The only known surviving running German vehicle from Stalingrad!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ม.ค. 2024
- Dmitry from Bushmakow Restorations shows us this beautifully restored SdKfz 250 Mortar Halftrack - The only known surviving running German vehicle from Stalingrad!
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So Caitlin is one of a very, very, very, very, very small percentage of the world that has driven an SKDF 250 and driven a surviving German vehicle from Stalingrad. There might be chance more people gone to space.
I would tend to agree, hundreds have been to space
@@hridgreximp6194 Nobody has been beyond the firmament 😛
Well done Caitlin!!
i believe you forgot a couple very very very :)
Most probably the only woman who has done so that makes her more than likely the one and only one in the World to have done so, Certainly for the only surviving vehicle from Stalingrad.
There probably would have been a number of Russian women who would have driven a captured vehicle back in the day back behind the lines seeing as they used women for everything from Snipers to Fighter Pilots and not sure about Tankers in Combat but more then likely bring new T34's to frontline units would have been one of the tasks for Female Soviet troops.
Even after 80 years German armor still looks beautiful.
The Nazis were never lacking in style, right ?
Don't be a dick by inserting a political jab into a comment that was purely made to show admiration for a well built machine.
@prikov1 who's being a dick. The SS uniforms were stylish as all hell. Etc, etc
@@Necromass
Ok first off , you don't know me or what I think...Secondly the commies didn't have cool shit like the Germans..
thirdly...F.U.
Outfits, weapons, vehicles. Points in all categories. @jeffgeldean6537
The design of these SDKfz halftracks is the most unique vehicle design ever. Such a fascinating shape that these things had. They were menacing looking even though they were not that tough in terms of armor, but the shape looked almost futuristic for the time.
They truly are a work of art design wise
Looks futuristic for our time lol
the most badass looking machine I've seen in a while. Looks very advanced for its time.
I can only suggest you go see a psychiatrist.
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxbe quiet and please do not leave Palestine and leave us alone with our fun here..
@@RebeccaTurner-ny1xxGo spread your degenerate ideology somewhere else
It just dawned on me that the shape of the lower part of the box looks similar to what we use nowadays in MRAPS. I do thnk that it was meant to deflect anti-personal mines. But it could also be to protect the troops from debris from the tracks and make the armour bullet deflecting.
Awesome, and what a sound! These restorers have made a great job. Really a work of art.
I had one of these, and was pulled over by the cops. I saw one carrying a breathalyser, so I just stayed in the vehicle. They gave up after five hours, and I finished my journey unmolested.
That is the coolest looking military vehicle I've seen in years
The Sdkfz vehicle series: 250, 251, 252, 231, 232, 233, 234, 221 and 222. They have their own indescribable magnetism.
Very cool looking indeed, and then forward eighty years, they drive past a shipping container there in the background and I realize that container is likely more bulletproof than that vehicle...
Really fascinati g to watch IT drive around, would be really interesting to see IT out in Streep or rough terrain, looks like IT could pulk through very much
And totally useless
This is a very cool looking vehicle indeed! Bet Ukraine could use 3 or 4 hundred of these. 😎👍
@@sunsetworms It's still functional and mobile. It would still serve the same purpose years later albeit not half as good as modern equipment
WOW just WOW. Never realized how small these machines were. Thanks Kurt for including us.
Different models were sized differently. This is one of the smallest.
This is a mortar carrier, the troop transport variant is much larger, you’re probably thinking of that one.
Compact
Yes! Always I thought those vehicles was nearly one truck size! Now compared to that blue commercial van, seen very small a little bit like the Italians little tanks used in the Africa korps time!
A lot less overweight people back then to drive these things
The engine sound ist just WOW - Thanks for saving this unique part of our technology. Greetings from Germany
What a marvelous piece of German engineering!
Thank you Dmitry and ream for this magnificent restoration! Greetings from Germany!
Dmitrys workshop is gold!
Dido from the United States. 👍
What a nice gentleman Mr.Bushmakow is for letting her drive this awesome rare vehicle !. I believe not so many women had chance to drive this historic halftrack.
I don't let women drive ANY of my cars.... they are Bad juju when it comes to driving...
I'd say, he knows how to talk to women....
@@viandengalacticspaceyards5135 Ladies like armor plating
Heck, not so many MEN have had the chance to drive one!
You really think this is the FIRST woman Dmitry has shown around?
Turn signal flags are similar in design to the ones found in post-war vehicles. Too cool!
Spectacular!
Anytime you can restore one of these classic combat vehicles from WW2 to working condition it’s a win for everyone!
Even after 80 years, that is one bad ass looking vehicle!
I can only suggest you go see a psychiatrist. What was the purpose of that machine?
wut? @@RebeccaTurner-ny1xx
you are right, is it the form, is it the color i don't know but something give these old vehicle a really cool and bad ass look.
It kinda looks like something from star wars, a vehicle for stormtroopers or Darth Vader.
@@Ercan-cy3we AT-ST! You're right.
Holy crap. Dmitry - that is an absolute work of art. Thank you for preserving history.
German vehicles of WW2 always looked so sharp and edgey
VW Typ 87?
What a fantastic piece of military history, the engine sound transports you back in time.
How many marketing managers get to say 'I did that.' Dmitry is a very generous man.
What a beauty! And the engine sound… simply amazing!
I agree!
It reminds me of my old 45 harley davidson sound very unique love it
Thank you Dimitry for putting your time and energy into restoring this piece of history.
Can't get enough of this vehicle. When you think of all the variants, some equipped with cannons, rockets and Infrared detection lights for nightfighting. And it still looks and sounds awesome today.
What a nice guy Dimitry is, The halftrack was amazing
Ein Traum .
So ein Fahrzeug mit dem Hintergrund in dem Zustand .
Absoluter Wahnsinn.
Grüsse aus Deutschland
Was würde ein Sammler für dieses Fahrzeug bezahlen?
@@badschbenza8126Hunderttausende
@@badschbenza8126shoot something with that history it’d be in the millions I bet.
Gruß aus California!!!
Sehr viel Geld würde ein Sammler zahlen
Hats off to the person who did the restoration
Exquisite workmanship on this restoration. Your 5 years of hard work has produced a work of art to be proud of. Danke sehr.
My grandfather drove one on the Eastern Front… thank for sharing and great job with the restoration.
А мой дедушка жёг таких как твой дедушка ;)
@@imal5006Sukkeltje
@@imal5006и под сталиным лежал, да?🤣
@@imal5006 🤣
@@imal5006чем сжёг? FPV-дронами?
I have nothing but admiration for the man that restored this, and keeps it operational. What a fantastic glimpse at history.
Nice Vehicle😍 Greetings from Germany
we save your beautiful history.
@@migaudible6239 umm I would call it beautiful history.... But the vehicles are definitely cool!
@@avixs1543 It is a beautiful history, there is thousands of years of German history outside of the small period between 1933-1945.
@@user-cu6ij1ui4i Well I was refeering to this history behind the vehicle in question not the whole of germany's history.
Most beautiful vehicle ever
considering the importance of stalingrad for the entire soviet war, I bet the russians would pay a pretty penny to have the only functional version of their enemies vehicle in their big war museum. Absolute gem, I went to the Bushmakow Restorations website and read the article about this machine, what they found in the first place was literal scrap. Amazing job on the restoration. Looks utterly factory fresh
I think they just melted it for iron stairs or something else.
If they had one 😂
Nah, there's no such thing as "respect for my enemy" in Russia
@@1999Almaz
Yeah why would we respect nazi Germany when they look at our people as nothing more than dogs living in their “ lebenstraum “.
There are many such Russians today who would probably knock your teeth out for even suggesting such a pathetic concept to them.
@@1999Almaz now, pray tell, what kind of respect exactly do modern day Russians owe to the Germans after what they did on their land? The German Wehrmacht and SS facilitated the systematic mass destruction of almost every village on soviet land that they came across along with its inhabitants, and kept soviet POWs in open air prisons with no food as the German guards watched them cannibalize each other. And I don’t think I need to get into the horrible things the German army did to their women. Or did you forget this already, and you seriously think, like an utter fool, that the “disciplined and professional german army” did not wage a war of genocidal intent in a crusade for liebensraum, and that for this they deserve respect?
That's awesome - surprised how little damage the tracks do to the grass too. I guess it's a lot lighter than a tank but would have still expected them to rip it up. Can only imagine how all the crew back in Carins are jealous of Caitlin now and not just for her glam nails!
Haha
When you think about it, tracks are meant to distribute a vehicles mass over a wider area, so they should be expected on equivalent weights to do less damage than wheels.
Germans always cared for the environment and people.
@@svenr5235 Aaaw! you made A Funny...
@@D_U_N_EThe current German army Wiesel leaves no visible tracks in grass after half an hour.
Extraordinary! Thanks. Greetings from Germany!
What a beautiful restored military vehicle. Thank you for posting, and letting us see it.
Sdkfz halftracks are my favourite historical war vehicle!!! Great to know one has survived this long.
Dmitry doing the heavy lifting.
That is a fantastic restoration. A massive thank you from me for preserving history.
I tell you, just hearing it come to life and seeing it move, ah, it brought tears to my eyes.
it's like a 1940's batmobile
Wow, incredible. What a great group there in Czech republic keeping history alive and sharing it. Caitlin did great.
Imagine hearing these squeacking around the corner from where you lived. Terrifying and impressive. This is the first time I seen one, let alone a running and moving one! Simply amazing.
It possibly would not be the first time, as, during WWll, both German troops and the SS/Gestapo visited the house I live in. The house belonged to the local mayor, and was a rendezvous, both for locals to listen to British broadcasts, and the local resistance (allegedly). Because of the importance of the house to locals, a large file of its history exists. A nearby villager owns it.
@@mikeconey2164wo lebst du wenn ich fragen darf
"Ready the anti tank rifle comrade!"
This is such an awesome video. Dmitry seems like such a joyous guy, hats off to him for not only showing you such a rare find but letting you take it for a spin also. Great video!
I study WW2 and, in particular, tank warfare since I was a boy, bought my first books in August 1974. I've been visiting museums, seen reenactments, talked to veterans, visited collections. I've been amassing books, buying magazines, saving videos and downloading stuff... and still it's the very first time that I've seen those "Trafficators" turning signals working on a german WW2 vehicle.
By the way, Mr. Dmitry Bushmakow, apart from possessing a true historical piece from one of the most famous WW2 battles, has one of the most beautifully restored 250 I've seen... many "museum specimens" aren't rebuilt in such detailed way
yeah they usually do not have the funds for deep resoration so they only restore the look of it, but none of the function.
Now that is an engineering thing of beauty..
I remember seeing a WW 2 documentary about Stalingrad and in the footage shown, early in the battle, was Sd Kfz 250 like this one moving towards the city. So there’s a slim possibility that historical footage of the actual AFV exists and has been seen for decades.
What an absolutely beautiful piece of German engineering. Wow!
What a beautiful piece of machinary.
Wooow. Awe inspiring piece of history.
The restoration is just.. incredible.
*click click click* [halftrack] I died. 🤣 Seriously though, that's amazing. Truly a labor of love for this small community of history and armor buffs to restore and keep these pieces running. Much respect.
OMG thats the coolest vehicle I have ever seen. Thank you so much to the people restoring this work of art and for showing it on YT. I cant beleive how smooth it drives!
It looks cool and mean all at the same time. The German's made badass vehicles.
Wow, what an awesome vehicle! Respect to the guys who have put heart and soul into restoring this iconic half track.
Thanks for posting yet another excellent video! The SdKfz 250 Motor Halftrack is something to behold and yet to see a running survivor from a major battle is fantastic! Thank you, Australian Armour & Artillery Museum for featuring it!
I never knew that thing had actual indicator lights.
*This makes me a happy German*
I was pretty amazed by that also lol.
What a priceless vehicle. Totally beautiful.
Beautifully restored vehicle, truly a one in a million due to it being a Stalingrad survivor and because its running perfectly. Thanks for letting us enjoy this as well.
Dmitry is one cool dude!
This has got to end up in a movie. Beautiful restoration. Really brings history alive.
Amazing piece of history you have there, properly restored. Thank you for saving and restoring it to working condition.
Go Caitlin! What an awesome privilege to get the chance to drive such a rare and such a superbly restored vehicle. Fantastic stuff! And I'm so jealous.
As an American kid watching videos on ww2 this machine is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for restoration and saving a piece of history. 🇺🇸 🕊🇩🇪
What a great job he did at restoring such an important piece of history. Absolutely beautiful!!
Congratulations on a beautiful restoration! It looks great!! Thank you for all the hard work you put into that and preserving history. Tchuss!
Simply beautiful.
Wonderful restoration. Most enjoyable to hear the actual engine revving up and the sinister clanking of the tracks and drive wheels..... Brings my miltary vehicles books to life!! Thank you so much..... from an ageing fan in Jamaica, West Indies.
Absolutely flawless in appearance and operation. Would give anything to see it in person. Kudos on this painstaking and very historic restoration.
This is so amazing to see something like this! The restoration included working turn signals!!! Everything must have been custom made!! Well done!!!👍👍👍
Would have been nice to get Caitlin's view on driving it. Looks like it would drive like a car, but handle like a bus, with the visibility of a horse wearing blinkers.
Incredible. So many skilled engineers and restorers around the world thankfully
Thank God for all of the people who work tirelessly to preserve our history for future generations!!
This an amazing piece of history, it is good to see it survived and restored, and my family lived through WWII, I noow really wish I spent more time talking with family members. And this was era things were made to last.
Those semaphore indicators look like they'd break on the first day of operation, they certainly broke often on my grandad's old Austin. what a crazy fragile thing to have on a military vehicle
Are they original or put on for road-worthy purposes?
trafficators! My parents had a couple of Daimler Conquest cars in the 60's and early 70's, My dad really liked them even though he didn't drive. The first one had trafficators that flicked out from the pillar between the doors each side. Coollest kid in school I was for a time if my mum had to drop me off in the car.
All German armored cars from SDKFZ 221-261 had them, the half-tracks all had them, only the SDKFZ 250 B and SDKFZ 251 D no longer had them. Just look at original pictures and look for them.
The trafficators may seem fussy and ridiculous, but that is the way they did it. It's hard to imagine those surviving the first trip through the brush.
Im in need of one of those for my Opel Olympia 1938, same model LOL
This shows you how impressive German engineering is. After all those years of being underwater and surviving the hell of Stalingrad, it’s still going
It was restored. The motor is different of course. The frame was the only surviving part. He said all aluminum was gone also. German engineering is impressive of course but no engine would survive underwater for years and work.
I know a lot of people that own German cars and they're in the shop all the time...
TOYOTA owner
@@tomlee7956Toyota is not that good
@@Hollywoodtelevision Interesting opinion. Can I ask you to, please, tell me which planet you are from?
TOYOTA is the most reliable car on earth, year after year...at least that is what the car experts tell us as well as the car owners. I have a 1988 Toyota Corolla FX with 610,000 miles, 1996 Toyota Tacoma LX with 330,000 miles, a 2008 Toyota Yaris with 190,000 miles and a 2015 Toyota Tacoma with 65,000 miles. I have had them all since new, drive them all every week and have had zero problems.
@@tomlee7956 if you use a bmw right than it is unbreakable I have a bmw e39 with 950.000 km no issues no problems Germans have the best cars I never saw really a good Toyota in comparison too a bmw or Mercedes
Proud to have this masterpiece in my country! The team itself did a really hard but good work to make it look and running as it used to back then!
The locals will think that they are being invaded seeing and hearing that beast tearing up the neighbourhood. Awesome driving a piece of history 👏
And there is a fine example of trust!
In UK it would be behind barriers and looked at from 50ft away only!
Fantastic vid thanks to all.
That's not a quite fair comment.
Bovington runs a lot of older vehicles and tanks each year 2x
@@junkers66 tosh!
Dmitry seems like such a genuinely good person. And he has a true piece of history. Such a wonderful video!!!
What a beautiful machine... so well restored!
This is one of those moments before a vehicle like this is parked forever in a museum that we get to rewatch it really running and driving like it would have back then. I think it adds so much value to it as a historical piece.
Wonderful restoration, wow. Glad Caitlin got to drive the halftrack. Her joy in the end at driving it is there for all too see.
I would love to see you guys do a documentary on this vehicle!
From how it was found,Its recovery and its restoration!! That would be 'half-track porn'!!
Yeah..i know already ive seen other presentations...BUT..the very good ones are here...the Aussies ALWAYS tell good stories..DO IT!!
Unbelievably EPIC!! I got goosebumps hearing that engine belching and firing off and seeing that Grey Ghost roar around on the field like the steps of the Russian plains! It's like I was in a time machine! BRAVO! BRAVO!
We see these in the movies but to be involved with a real one that was actually there. Yes, it's a machine of war and it had its involvement in deadly fighting, perhaps its crew died in the machine. It's from an ugly time in history, but it is history and it serves to remind us humans that our ingenuity is always a double edged sword.
Respect to the team who restored the machine and respect to Caitlin for having a go, not many people can drive a manual these days much less a German half track. I also admit to always thinking they were a lot bigger.
What a beautiful video and a stunning vehicle. "If it looks right, it is right", and this thing just looks so right!
I've never realized how small this vehicle is.
Same here, I always thought they were bigger.
Me too!
Ditto. I'm thinking of the half-track in Saving Private Ryan and that looks a lot bigger. Anyone know what model that one was?
@@RealityDysfunction It is bigger, that one was a Sd.Kfz. 251, larger than the 250. At least it was supposed to be, in actual fact it was a Tatra OT810 from the 1950's made up to look like a Sd.Kfz. 251.
@@jefforymitchell5697 Thanks for that.
Just awesome! Bloody fantastic! Also, what a super privilege to be able to drive it! Wow!
Man, just imagine the stories this vehicle could tell if it could talk, cool to see one of these restored to it's former glory.
For the curious, Half-Tracks are just trucks. With rear tracks powered through a differential, they perform just like a bunch of rear wheels on a standard large truck. This German vehicle does have a system to apply some track braking when you turn full lock, but that is just to decrease the turning radius to be less truck like, and more tank like so you’re not having to do big multipoint turns in the mud or forested areas. American half tracks only have a differential, so they’re not quite as nimble in turning. They do have front wheel drive that the Germans do not have, so a bit better traction.
Thats very interesting! I’ve long wondered about how the drive works as it seems less than optimal to depend on front axel steering with so much friction an power coming from the tracks. You’d think it put a lot of strain on the front axel. I read somewhere that in these vehicles (the 250/251s), the track engages/disengages depending ob how much you turn the steering wheel. Is this true?
Reading your post again, I see that it is exactly what tou explained.
@@hammmershield If I read you comment correctly I think this machine has levers to brake one track or the other it is not directly hooked to the steering wheel. In the video at 7:16 you can see Dmitry pulling 2 different levers while Caitlin steers. I may be wrong though. It reminds me of my fiberglass VW dune buggy that had 3 levers on the emergency brake one for each wheel to get you unstuck and the center one engaged both for parking.
Aaaamazzzing. To hear the old beast run was even more amazing. Thanks! Wow.
That was really really cool. This channel is criminally under-subscribed. I watch with my 2 year old grandson and we LOVE it.
Dmitry, the restoration is top notch work. History saved and restored... Good job. Salute!!!
For me,I expect any vehicle, especially one from Stalingrad, to have battle scars.
I see a very well done restoration ,being a man that has repaired equipment for many years, I can understand and appreciate the time you needed to do this.
WELL DONE
Truly amazing to see this vehicle in a restored condition.
Absolutely beautiful machine👌
Its amazing how form follows function, its menacing, but what a stunning vehicle
Very nice video, and very brave owner of this historic gem!😊
Thank you
That is incredible. It still has all of the little bits and bobs as well. Like that base plate for the mortar that was hanging off of the back.
Cool!
Now that one of us Aussies have driven it, means we sort of half own it now, hey?
You should say to Dmitry that if he ever considers selling it, Aus Armour gets first right of refusal, yes??
Would look good doing the circuit at an AusArmourFest!!
I can't believe this was made in the 1930's or 40's. It's so sleek and that German grey is even more incredible than army green.
I will have a ride!
This machinery is as exclusive as it is excellent. I am glad it survived and is kept by enthusiasts .
Thank you to do so much work in restoration.
My time in Afghanistan with the Czech Special Forces showed me how warm and polite the people of Czechoslovakia were. The restoration of the half track is amazing!
Slight correction Czechoslovakia doesn’t exist any more. Slovakia and the Czech Republic are separate.
Another slight correction could be that he is not Czech, but Belarusian who lives in the Czech republic. But Im glad you have fond memories of our soldiers!
@@JasZg Loool you wish buddy. Not to mention that Czechoslovakia was a thing already before it turned to communism, its existence had nothing to do with any specific ideology. And Russia will destroy itself as usual.
@@JasZg Serbian nationalism and supremacism is to blame. They started a war in Croatia in order to dominate the people there and then allowed a full scale genocide and ethnic cleansing to develop in Bosnia-Herzegovina. I’ve been to that country and I have seen the mass graves and the people who lost family. Russia being Russia has a history of ethnic cleansing and genocide, tartars, Volga Germans, the Holodomor and did not stop its Serbian stooges. Here is a reality Serbian Supremacists and their Russian allies thought mass murder is okay. Same happens all over Russia today. The reality is Russia is not fit to rule over others (no one is) but Russia and Serbia lack moral leadership in character. You can not murder to restore a Serbia to 12th century.
@@JasZg Yugoslavia was destroyed because Croatians and Bosnians did not want to live under Serbian domination. In civilised countries, we let people have independence and autonomy and then they come together voluntarily . We don’t want to dominate and oppress. We give freedom. Serbia started committing massive criminal acts against Croatia with a war of domination and then genocide in Bosnia. They attempted to restore a mythical pass of 900 years ago by eliminating human . This is why you Yugoslavia broke up. They can be no return to Yugoslavia, because of the crimes that were committed. Russia, of course supported these crimes as it always places empire and domination above humanity and morality. It will do anything to maintain domination, including encouraging nationalist stooges in Serbia. Czechoslovakia broke up, because Slovak and Czechs wanted to be independent. Only some damn fool would force them to be together. Within the EU they can travel between countries, buy property and work. Within Nato they are safe from Russian aggression, imperialism and expansionism.
-Russia, should just let people be free. Russia is not respected. It is despised.
Ok I am now beyond jealous
Wow, that's unreal. Amazing piece of history.