And in other news... AKA unusual things to find during the war

[StainlessSteelCynic]

So your band of PCs has managed to find themselves safe in northern Germany and out of the frying pan of Poland. They stop in one town and decide to hole up for the night but the first house they find has some damage. It does have a storage unit however and from the look of it, it's probably warm and dry...

... so it's a pity there isn't much room because you have to share it with a tank, some artillery and other odds and ends all from WW2.
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-f...where-33381772
http://europe.newsweek.com/ww2-tank-...asement-329755
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...r-s-house.html
The tank, by some accounts, was in a drivable condition in 1978 and from some of the photos from 2015, looks to have been in a state of repair.

[stormlion1]

It would make a great scenario for this old bugger to pop up with it and help German forces at some point during the fighting. I wonder how a Panther would do against relatively modern Russian Armor?

As for the guys collection. I've read there were museums bidding on it BEFORE it was seized.

[Schone23666]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

It would make a great scenario for this old bugger to pop up with it and help German forces at some point during the fighting. I wonder how a Panther would do against relatively modern Russian Armor?

As for the guys collection. I've read there were museums bidding on it BEFORE it was seized.

If there were indeed museums bidding on the equipment in question before it was seized, it calls into question as to why the government seized the equipment to begin with even further. If it was contraband, I doubt he would have had legal entities like museums bidding on it in the first place.

Stuff is likely either going to sit and rust in a warehouse, or get melted into scrap now....sigh.

[stormlion1]

Originally Posted by Schone23666

If there were indeed museums bidding on the equipment in question before it was seized, it calls into question as to why the government seized the equipment to begin with even further. If it was contraband, I doubt he would have had legal entities like museums bidding on it in the first place.

Stuff is likely either going to sit and rust in a warehouse, or get melted into scrap now....sigh.

It was museums bidding to the Government, not the guy who owned them. I'm thinking someone became aware of them, made an offer to the German Government to seize them so they could be donated.

[Olefin]

A fully operational Panther would probably do pretty well against any kind of APC or armored car and even some of the older tanks like the T-54. Against anything like a T-72 or newer it might have a chance but only in very specific circumstances - I.e. a shot at its belly armor or the rear armor.

[unkated]

And that AA gun?

Um, 88mm Flak gun. The kind Rommel discovered works just dandily on tanks.

The picture in the BBC article shows it with what looks like 4 kill rings.

I agree with Olefin - neither weapon would stop a T-72, but would ruin the day of an armored infantry column. They could probably hurt a tank from ambush, hitting side or rear.


Uncle Ted