Authorities seized a 45-ton Panther tank, a flak cannon and multiple other World War II-era military weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector's home in northern Germany, prosecutors said Friday.
Kiel
prosecutor Birgit Hess said the collector, whose name she would not
release for privacy reasons, is being investigated for possibly
violating German weapons laws but remains free while the probe is
ongoing.
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I always thought the "Panthet " was the most effective and well designed German tank. Out classed the US Sherman, the Brit's Churchill and was an even match for the Russian T34. The only drawback was that the drive train was difficult yo maintain or repair. The Tiger, though awsome and virtually unstoppable in its day. It was just to damn big, heavy and slow. The allies never came up with anything to match the German 88mm artillery.
ReplyDeleteI read an article which said Germany would have done better staying with the Panther and producing many more than they could with the Tiger.
DeleteMy Dad raved for 50 years about the fabulous German 88 mm. gun. He claimed it could shoot an individual soldier and that it had clipped the Hurtgen Forest trees down to uniform height. Last year I found Internet pictures of the trees. My Dad never told a lie, IMHO. Heh.
DeleteBut, did he chop down the Cherry tree.......:)
DeleteI read this earlier, piss on the UK, and I had better be dead when the ATF comes for a friends halftrack, because I'll take out anyone trying to take it, one day I'll post pictures, he restored the entire think even with a demiled 50......
ReplyDelete:) Yes, pictures please. :)
DeleteHere they come.
ReplyDeleteBD
Speaking of the 88's -there's some symbolism there. Eighth letter of the alphabet= H. HH was "code" for.....yup, Heil Hitler.
ReplyDeleteRings a bell. Thanks.
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