording has ever been made. Ever.

Not sure what planet you have been living on, but there are plenty.

ikillbears said:
maybe it will be at tankfest next year!! tankfest is best fest

Germany will keep it for sure. Bovington have a panther anyway I think, it was one completed by the English after the end of ww2.

OhEsEcks · 4 Jul 2015 at 15:50

This should get ~~extra spooky~~ interesting.

Raggs · 5 Jul 2015 at 23:56

lol fair play to him if had room for such a wonderful artifact it would take pride of place in my gaff

russell664 · 6 Jul 2015 at 08:26

I find it pretty cool to be honest.

Per related to him:

[Grandson] My Granddad has a tank, don't bully me!
[Bully] No he doesn't, and imma steal your lunch money
[SMASH!] Granddad burst though wall in tank, in a huge destructive fashion
[Bully] Bully proceeds to poo through pants and down legs

I SHOULD be an author.

Belly · 6 Jul 2015 at 08:39

GAC said:
would love a 88 for new years eve. put the kids to shame with their fire crackers

Yes, I was thinking it might be an 88 but didn't see it written down anywhere. Best gun of WWII, if I'm NOT mistaken originally designed as an anti-aircraft gun and then used in the anti-tank role?

I read that the advance of the British armoured ground troops towards the the Rhine bridges at Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) was held up by a single German 88mm much to the dismay of the USA forces.