German pensioner is fined £200,000 for keeping a WWII TANK and AA gun among ...
German pensioner is fined £200,000 for keeping a WWII TANK and an anti-aircraft cannon among huge arsenal in his house Klaus-Dieter F, 84, admitted to breaching the War Weapons Control Act Handed a 14-month suspended prison sentence, ordered to pay 250,000 euros He kept the Panzer and the 88mm flak gun inside a basement under his home Also recovered were a torpedo, mortar, 70 assault rifles and 2,000 bullets
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A German pensioner has been fined more than £200,000 for keeping a WWII tank and an anti-aircraft cannon stashed in a colossal arsenal at his house.
The 84-year-old, named only as Klaus-Dieter F. due to local privacy laws, kept the Panzer and the 88mm flak gun in a bunker under his home in Heikendorf, close to the northern city of Kiel.
Klaus-Dieter admitted breaching the War Weapons Control Act and was handed a 14-month suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay 250,000 euros (£213,000).
As well as the tank and cannon, he was also in possession of a torpedo, mortar, 70 assault rifles and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition.
A team of 20 Bundeswehr soldiers were dispatched to remove the 44-ton Panzer and the cannon in an
