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World War II-era German tank found near Polish scrap yard

Other News Materials 20 April 2011 14:41 (UTC +04:00)
A Polish arms museum was working Wednesday to rescue a World War II-era German Panzer tank found underground near a scrap metal yard in northern Poland.
World War II-era German tank found near Polish scrap yard

A Polish arms museum was working Wednesday to rescue a World War II-era German Panzer tank found underground near a scrap metal yard in northern Poland, DPA reported.

The Museum of Polish Arms in Kolobrzeg was working to secure the tank, which was located a few metres below ground near Stargard Szczecinski.

Museum officials called the tank a "jewel" and the first of its kind in the country's arms collections.

The vehicle was discovered after a local man noticed a fragment of it at a nearby scrap metal yard.

Other pieces of the tank will now be dug up and taken to the museum for conservation work, which could take several years.

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