Yep, and from what I remember (this all happened like 5 years ago) the court said basically the same thing (“What do you mean he mostly didn’t break the weapons control act??”) and that’s why they took his tank away
It was common knowledge in town that the homeowner owned a tank, a man who grew up there told Stern. The tank even proved useful for clearing snow during the 1978 snowstorm. A news report mentions how the tank driver helped someone pull out trees
Original text in German
Im Ort sei bekannt gewesen, dass der Hausbewohner einen Panzer besaß, sagte dem stern ein Mann, der in dem Ort aufgewachsen ist. Der Panzer habe sogar in der Schneekatastrophe 1978 gute Dienste beim Schneeräumen geleistet. In einem Pressebericht ist die Rede davon, wie der Panzerfahrer jemandem beim Herausziehen von Bäumen geholfen habe
Yep, and from what I remember (this all happened like 5 years ago) the court said basically the same thing (“What do you mean he mostly didn’t break the weapons control act??”) and that’s why they took his tank away
Well, the tank was ENCLOSED in a reinforced room - it had no way of exiting that room and was thus “non-functional”!
I don’t think it had no way of exiting:
Original text in German
https://www.stern.de/panorama/weltgeschehen/panzer-im-keller---84-jaehriger-waffenfan-bekommt-mildes-urteil-30643576.html
Not just a room, a basement. It can’t even crash the wall and leave.