In Germany, a 60-year-old man was detained on the A-44 highway near Aachen with an Ordnance QF 25-pounder artillery cannon. This was reported by the telegram channel “Bild in Russian”**.
The man said he was a collector and bought a howitzer for 9 thousand euros in Belgium. However, police determined that it was not demilitarized because the barrel was not bored enough.
The weapon was confiscated, a case was opened for violating the Military Arms Control Law, and the collector faces up to five years in prison.
“The Ordnance QF 25-pounder is a 25-pounder howitzer gun with a caliber of 87.6 mm. Since 1940, more than 12,000 of them have been produced. They were the backbone of British artillery in World War II. Some armies still use this howitzer for fireworks. And the Kurdish militias used it several years ago in battles against ISIS.* in Iraq” – writes TK.
*Terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.
**An organization that performs the functions of a foreign agent.
