nazi tanks in dc

[alxone]

So every year i go to dc and work the lighting of the Christmas tree at the white house and every year they have toy trains around the tree ( i have no part in setting trains ) . No big deal , but one of the trains is a flatbed cargo train with tanks and war stuff on it . Also no big deal . The thing that bothers me is this why would we have Nazi ( no actual nazi markings ) tanks on that train ???? Someone said maybe its tank that were captured , but if the other things on the train are a Humvee's and other modern equipment , what kind of statement is it to have the tanks on that train ??? Id think that somewhere and by now they could have found some American armor to replace it . Im not sure if im asking for opinions , reasons or just venting a little , but hey now you all can be in on the joke too . Sorry no pics yet but ill add some in a few days when i go back for the lighting ceremony .

[Scanker19]

maybe they realized that most people couldn't pick a tank from a M113 in a line up, little less know they country of origin.

[earplug]

So you get a German tank!
Its probably a German train set. Try and find a US built train set with a US Toy tank.

[rondog]

Toys, you say? Not a biggie to me, 99.9% of the sheeple in this country wouldn't know the difference, or even care. There'd be more people upset over military items period than upset over Nazi items, especially if it's not marked as such. To most sheeple, a tank is a tank. They wouldn't know a Panzer or a Tiger from an Abrams.

Waiting for photos!

[ERNO]

I'm just going out on a limb, and saying it might have been a gift from General Patton to the President after World War 11?
I just checked out a new book on tank's at the library and the German tanks during WW 11 only have the Iron Cross emblazoned on there tanks; although they might have flown a Swastika battle flag during parades.