It towed artillery yes, but they were also used as recovery vehicles. Despite their size and power it still took three 18 tonne Sd.Kfz.9's to pull one tiger!
Wessel200 5 euros, about $7.30 Aussie dollars, I would call that money well spent on a ride you will remember for a very long time with help of this video. I must admit to being just a touch jealous :))
All of these vehicles are rare, but there are a few extra special ones this year. 2:49 Hanomag Diesel Road Tractor, 3:26 Sd.Kfz.7 Late production with wooden flatbed deck, 3:42 Schwerer Einheits PKW, 3:57 Volkswagen Typ 82E, 5:25 (tan 6 wheel truck) Steyr 640, 6:30 Sd.Kfz.10/4, 7:35 Opel Blitz 3,6-36 Kfz.305 - a room on wheels that had a version for basically any function you could ever want, 12:10 French Lorraine 37L artillery tractor, 4 roadwheel short version, 13:16 Opel Blitz 3,6-6700 A Tanker,
What a grand event to see! I've only seen these vehicles in books before today. How wonderful it must be to own or even see them in person! I cant begin to imagine the logistical nightmare it must have been to order, stock, maintain all the different parts for all the different vehicles in a panzer unit or even a motorized unit! Thank you for uploading this video.
That big half-track would solve all my problems of trying to get a parking-space in my local super-market at Christmas."Move or be crushed". Thankyou and have a nice day
andy d they are expensive though just find a five ton or a deuce in a half much cheaper and nearly the same size or possibly bigger depending on the variant but sadly no tracks but you do have 6X6 with 48in standard tires
+Gabriel Gonzalez, they are called "Kettanrads" (My spelling may be wrong here :-), and they are much sought after, as I understand. These days they do not come cheap!
I did not realize how kinds there were! I thought I knew a good amount of WWII history, but have not seen many of these. How exciting, and like others have said, they still run!
Vielen Dank aus Russland. Бесподобная коллекция техники будет только дорожать с каждым годом ! На ходу в прекрасном состоянии ! Везунчики, покатались на таких раритетах ! Я в восторге, и рысь, и штуг, и хорьх, и штаер, чего только нет, тягачи почти все! Шоколадка, а не коллекция !
Thanks for posting this video, I really appreciated being able to see all the many various support vehicles used by German forces in WW II. I had no idea that they had so many different models of Half-track, and the range of sizes is staggering, not to mention the logistical nightmare of supplying spares for so many different vehicles. When you consider that the Allies basically used only two different brands of Half-track, White and International with similar basic bodies, but sharing many common parts and service items across them and many trucks and other vehicles, then the German problem becomes evident. Oh the headaches involved!
Most of these vehicles were based on Trucks and Truck drive trains already in production so the logistical situation wasn't that bad. The rear wheels were replaced by track sprockets. That was the beauty of half tracks. The vehicle steered by the front wheels but past a certain point breaking pressure was applied (adjustable by the driver). In some ways cheaper than a 4WD or 6WD truck. The differential could be locked and steered without wheels as well alone. The US half tracks were much more complicated: they had front wheel drive, a central differential and a shorter track section.
Right, like people with Classic Cars, life's too short, if it can't be used, it's like.......... What's the point of having it? It's just A giant paper weight that requires upkeep, and maintenance, What A Waste, Illogical.
Such genius every vehicle suits it creations purposed, yet running still. Mind blowing idea for today's people to see and appreciated. Thanks for oldies.!
@@befundara Pretty interesting statistics from Robert Forcysk. Batallion of T-34s move 400 km and have a breakdown rate of 15 percent. Battalion of Panthers move 90 km and have a breakdown rate of 35 percent. 1943. They improved later though but we're never as reliable as a T-34.
I kind of like how the public is given a chance to ride in them. In the US people are off limits as if they have the latest stealth fighter in secret components.
WOW there are some beautiful vehicles here! The Germans used the half track system on more trucks than any other Army in WWII and they had some BIG ones I believe one of them had a 12 ton load rating, the Cars I am not positive about but one at least looked like a Horch which was also 1 of the 4 that were forsed together and formed the Auto Union. The Kettenkrads looked really nice and there must be getting fewer and fewer of these available for buyers because the prices have jumped over the 100,000 USD mark a few years ago. I collect US Military heavy trucks and much more modern German Military trucks (Unimogs) its a great hobby and I have extremely high regards for the Unimogs!
Brilliant weaponry built by brilliant people thinking outside the box, thinking blitzkrieg. I especially am impressed with the armored fire-team and squad carriers. They just tried to save to much to fast.
No, what would be sad is if these vehicles weren't around anymore, and they weren't maintained, and there wasn't events like this, and in turn the next generations didn't have A physical connection with the past, because as hard as it is for people like us to believe, the knowledge/history of this time is not being passed along......... That is unless you count video games, let that sink in for A little bit. 🎮🤦
I didn't realise how huge that halftrack truck was. It's bigger than most tanks.
soundslave I think it was a SdKfz 9 Heavy recovery vehicle...it towed tanks.
"To tow the tank, you must become the tank" kinda thing
No, it towed the german Flak. 8.8!
It towed artillery yes, but they were also used as recovery vehicles. Despite their size and power it still took three 18 tonne Sd.Kfz.9's to pull one tiger!
Wow cool.. 👍
Bloody hellfire, that first half track is gigantic!
True, we tend to lose the sense of scale of these vehicles since most of us know them primarily from vintage photos, scale models or 3D graphics.
Yea itts gigantic i was on it costs 5 euro to get a ride.
+MAR COR Also you don't see people using normal clothing what helps to see tue scale better.
Wessel200 5 euros, about $7.30 Aussie dollars, I would call that money well spent on a ride you will remember for a very long time with help of this video. I must admit to being just a touch jealous :))
XVX6katana6XVX it's FAMOZAUR! !
All of these vehicles are rare, but there are a few extra special ones this year.
2:49 Hanomag Diesel Road Tractor, 3:26 Sd.Kfz.7 Late production with wooden flatbed deck, 3:42 Schwerer Einheits PKW, 3:57 Volkswagen Typ 82E, 5:25 (tan 6 wheel truck) Steyr 640, 6:30 Sd.Kfz.10/4, 7:35 Opel Blitz 3,6-36 Kfz.305 - a room on wheels that had a version for basically any function you could ever want, 12:10 French Lorraine 37L artillery tractor, 4 roadwheel short version, 13:16 Opel Blitz 3,6-6700 A Tanker,
Hunter12396 thanks a lot.
ty for knowledge.
Merci de nous avoir éclairé 🙂👍
Уважение людям, так хорошо сохранившим историческую технику!
Да пошёл ты на Х...Й! вместе с такой историей
What a grand event to see! I've only seen these vehicles in books before today. How wonderful it must be to own or even see them in person! I cant begin to imagine the logistical nightmare it must have been to order, stock, maintain all the different parts for all the different vehicles in a panzer unit or even a motorized unit! Thank you for uploading this video.
13thBear; I couldn't agree more. I was wondering about the whole logistics problem myself during the video.
That big half-track would solve all my problems of trying to get a parking-space in my local super-market at Christmas."Move or be crushed". Thankyou and have a nice day
andy d they are expensive though just find a five ton or a deuce in a half much cheaper and nearly the same size or possibly bigger depending on the variant but sadly no tracks but you do have 6X6 with 48in standard tires
i want one of those half track bikes!
Gabriel Gonzalez Ikr, those are so cool!
+Gabriel Gonzalez, they are called "Kettanrads" (My spelling may be wrong here :-), and they are much sought after, as I understand. These days they do not come cheap!
Kettenrad
Gabriel Gonzalez mercs 2 panzercycle
they make a modern version
google snowmobile :P
I did not realize how kinds there were! I thought I knew a good amount of WWII history, but have not seen many of these. How exciting, and like others have said, they still run!
Such an awesome collection of German WWII equipment!!!!!!!
There's just something so satisfying about the sound of old engines, axles and tracks creaking and squeaking, etc.
Except if you are the Russian soldiers in the trench
If you are them that is terrifying
But the sound indeed satisfying
Vielen Dank aus Russland. Бесподобная коллекция техники будет только дорожать с каждым годом ! На ходу в прекрасном состоянии ! Везунчики, покатались на таких раритетах ! Я в восторге, и рысь, и штуг, и хорьх, и штаер, чего только нет, тягачи почти все! Шоколадка, а не коллекция !
Besten Gruß aus Deutschland !!👍👍
Love the Kettenkrad but the Schwimmwagon was the best! What is not to love about an Amphibious vehicle?
I'm in love with the schwimmwagen.
But this verhicle goes for a couple of hundreds of thousands of dollars😥
UDT's
Just being A Smart ass.
I love them too!
Amazing pieces of history.I'm glad so many are still in good nick!
This was one of the best videos i have ever seen on TH-cam... Very satisfying!
😅
Großartig,diese Fahrzeuge in ihrem Element zu sehen.Toll,das manch einer dort auch mal ordentlich am Kabel gezogen hat.Sind halt > Fahrzeuge < !
Thanks for posting this video, I really appreciated being able to see all the many various support vehicles used by German forces in WW II. I had no idea that they had so many different models of Half-track, and the range of sizes is staggering, not to mention the logistical nightmare of supplying spares for so many different vehicles. When you consider that the Allies basically used only two different brands of Half-track, White and International with similar basic bodies, but sharing many common parts and service items across them and many trucks and other vehicles, then the German problem becomes evident. Oh the headaches involved!
Yes; but they made their problems even bigger by using civilian as well as catched enemy vehicles. ("Ergänzungsfahrzeuge/Beutefahrzeuge")
Most of these vehicles were based on Trucks and Truck drive trains already in production so the logistical situation wasn't that bad. The rear wheels were replaced by track sprockets. That was the beauty of half tracks. The vehicle steered by the front wheels but past a certain point breaking pressure was applied (adjustable by the driver). In some ways cheaper than a 4WD or 6WD truck. The differential could be locked and steered without wheels as well alone. The US half tracks were much more complicated: they had front wheel drive, a central differential and a shorter track section.
Great to see these things out and about not just in a museum.
Mark O' Sparko they were made to be driving
Right, like people with Classic Cars, life's too short, if it can't be used, it's like.......... What's the point of having it? It's just A giant
paper weight that requires upkeep, and maintenance,
What A Waste, Illogical.
Luv this. Thanks for posting.
That FAMO has a good turn of speed for a 18 ton vehicle.
Such genius every vehicle suits it creations purposed, yet running still. Mind blowing idea for today's people to see and appreciated. Thanks for oldies.!
german vehicles still operate pretty well.
김송 Anything moves well if maintained
Stoigen Froigen exept maus
And Panther tanks in 1943.
@@Scrat335 haha
@@befundara Pretty interesting statistics from Robert Forcysk. Batallion of T-34s move 400 km and have a breakdown rate of 15 percent. Battalion of Panthers move 90 km and have a breakdown rate of 35 percent. 1943. They improved later though but we're never as reliable as a T-34.
Great to see these machines running. What is amazing that's some pretty fair equipment by today's standards. I love those Kubelvagans.
amazed to see the many different types of half tracks those Germans did produced
the Sd.Kfz.9 at the beginning is moving just a little bit faster than I'm comfortable seeing one move
That's blitzkrieg speed.
Yeah, you are right.
The speed is impressive.
I kind of like how the public is given a chance to ride in them. In the US people are off limits as if they have the latest stealth fighter in secret components.
But there are places to ride antique tanks, etc. in America. These are antique German war vehicles, not modern day with secret electronics.
Holret here in fla there was a museum that you can ride in a M8 Greyhound armour reconnaissance vehicle. Sadly that museum isnt around anymore.
This is awesome... I wish I could 'like' it twice...
I think those half track motorcycles look bad ass.
i like those and the huge truck the most
They really do
Im adding it to my bucket list
All luxus for my eyes. Thanks for show
Excellent, thanks.
Those overlapping running wheels of German halftrack-vehicles are looking so sexy
What a coincidence VW cut the video to announce the T-cross model...
Boys and their toys ..What a great day out .
A great day ? They are not even driving it. Just a boring day...
I enjoyed that, TY!
Das ist fantastisch!naturlich!!!!
Kids: We are late from school.
Dad: Hold my Apfelsaft...
Better than today offroad.
Me and the boys on our way to Poland
Except some of these vehicles weren't used during the September campaign :|
@@professionalbabushka4591 ooooo, babushka, blyat
WOW there are some beautiful vehicles here! The Germans used the half track system on more trucks than any other Army in WWII and they had some BIG ones I believe one of them had a 12 ton load rating, the Cars I am not positive about but one at least looked like a Horch which was also 1 of the 4 that were forsed together and formed the Auto Union. The Kettenkrads looked really nice and there must be getting fewer and fewer of these available for buyers because the prices have jumped over the 100,000 USD mark a few years ago. I collect US Military heavy trucks and much more modern German Military trucks (Unimogs) its a great hobby and I have extremely high regards for the Unimogs!
2:49 Well, that was unexpected. All these obviously military vehicles and then a tractor that looks like it belongs on a farm.
Beautiful machinery!
12:06 superbe
Lorraine 37L (Tracteur de Ravitaillement pour Chars 1937 L) bravo les gars très bien restauré. Superbe vidéo.
Awesome..fantastic vision of these veterans in action!!
Fantástico!!!
Awesome video man!
Thanks!
Awesome footage
Nice. You don't see running Schwimmwagen too often.
Breathtaking! Perfect condition!
Hello: What's the vehicle @ 12:01-12:13 AND 13:02-13:16? Is the 2nd one a Luchs (Lynx)?! Thank-you for the answers!👍
Lorraine 37L and Luchs yes
Thank you
A pleasant spring drive through the Ardennes.
Algunos de estos cacharros los tuvimos de visita en España. En mala hora. Me alegra verlos usar para dar paseos por el bosque a gente normal.
Man the Germans really loved their half tracks...
02:36 - 02:51 : German units being pursued by the Polish forces, 1939 (colorized)
Wow! A Stug as well , I've died and gone to heaven.
Toll , gefällt mir :-)
Wunderbar! Ist das ein Museum? Wo ist es?
Overloon Oorlogsmuseum in den Niederlanden.
@@johansilwouden3403 Danke schön.
Geiler Scheiß, könnte ich den ganzen Tag zuschauen... Gruß an alle und frohes Fest....!!
Halbketten sind Meeeega geil❤️❤️❤️
It was always a great event, I wonder if it will ever come back ???
It would be sick if they had Tiger 131(PzKfg Tiger l) and Tiger 133 (PzKfg Tiger ll) there.
Does anybody knows if there's a video of the katiusha rockets show on TH-cam? Thanks in advance 😉
Технике почти 80 лет...качество!!!
Восстановленная или новодел?
_Que história viva e sensacional...
A velha e magnifica mecânica alemã, com seus veículos incríveis!!
Дяя и столько времени прошло и работет респект !!!
Der Famo einfach nur GEIL das teil! :-)))))
Did anybody notice the lone VW beetle with the oval rear window? 1939?
How rare would that be?
Les Griffiths
Very rare these days.
How do they get the spare parts for maintenance? These things are more than 50 years old!
Fabricate new parts is my guess
GERMAN MINDS.
Almost 80 years old at the time i write this
The German Half-Track did not have a front powered axel. The American Half Track did have a front powered axel ! tjl
4:36 Those people riding on that Stug are getting gassed bad, lmao.
why? the the emmisions go out from the bottom at the rear
that amphibious thing is great to go lake fishing in
They calll it a "Schwimmwagen" or "Swimming car"
Love those halftrucks
Brilliant,some serious investment there,on the bucket list
1:10 what's this beast of a halftrack called?
Sd.Kfz 9
12:16..my favourite cabrio !
All of them are awesome
Sd.Kfz. 10 is just so cool.
I want one!
My grand European tour will be performed in these vehicles! Warsaw, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, maybe London and Moscow also!
6:30....девушке нравится длинный ствол)))
0:36 I Really Like that Car.
Where in the world did they come up with a FAMO?🙀🙀🙀
Подскажите где проходит этот фестиваль или выставка!?
Magnificent machines!
@6:44 a Luchs!
A German veteran in his 80s or 90s would see and hear a lot of familiar noise.and perhaps give him a few flashbacks.
Where was this event?
It takes place at the Overloon War Museum in the Netherlands.
thanks
Lovint, 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤💎🙌🏼🤙🏼preciosos todos. Gracias por compartir. Desde vlc España
All originals?
After watching hours of silent ww2 documentary , now i know how they sound
The first half track sounded like the tank tracks in War Thunder!
So you guys didn't take Aeroflot?
whats that beauty 6x6 at 5:30 ?
Steyer 640 ;)
1:07 what motorbike model is that?
Не хватает в кадре русских партизан для полноты картины.
Toll,wo kann man das mal angucken?, das sieht man bei uns nie! 👍
Overloon, Niederlanden ;)
Brilliant weaponry built by brilliant people thinking outside the box, thinking blitzkrieg. I especially am impressed with the armored fire-team and squad carriers. They just tried to save to much to fast.
Is it sad that I know the name of ever vehicle in this video
No, what would be sad is if these vehicles weren't around anymore, and they weren't maintained, and there wasn't events like this, and in turn the next generations didn't have A physical connection with the past, because as hard as it is for people like us to believe, the knowledge/history of this time is not being passed along......... That is unless you count video games, let that sink in for A little bit. 🎮🤦
Oh! And I think it's Very Nice that you know the names of all of these vehicles, it shows that you pay attention.
Tell me you didn't learn the names of these vehicles through Video Games?!?!? 🙆🤢
I learned them from a little bit video game mostly books
What about the Paris climate accord.?