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Worried2020

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13. I like the flak gun!

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Mon Jul 26, 2021, 08:08 PM

Jul 2021

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From another article

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3148431/Police-discover-WWII-TANK-anti-aircraft-gun-hidden-cellar-German-pensioner-s-house.html

Rallying: The mayor of Heikendorf has come out in defence of the pensioner, saying he had even been seen driving the tank around in public

Don't need a horn or turn signals when ur driving THAT!

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German lawyers wrangle over pensioner's WW2 tank in basement [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 OP

Maybe it's like Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel. rsdsharp Jul 2021 #1

Like new? keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #2

It looks cleaner than our family car. 70sEraVet Jul 2021 #7

Looks like it's in relatively good condition. Aristus Jul 2021 #3

The T-34 as Tiger I always gets a roll of the eyes. n/t Harker Jul 2021 #8

If it's well-disguised, I give the filmmakers one for nothing. Aristus Jul 2021 #11

I was thinking Kelly's Heroes... Harker Jul 2021 #12

Someone needs to ask Leroy Jethro Gibbs. nt DURHAM D Jul 2021 #4

Don't tell them about the Type VII U-boat I've got in my basement, Ocelot II Jul 2021 #5

Ha - I have the sister ship to the hindenburgh in my attic...... getagrip_already Jul 2021 #6

It'll be at Barret-Jackson soon! Mopar151 Jul 2021 #9

Panther tank transmissions keithbvadu2 Jul 2021 #10

I like the flak gun! Worried2020 Jul 2021 #13

I really wonder about the reports of him driving that tank around in public. Javaman Jul 2021 #14

I think they are referring to the flack gun as a tank. Worried2020 Jul 2021 #15

I just hope he was a better tank driver than Frank Burns. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2021 #16

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