StuG III start up, revs and drive!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Here we can see a beautiful original Sturmgeschütz III F/8 starting, revving and driving in reverse, during Tanks in Town, an event taking place in Belgium and commemoring the liberation of Mons in september 1944.
    This particular StuG III was restored by the team of the War Heritage Institute, and has its original V12 Maybach! Listen to this masterpiece!

Комментарии • 392

  • @blank557
    @blank557 7 лет назад +57

    The humble little Stug had one of the highest kill ratios of all the German tanks.

    • @alexmuller1680
      @alexmuller1680 Год назад +6

      Along with Pz.IV, most produced german tank of ww2

    • @dorseyblack9833
      @dorseyblack9833 Год назад +7

      Low profile & camouflage + a good gun makes for an effective killer...

    • @Softpaw1996
      @Softpaw1996 Год назад +5

      yeah, it was a multipurpose vehicle aswell. Both a tank destroyer and could also serve as a support gun.

  • @TuShan18
    @TuShan18 6 лет назад +55

    Ah the stug. Such a simple, but effective workhorse. And for a third of the price of a panzer 4. Love these things.

    • @timothy1949
      @timothy1949 Год назад +2

      actually stug 3 costed 70% of a panzer 4 and around 25% of a tiger...doesnt make much sense to cost 1/3 of a panzer 3/4, savings come from removal of turret and its mechanism and replaced with a fixed hull.

    • @TuShan18
      @TuShan18 Год назад +1

      @@timothy1949 yea, I think I heard it wrong back then. Sorry about that. Few dumb now. Still, the turret is an expensive part of the tank. Due to the mechanics to make it work. Removing it does make it a good bit cheaper.

    • @timothy1949
      @timothy1949 Год назад +2

      @@TuShan18 yea, the mechanism to make a turret rotate and attaching it to the hull is quite expensive...idk but i always love the stug, maybe because it is so low to the ground it looks very interesting...

  • @marrier9999
    @marrier9999 6 лет назад +108

    That looks immaculate. Like the day it rolled out of the factory immaculate. Lots of TLC was put into this to be sure.

    • @bullitt7544
      @bullitt7544 4 года назад +2

      Not to mention the many more lives that were lost to make it . WoW

    • @bluetone1418
      @bluetone1418 3 года назад +3

      @@bullitt7544 why are you here

    • @bullitt7544
      @bullitt7544 3 года назад

      @@bluetone1418 HUH? More importantly, Why do you ask???

  • @VRichardsn
    @VRichardsn 7 лет назад +336

    Maybach Symphony HL 120, in 12 cylinders. First movement.

    • @TheRADMAN2009
      @TheRADMAN2009 7 лет назад +2

      Richardsen 😆

    • @mortarpestle.4267
      @mortarpestle.4267 7 лет назад +13

      Hee hee. Sounds like Wagner, though. Performed in no small part thanks to the Panzerwaffe symphony orchestra. Please give credit where credit is due.

    • @mortarpestle.4267
      @mortarpestle.4267 7 лет назад +1

      I beg your pardon, I didn't get the joke.

    • @VRichardsn
      @VRichardsn 7 лет назад +1

      Oh, please, no need to apologize, my good man. Carry on.

    • @Landser64
      @Landser64 6 лет назад +2

      That was good one. How about a Rolls Royce Merlin Joke in 12 cylinder-very uplifting.

  • @TheGeezzer
    @TheGeezzer 2 года назад +12

    W💥W! She's in beautifully restored condition, looking mint! I bet she's worth well over a million bucks! Superb StuG III

  • @lfotzblitz7436
    @lfotzblitz7436 7 лет назад +290

    Stug Life

    • @tuanvandersluis4433
      @tuanvandersluis4433 4 года назад +1

      it's a stug 3 b & g.

    • @justmrcrow
      @justmrcrow Год назад

      ​@@tuanvandersluis4433 Wdym B? B had the older short 75mm for infantry support

  • @chaz706
    @chaz706 7 лет назад +121

    This is a stug.
    It stugs.

    • @HansGurke44
      @HansGurke44 4 года назад +9

      @Georgi Var Geschütz, it's Geschütz. Sturmgeschütz!

    • @Shelby-fq3eh
      @Shelby-fq3eh 4 года назад +3

      @Georgi Var It's not that hard, it could be Leichterpanzerspahwagen Sonderkraftfahrzeug

    • @FredDude27
      @FredDude27 4 года назад +5

      @@Shelby-fq3eh Gesundheit!

    • @alexv1387
      @alexv1387 4 года назад +1

      @@Shelby-fq3eh Universalmaschinengewehrlaufwechselplappe

  • @HartDoug
    @HartDoug 4 года назад +6

    Beautiful machine; I think I remember the name StuG III but didn’t remember exactly what it looked like. I am glad that it is a rebuild (not an active combat vehicle)...

  • @jcheysel1
    @jcheysel1 7 лет назад +6

    Great restoration, what a piece of machinery.

  • @robertsikora8449
    @robertsikora8449 6 лет назад +4

    The Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 912 insignia on the back plate of the armour. StuG III Ausf. F/8 probably from Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring, currently from a museum of Bastogne Barracks. Chassis number 90507. This vehicle was captured by US 7th Army troops in Sicily during Husky Operation (1943).

  • @lueckbullet97
    @lueckbullet97 7 лет назад +41

    Man what a beautiful piece of machinery!! 😳.....

  • @rock_ok
    @rock_ok 7 лет назад +109

    i love the stug

    • @outdoors_review
      @outdoors_review 6 лет назад +1

      rock ok, same good tank and good looking one too

    • @LordOfRage
      @LordOfRage 6 лет назад +6

      It is one of the sexiest tank ever.

  • @chrillepixla
    @chrillepixla 7 лет назад +15

    This is one beautiful piece of machinery. Thanks for sharing!

  • @gbh263
    @gbh263 6 лет назад +9

    Thats an awesome tank. The restoration is fantastic !

    • @pathdaly
      @pathdaly 4 года назад +1

      But it's not a tank; it's an assault gun/self-propelled gun.

    • @justmrcrow
      @justmrcrow Год назад

      ​@@pathdaly It's based on a tank chassis. It's tracked, armored, has a gun, just not turret.

    • @pathdaly
      @pathdaly Год назад

      @@justmrcrow I'm fully aware of it's lineage, but it was not; at the time, nor now; a tank, in the same way that the modern U.S. M109 is not a tank.

  • @fatalexception1269
    @fatalexception1269 6 лет назад +6

    These things were pretty good at going in reverse from 1943 onwards.

  • @Real_Claudy_Focan
    @Real_Claudy_Focan 7 лет назад +8

    One of the few maybe the only one running with full original pieces ! Restored and rebuild by proud militaries in Bastogne ! they did a marvelous job ! I saw it when it arrived, 95% rusted, hull and deck appart in a poor state..
    Really shoot out to guys who spend a lot of time on this piece of History !

  • @MSM4U2POM
    @MSM4U2POM 7 лет назад +3

    Serious piece of kit. Very nice indeed.

  • @kaybevang536
    @kaybevang536 6 лет назад +3

    I thought the Stug would be bigger but it’s actually small but then again it makes it harder to hit at long range

  • @qhfv2745
    @qhfv2745 Год назад +1

    What a magnificent machine!

  • @desertwolf3818
    @desertwolf3818 6 лет назад +14

    This would look great in my front yard, “good morning neighbors”

  • @Psiberzerker
    @Psiberzerker 5 лет назад +21

    0:10 "Uh, you might want to move your Jeep..."

  • @filippo82ify
    @filippo82ify 7 лет назад +5

    Simply pure art

  • @tomservo5347
    @tomservo5347 6 лет назад +20

    I think the simple StuG was responsible for more tank kills than the other highly celebrated tanks. Good gun and extremely hard to locate and hit due to it's low profile. Should have churned these out and committed to a defensive line in '41 like Von Rundstedt recommended when Barbarossa first showed signs of petering out. (He assumed a strategic withdrawal with looming winter and heavy Soviet counterattacks was sound doctrine-and resigned when Hitler countermanded his orders knowing disaster was the alternative.)

    • @volfhex9270
      @volfhex9270 6 лет назад +1

      Let's not change the history please. You Can't predict how world would have been if germany had won the war.

    • @tomservo5347
      @tomservo5347 6 лет назад +11

      How exactly did I "change history"? I just stated exactly what happened militarily and only expressed an opinion on focusing on producing as many StuG's as possible with the liberty of hindsight. The StuG was an extremely effective tank killer, easy to produce and well suited for defensive operations.

    • @derpmaster7719
      @derpmaster7719 6 лет назад +1

      James Robert Producing more StuGs, or any kind of vehicles in excess by 1941 is more or less a counter productive action anyways. Germany neither had the oil nor the industrial capacity and resources to mass produce tanks even before the war started. That's why they invaded Russia in hopes of obtaining the resources and industrial capacity in order to maintain their war machine

    • @taistelusammakko5088
      @taistelusammakko5088 Год назад

      Tanks effectiveness is not measured by the killed tanks. Tanks are good if they fulfill their role. Of course stug had a high kill numbers, because later in the war they were used as tank destroyers. Tank destroyers destroy tanks. Tigers dont necessary have to kill tanks to fulfill their role

  • @nickolasgarner6739
    @nickolasgarner6739 7 лет назад +3

    this makes me happy
    thank you

  • @krisfrederick5001
    @krisfrederick5001 4 года назад +4

    00:30 The old man taps the other old man on the shoulder, then turns around looking down the barrel of a Stug lol

  • @icejwericytop6969
    @icejwericytop6969 6 лет назад +21

    I wanna see this tank destoying a whole building.

    • @donedgerton4529
      @donedgerton4529 6 лет назад +4

      It's NOT a "tank"!

    • @PieAndChips
      @PieAndChips 4 года назад

      @@donedgerton4529 Yes it is

    • @alexv1387
      @alexv1387 4 года назад

      @@PieAndChips No. It's a Sturmgeschütz. StuGs were Self-propelled Artillery. If you want to call it a tank rename it to Sturmpanzerkampfwagen (look at the Sturmtiger)

    • @SergioGarcia-yq3mw
      @SergioGarcia-yq3mw 3 года назад

      @@alexv1387 wasn’t it also an anti-tank or is it’s the same thing

    • @justmrcrow
      @justmrcrow Год назад

      ​@@SergioGarcia-yq3mw It was designed for infantry support. Then, kater in the war, it received a longer L/48 75mm AT gun instead of the shorter one.

  • @Tenkai917
    @Tenkai917 7 лет назад +53

    Very nice, not many of those around anymore.

    • @GoldCraft55
      @GoldCraft55 6 лет назад +1

      few Sturmgeschütz left you say?
      sad, I want to see one

    • @readytodie7355
      @readytodie7355 6 лет назад +3

      You can find one in Parolannummi, Finland

    • @Tonza205
      @Tonza205 6 лет назад +3

      There is at least 4 Stug:s in parola armour museum ;)

    • @readytodie7355
      @readytodie7355 6 лет назад +1

      Yeah but only 1 (if im right) working

    • @simono.w.2995
      @simono.w.2995 5 лет назад +1

      There are a bunch of stug (looksalikes driving around, at least 6!

  • @fabiarrahman2248
    @fabiarrahman2248 6 лет назад +44

    Stug Lyfe

    • @tomservo5347
      @tomservo5347 6 лет назад +2

      I got that t-shirt with a StuG on it from the 'Military History Visualized' channel shop. Check it out.

  • @guillermovillavicencio6494
    @guillermovillavicencio6494 Год назад +1

    Muy lindo uno de mi favoritos dentro linea de caza tanques, se creo como artilleria de apollo infanteria pero resulto ser un muy bueno para destruir carros y tanques, por eso fue que al final se le fesigno como caza tanques de emboscada por su perfil bajo, tenia un alsa de csñon de 12 grados y creo como 18 o 20 grados de forma latetal para ambos lados, lo juego en W of T y es genial ya con casi 3000 batallas y con 3 marcas de excelencia, ahora dentro mi pasa tiempo, tengo el Stud IIIG , Jasgphanter , el Tiger I , Pz II H , Pz IV H y el Panther de la marca Heng Long a escala 1/16 radio controlados y disparan valines de 6 mm. SON GENIALES , saludos desde CHILE 😊😊

  • @soldat2501
    @soldat2501 4 года назад +1

    A very effective redesign of the Panzer III. Super low to the ground mounting the powerful 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48. Some sources say it was responsible for the most allied tank kills in WWII. Far more than the Big Cats. One wonders what would have happened if the Germans concentrated on up gunning the StuG and modernizing Pzkwiv Iv instead of wasting resources on the unreliable Mark V Panther and VI Tiger.

    • @joperamod5760
      @joperamod5760 4 года назад

      They were not unreliable.

    • @justmrcrow
      @justmrcrow Год назад

      ​@@joperamod5760 They were. The engine broke often, and critical systems could be unusable even if a shell didn't directly damage it.

  • @Wardaddy779
    @Wardaddy779 7 лет назад +13

    This is so sick, thanks for uploading.

  • @StyleKrong
    @StyleKrong 7 лет назад +7

    Amazing sound!

  • @military-vehicles
    @military-vehicles 7 лет назад +4

    Awesome!! Great sound!

  • @charlestemm4870
    @charlestemm4870 7 лет назад

    very cool they let onlookers get so close to this history, I'm amazed though you don't see lawyers foaming at the mouth over the "opportunities"
    I hope one day I can make one of these armor/vehicle exhibits, incredible!

  • @mclaren712
    @mclaren712 7 лет назад +20

    I want to drive this to my school

    • @aryoww9460
      @aryoww9460 4 года назад

      Me too

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 4 года назад +2

      I would have driven it THROUGH my school.

  • @goldeneagle3218
    @goldeneagle3218 4 года назад +1

    It still looks great. 😍😍😍

  • @joe125ful
    @joe125ful 7 лет назад +4

    Cool piece of great German engineering:)In WOT sound bad but in real life so smooth!

  • @subtle0savage
    @subtle0savage 4 года назад +1

    Gorgeous. Great work.

  • @user-dr4qu9sv3m
    @user-dr4qu9sv3m 4 года назад

    It have been so long since I saw one of those beautiful creatures

  •  4 года назад +1

    AAH YES, THE TURTLEPANZER III G

  • @daveb.4268
    @daveb.4268 4 года назад +1

    Looks a lot smaller than I thought it would be.🤔 Smart to keep such a low profile. One of the times in life it pays not to advertise.

    • @GeorgiaBoy1961
      @GeorgiaBoy1961 4 года назад +2

      @ Pike's: The Sturmgeschütz III was one of Germany's most-effective armored vehicles of the war, as well as one of the most-produced. Based upon the well-proven Panzer III tank chassis, and using an KwK L40 75mm main gun, it was light enough at ~ 24 tons such that it could cross many roadway bridges heavier AFVs could not, and its low profile made tougher to spot on the battlefield than many of its larger cousins. Relatively thinly-armored and having only a few degrees of traverse on its gun (i.e., it relied on aiming the vehicle to bring the gun to bear), it was at an advantage when working from ambush or a protected position. Shoot and scoot, a lot like the U.S. idea of TDs.

  • @andreasschxx2740
    @andreasschxx2740 4 года назад +1

    Das Ding hat 1000 . Deutsche Soldaten gerettet 👌🏻

  • @frankpineda1832
    @frankpineda1832 3 года назад +1

    I love that sound 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @brothersgt.grauwolff6716
    @brothersgt.grauwolff6716 6 лет назад +2

    I always loved playing this in World of Tanks 😆

  • @RaceWithDevil1
    @RaceWithDevil1 4 года назад

    Sono italiano e amo lo stug. Linea invidiabile un cacciacarri semplicemente avanti, grazie.

  • @iantreefellow
    @iantreefellow 4 года назад +1

    3:14 Two little monsters the Stug 3 & a Hertzer, grrrowlll

  • @harryhirsch8527
    @harryhirsch8527 4 года назад +6

    3:17..the design is very german...scary ...reminds me on the Leclerc Tank

  • @TheGrenadier97
    @TheGrenadier97 6 лет назад +2

    Some commanders considered assault artillery even more useful and efficient than tanks.

  • @Akteneb
    @Akteneb 7 лет назад +7

    Beautiful! :)
    Is it possible to trace the character on the tank to which the division belonged?

  • @cepis-h4u
    @cepis-h4u 6 лет назад

    What a review without fuel consumption data

  • @peternijenhhuis9073
    @peternijenhhuis9073 4 года назад +1

    Men I love this StuG, and your video's.

  • @dougsmith8760
    @dougsmith8760 6 лет назад

    Never gonna happen, but ownership of one of these at the top of my Bucket List!

  • @Lycurgus1982
    @Lycurgus1982 4 года назад +3

    It's no wonder why general Manstein wanted more of these tanks. They were cost effective.

    • @pathdaly
      @pathdaly 4 года назад

      Not a "tank"; an assault gun/self-propelled gun.

  • @carlhicksjr8401
    @carlhicksjr8401 4 года назад

    It's SO nice to see vehicles painted in Heer colors instead of SS.

  • @VANISHTHEWEAK
    @VANISHTHEWEAK 7 лет назад +3

    What a beauty.

  • @steveaustin6467
    @steveaustin6467 Год назад

    a work of art

  • @ReverbCanvas
    @ReverbCanvas Год назад +1

    what the fuuuuuuuuuck this is insanely cool

  • @luckypyjamastv1473
    @luckypyjamastv1473 7 лет назад +1

    This channel has got good potencial !!!

  • @GA-br8wj
    @GA-br8wj 4 года назад

    That StuG has eaten a couple of motorcycles, sounds like that at least. NICE!!!

  • @FairladyS130
    @FairladyS130 4 года назад +2

    Sounds like the ignition is breaking down under load.

  • @gennarosavastano9424
    @gennarosavastano9424 2 года назад

    This is beautiful

  • @wojciechgrodnicki6302
    @wojciechgrodnicki6302 4 года назад

    Such a small vehicle. Low silhouette is great for avoiding trouble.

  • @wolfpack4694
    @wolfpack4694 7 лет назад

    Smaller profile than i had thought. Must've been a helluva ambusher.

  • @yunhuayiu4721
    @yunhuayiu4721 4 года назад

    Nice job

  • @imfeelingluckypunk492
    @imfeelingluckypunk492 7 лет назад

    It has Marks of Excellence! 💪

  • @seoulkidd1
    @seoulkidd1 4 года назад +1

    One of the Germans best Tank destroyers

  • @jeffadams9807
    @jeffadams9807 Год назад

    Michel Wittman (A German Tank Ace) Was A Commander Of 1 Of These, 75% Of The Tanks He Destroyed Was With 1 Of These... He Then Moved Up To A Tiger Tank (#007) & Was Killed At Caan, Durning The Normandy Invasion...

  • @Scioneer
    @Scioneer 5 лет назад

    Beautiful machine.

  • @treadheadpete4770
    @treadheadpete4770 4 года назад

    Ah the sweet sound of a Maybach!

  • @MEL0NE80
    @MEL0NE80 6 лет назад +4

    that sound :D

  • @benlaskowski357
    @benlaskowski357 4 года назад

    Excellent.

  • @sniper9786
    @sniper9786 7 лет назад +3

    okay I must admit..... I'd forget my crush for this.

  • @UltraKryptonian
    @UltraKryptonian 4 года назад

    “Alright, Private... take it to washrack and get the mud out of the roadwheels!”

  • @pawekorczak7302
    @pawekorczak7302 3 года назад

    Hetzer is chilling in the background

  • @Thoooooms
    @Thoooooms 5 лет назад +1

    From 0:38 to 1:08 it sounds like my 1992 Fiat Panda 1000 on a cold morning

  • @GanjaClaus
    @GanjaClaus 6 лет назад

    Just the morning sounds when living in the projects and ppl starting their broken cars to get to work...

  • @redjacc7581
    @redjacc7581 4 года назад

    that looks brand new

  • @MoistDredd
    @MoistDredd 6 лет назад

    This is why I like the old era LOOK HOW SEXY IT SOUNDS FUCK

  •  4 года назад

    Beautiful music.

  • @dirkanders8312
    @dirkanders8312 2 года назад

    Rückrad der Wehrmacht!!!! Absolutes lieblingsfahrzeug der landser

  • @erojerisiz1571
    @erojerisiz1571 6 лет назад +1

    fav german tank (tiger 1 2nd, pz. 4 schmalturm 3rd)

  • @Tubercollosal
    @Tubercollosal 6 лет назад +1

    My dream car!

  • @qrayka213
    @qrayka213 3 года назад

    StuG the unsung hero the deadliest land vehicle in ww2

  • @thekingsilverado9004
    @thekingsilverado9004 7 лет назад

    I had an old Camaro that sounded just like that thing right before I tore that Happy The Clown engine out of it and built a real LS6 motor for it. Used the old block for target practice for some years..

  • @1milazzo
    @1milazzo 6 лет назад

    It honestly sounds like the parking/ hold brake was still on with the sounds the engine was making.

  • @Sabaton62
    @Sabaton62 7 лет назад +2

    Super Vidéo 👍
    Great.

  • @Ima184mm
    @Ima184mm 3 года назад

    Stug III .G is the best model

  • @user-ci4oy3zn2i
    @user-ci4oy3zn2i 4 года назад +1

    Классная машинка! Охотник за танками!

  • @erikandrehoglund55
    @erikandrehoglund55 5 лет назад

    Still better than my rust benz from 2013

  • @dankwartdenkhardt5714
    @dankwartdenkhardt5714 6 лет назад

    I Identify personally myself with the STUG: Strong fire-power, weak amor plating and many corners and edges....like me...:-)

  • @clintonreisig
    @clintonreisig 2 года назад

    Perfect WW2 ambush weapon

  • @villarrealfc8381
    @villarrealfc8381 4 года назад

    Beautiful

  • @e.c.9468
    @e.c.9468 7 лет назад +7

    I was here :))

  • @joshvellieux8693
    @joshvellieux8693 6 лет назад

    Sounds like a major tune-up in the near future

  • @luciankristov6436
    @luciankristov6436 3 года назад

    Jesus Christ that thing is running like eboal . Lean and then rich as hell. Put a wideband on it for fxck sakes ! Let the stug , stug !

  • @kickazzdrummer666
    @kickazzdrummer666 7 лет назад +4

    Damn, the Germans sure know how to make awesome machines.

  • @refiandikrisnawan
    @refiandikrisnawan 2 года назад

    Mantap, Keren Video favorit saya :D

  • @gearz2570
    @gearz2570 6 лет назад

    If only they had these kind of events in CA

  • @allenchilders3049
    @allenchilders3049 4 года назад

    To this day I can not figure out as late as Operation Barbarossa why the German Army had short barreled main guns, derisively nicknamed cigar buts, on there panzers and assault guns.

  • @Lerch-zc3ww
    @Lerch-zc3ww 4 года назад +1

    "So, It's a 44 eh?....how many miles ya got on it?"

    • @flitsertheo
      @flitsertheo 4 года назад

      It"s mileage is measured in Shermans. June 9 1944 : 4 Shermans . June 10 : 1 Sherman. June 11 had a day off. June 12 : 3 Shermans. etc ...