Rare Bergepanther recovered from Polish river.

And sometimes local legends can be trusted.
"A lost Nazi tank has been dragged from its watery grave after nearly 80 years, revealing the only surviving Panzer of its kind in the world.
For decades, local legend said that the Nazis lost several tanks retreating across the Czarna Nida river near Bieleckie Młyny, southern Poland, in 1945.
The legends were proved to be true when two incomplete Panzers were dragged from the river in 1990 and 2003 respectively, but there were still reports that there was another.
Now that vehicle has been found too, with history buffs unearthing a unique Bergepanther – a tank that tows tanks – which may be the last of its kind.
And the vehicle could be worth a fortune, with a similar model fetching €15m (£13m) in Germany two years ago, according to local media.
Michał Kęszycki, technical manager of Panzer Farm – which organised the salvage operation – traced the discovery back 30 years.
He said: 'The story begins in the early 90s when an old man showed my uncle the place where the vehicle sunk. The story was, that there was a tank which pulled other tanks.
'The old guy knew a little about German tanks and he told my uncle it was a Panther tank without a turret.
'The guy was old and he just showed the place, but not exactly. We found the exact place a few months ago with a magnetometer.'"
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12646349/Rusting-Nazi-Panzer-tank-discovered-Polish-river-nearly-80-years-sank-retreat.html

 

Excellent find.

 

The Panther pulled out of the same river in 1990 ended up with the Littlefield Collection in California and was restored. Good video here below.

Poland is now claiming that the Panther was illegally exported and as such should be returned to the country.