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
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.
The backstory is that it was a rich guy whose house was a Hitler shrine and was in bed with neo nazis
I feel like that is some quite important information what was missed out…
A German owning war memorabilia has a high likelihood of being a nazi.
Believable, but you got any source on that claim?
“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.”
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.
Usually Non-Nazis do not decorate their underground nuclear shelters with Nazi insignia.
Really? I’m going to need to give my interior decorator a call. I was assure this was where the market was headed.
I mean the market does seem to be headed that way in America…
I read the wiki article.
Seems like he was eccentric and it was well known he had tanks since the 80’s.
A bit suss he was so passionate about Nazi memorabilia but he could also just be autistic.
Given he owned these things for nearly 30 years without incident and the local town seemed to like him (he used his tanks to clear snow after a blizzard)
I still haven’t made up my mind on if he is full blown nazi or just wealthy autistic collector.
As much as I despise nazis, and I really do, there is still value in preserving historical artefacts. Should he probably have just donated it to a museum rather than keep it in private collections? Yea, but lots of rich assholes hoard art in their private collections as dick swinging contests. The government seems more at fault for taking 30 years to remove something that seems to have been common knowledge the entire time.
Stop using autism as an excuse for naziism
I mean you’re right that it isn’t an excuse.
However there are examples of autistic people engaging in criminal behaviour without fully understanding the consequences.
What is the more likely scenario though?
Don’t be thick my dude.
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.
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.
ncd in shambles rn
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
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.
torpedo,
That had me laughing out loud.
It’s funny from here, but when your neighbor has multiple hundreds of kilos of 80-year old high-explosive in his house, it becomes somewhat less amusing.
Obviously it’s a horrible situation to be in.
But Mel Books put it best. “Tragedy is when I get a papercut on my pinkie. Comedy is when you fall into a well and die.”
You’re making it really fuckin’ hard for me to not make a “yo’ momma” joke, bro.
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.
