German Panzer Found In Basement

[Ivanhoe]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/06/wwii-tank-stashed-in-cellar/29765597/

 

(NEWSER) – It took 20 soldiers almost nine hours to remove a World War II "Panther" tank from a pensioner's cellar in a wealthy community in northern Germany—and that's in spite of the fact that the German army sent in modern recovery tanks to help confiscate the vintage 1943 vehicle, reports the BBC. Prosecutors in the coastal region of Kiel, tipped off by Berlin prosecutors who'd recently searched the 78-year-old man's villa for stolen Nazi art, aren't divulging much yet, but a police rep did say that a torpedo and anti-aircraft gun had been removed and other weaponry had been found as well, reports the Local.

 

The photo on the above web page had me scratching my head until I re-read the news article.

 

Here are some more meaningful photos;

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11716177/Second-World-War-tank-and-anti-aircraft-gun-found-hidden-in-basement-of-villa-in-Germany.html

[DesertFox]

Looks like he kept it painted

[BansheeOne]

Longer thread on this here.