The newspaper article calls it a “Panther”, but it looks as though it’s maybe a Tiger II to me. I’m am definitely not a tank expert, though. Anybody know what version of tank this is? And how about finding a tank in someone’s basement? Cool!!
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/07/06/found-in-78-year-old-cellar-wwii-tank/
Gary Mason
Old news for I knew about it in another forum site. Cool yet illegal according to German laws. The big question is how big is this villa basement was it to keep both stored for so long?
A very nice 1:1 Panther and it looks in pretty good shape too.
Was it properly weathered?
So? I have two tanks in my basement, each holds 50 gallons of water and keeps it hot.
Never-mind about whether or not it was properly weathered.
Did it have a big Confederate Battle Flag on the turret roof?[whstl]
He did good job cleaning it up since the end of WW2 though… LOL!
Another crazy thought that they were stored in a bunker prior becoming a villa.
According to the bbc he drove it around town during the winter, back in the '80s.
Maybe the German gov’t said it was hidden because they have so many of 'em being driven on the streets in Germany…hard to pick out just one Panther V in so many thousands of Panther V s[;)]
So since I found the same information, different text from two sources:
This particular tank was built after the war at the factory, under the supervision of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, for performance evaluation. There were others as well. After it served it’s purpose in England, it was sent to a junk yard. The owner bought it there in 1977 and brought it to Germany, where he kept it in a storage garage.
It’s been confiscated because of course he couldn’t produce the necessary “PAPERS!”
My own guess something to do with taxes.
It’d appear that about two dozen Panthers, plus some Hunters are still around, plus a couple of carcasses, turrets etc.
Poor guy was just one locomotive away from a post apocalyptic tank wagon.
…and you just reminded me of a 1946 ? British movie I saw many decades ago on the local tele…
…film footage of Horsa gliders being towed aloft and German Panther tanks- real German Panther tanks- attacking British paratroopers…[:O]
I always wondered why the movie had access to so many fully functioning Panther tanks[^o)]
LOL…
…and then the German gov’t steam punked him [whstl]
It never could run. It had a Lucas electrical system…
LOL…
Neighbors see the tank and be like “Oh Crap! Its happening again!”
So, it really is a Panther? I thought Panthers were designed well after WWII ended.
Its a Panther Pzkfw V,since you’re Devil Dawg i’m guessing all cats look alike? maybe you’re thinking of the Leopard? [H]
Uhhhh, no. As I mentioned in the initial post, I am in no way a tank expert. I do know that the German word for Panther is Panzer, and that’s about as far my knowledge of German tanks go, other than Tiger tanks were used quite a bit in WWII.