The backstory is that it was a rich guy whose house was a Hitler shrine and was in bed with neo nazis
A German owning war memorabilia has a high likelihood of being a nazi.
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
During the search of his property, the police found an underground nuclear shelter, which was built during the Cold War and equipped with Nazi insignia.
Usually Non-Nazis do not decorate their underground nuclear shelters with Nazi insignia.
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.
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest. What is the charge? A tank? A fully restored tank?
Take your hands of my Pak 40 sir
I see you know your Maybachs well.
I thought I was in non credible defence for a moment.
ncd in shambles rn
Having a basement big enough to store a tank in it is one of my dreams
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.
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.
T Y R A N N Y
If you’re not a Nazi, but he was, so fuck him.
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Um…
You’re right, wrong thread. Sorry about that.