Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest. What is the charge? A tank? A fully restored tank?
Take your hands of my Pak 40 sir
I thought I was in non credible defence for a moment.
I see you know your Maybachs well.
The backstory is that it was a rich guy whose house was a Hitler shrine and was in bed with neo nazis
Believable, but you got any source on that claim?
I was going by memory. The Wikipedia page on him gives a rundown but doesn't mention much about affiliations with neo-nazis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Dieter_Flick
The last part of this article does. I guess it would be safer to call them unconfirmed allegations but fuck him
https://www.thetimes.com/article/collector-kept-weapons-and-busts-of-hitler-in-nazi-bunker-vzfc5gzzr
"Ten years later, local authorities were again tipped off after officials in Berlin searched the home for stolen Nazi art. During their search, they also came upon busts of Hitler, an Arno Breker bronze statue of a nude man that was reportedly once outside Hitler’s Reich Chancellery, mannequins outfitted in Nazi uniforms, swastika pendants, a V-1 rocket replica, and SS rune-shaped lamps."
https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-senior-wwii-nazi-tank-in-basement-fined-293000-2021-8?op=1
Doesn't detail his relations or desires; but the memorabilia checks out.
A German owning war memorabilia has a high likelihood of being a nazi.
I feel like that is some quite important information what was missed out...
Elon Musk?
Having a basement big enough to store a tank in it is one of my dreams
And then I'll use it for D&D. That is if I had friends who had time.
If you have a tank, you won't have to worry about friends.
A long time ago, I used to deliver groceries to this guy. Other drivers told me it was not uncommon to see him driving a tank around on his property when he was in better health, but when I was doing the deliveries he was basically on hospice. I got to peek at the collection once when the blinds were left open. I always thought it was wild that private people could own such vehicles. They had the firing pins removed and had been unarmed to some extent, but I feel like it wouldn't be hard to reactivate them if one was so motivated.
You’d be pressed to find the ammo, if it even still exists for these vehicles. Plus, how would you even take it from him?
I didn't mean to take it from him, I just meant like what if he just decided he wanted to blow some shit up one day? It just seemed nuts that a random guy could just own a hundred + tanks.
To clarify, not the guy in the pic, but a local who had a collection
Is it illegal to have a tank in your basement?
They didn't say it was being confiscated; maybe it's just being removed to a museum or something.
/edit: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57965260
https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-senior-wwii-nazi-tank-in-basement-fined-293000-2021-8?op=1
Nvm; violating Germanys War Weapons Control Act and fined $293k. Mostly because he had ammo, artillery, a torpedo, and the weapons were considered functional.
Required to donate/sell them within 2 years.
I think the tank in combination of the assault rifles and live ammo is what got him the huge fine: ""As well as the tank and cannon, he was also in possession of a torpedo, a mortar, 70 assault rifles and over 2,000 rounds of ammunition.""
Calling it a Panzer is still technically correct (Panzerkampfwagen V) but it feels wrong calling it a Panzer when it's more commonly known as a Panther.
The War Thunder community has entered the chat and leaked a classified document
Just the German name for tank.
ncd in shambles rn
They’ll never find my stratofortress.
"What's Bill doing with all those palm leaves?"
"Oh he's just trying to camouflage his technodrome."
That would be an awesome museum piece, where it belongs to teach next generations about the cruelties of war
Nah, it belongs doing donuts in the snow.
Tanks just wanna have fun...
Reminds me of this guy, minus the Nazi part.
That link doesn't load after 5 seconds for me and I am not waiting any longer. But its a tank, how does it make the guy a nazi?
Here, try this one: https://youtu.be/x2fzmrmO2fU
Also the "Nazi" part is being claimed by other comments in this thread.
