WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Assembling and test fitting WWII StuG III G TORSION BAR suspension units!
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Watch Beau as he reassembles and test fits restored WWII StuG III G torsion bar suspension units.
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I love how Aussies simply *cannot* stop being cheeky.
Watching you go through that much work to restore a single swing arm really lends a sense of perspective to the massive job it is to restore an entire vehicle. With parts this old, this damaged and this rare, it's a monumental undertaking. My hat is off to you folks for all the work you do!
I agree it’s a lot of work. But interesting to watch from a mechanical perspective and also a historical perspective thanks for sharing it
Who would have thought that swing arms were so complicated. Great job, boys.
Makes ya truely appreciate the simplicity of the M1 Abrams......
What’s the problem? That looked quite easy!
WW2 German engineering. Brilliant but overly complicated, difficult to manufacture and repair. Big reason they were overwhelmed by Allied manufacturing.
German engineers did. Biggest advantage the Allies had.
The German Engineers designed these, if it was built by the Detroit Tank Arsenal, it would have 9 less parts.
Always good to see Beau polishing a thick oiled up shaft.
yeah, they couldve titles it "this week bo polishes his post....again!"
So much innuendo it's like "Carry On tank restoration" , keep up the great work Beau and the other miracle workers
Enjoyed another 20 minutes, those videos are way too short 🤣 never panic, never a wrong word, always work calmly, so beautiful to see. this will be another wonderful project. I can literally watch this all day. Keep it up gentlemen. Greetings from The Netherlands
The wrong words are edited out, lol. eg 18:25 😂
Nog een Nederlander hier 😂🤝
@@henrydevree8382 Jazeker.
Ah, happy for another StuG episode!
well done Beau , keep at it , . l did notice a ''green Grant '' in the back ground , looks good
Huzzah!!
Workshop Wednesday!! 😊
good sneak peak at the painted
grant near the end there ;)
Superjob as always
Good day Aus Armour!🇦🇺🇬🇧
Would love to see some of the out-takes..... A blooper reel in the offering in the future? At least a reasonably CLEAN blooper reel!
Outstanding video
Good job 🇫🇮
Great work! Those German engineers really over complicated those suspension components. Nice sneak peek of the painted Grant!!!
Everyone always goes on about over-complicated, but German engineering has always been among the best there ever was, so it's just not so 😉. Nobody is going to make something far more trouble than it's worth- they just had high standards and expected the best out of their machines. Remember mechanized warfare was NEW, and nobody had fought a war in Russia since Napoleon and his CAVALRY LOL. Hell, automobiles were barely what, 30 years old by the start of WWII?
WWII Germany relied on "handicraft" or individual craftsman making each part instead of standardized assembly line production like the U.S. which dramatically slowed their production rates down and caused repair problems due to hand fit non-standardized components.
@@mattl3729 WWII Germany in many cases had advanced technology and tactics during the war but the socialist Nazis (National Socialist German Workers' Party) shunned "capitalist" assembly line production methods used by the U.S. and instead relied on "handicraft" or individual craftsman to make equipment. This means things were less likely to be simplified or re-engineered to be mass produced which did overly complicate many of their designs. It is also greatly slowed down their output and ultimately cost them the war.
German tank production wasn't as inefficient as generally perceived, the biggest problem was the number of different variants being produced, the Stug III production numbers are estimated between 10-13k. In comparison only 91Elfants were produced, but their kill to loss ratio was extremely favorable. I personally think this German over engineering story is exaggerated.
@@mattl3729automobiles were 50 years old
Ww1 happened
and germany still was useing MOSTLY horses for logistics
Nice job keeping a straight face…multiple times. Great work, very impressive!
God bless you all for keeping history alive!
Sometimes watching these videos is like listening to the conversations in a junior high school boys' gym locker room. I love it.
You guys are great!
It's good to see Beau using plenty of lube to make his shaft fit in the hole. Great work guys. 😁
I've always heard that torsion bar suspension took up lots of interior room compared to external bogies. And this video is a great demonstration of that.
But torsion bars are probably still the better option because a lot of modern Tanks still use torsion bars, for example Leopard 1+2 and M1 Abrams.
Probably external bogies are only possible if the Tank is light enough to roll on the relatively small rollers of external bogies.
With torsion bars you can fit a lot of large diameter rollers inside the tracks
Believe it or not we were working on a German krone mower on Saturday and it has tab washers as that assembly has. Old skool tech that just works
nice work Beau I can't wait for the Stug to come alive again. BTW I love the OD Green M3 Grant in the back ground. Semper Fi brothers
Great to see the Stug still progressing, can’t wait for the next Grant Instalment. Well done boys as usual👍🇦🇺.
Great job Beau! Good to see ya back
holy crap i thought i had it bad doing volkswagen passat repairs.
at least i don't have to make my own parts, you guys are awesome. stiff upper lip, carry on mates.
Glad to see another Stug episode, been a while
Dang I'm addicted to this content!! Wish I had time to stop in on the way back from the Cape last week for a looksee, 100% have to head back to north to say g'day
Beau you cheek boy!! 😁😁 Keep making us laugh and keeping the shop humor real. Bravo and keep up the great work!👍
Finally Stug related parts :) I thought you dropped to film that project. Looking forward to see STUG build progress.
I find it amazing that 80-year-old parts can be mated up with brand-new machined parts and the resulting assemblies fit (almost) like a glove. That's a tribute to both German and modern engineering and manufacturing, not to mention your attention to detail. These videos are always a delight to watch, guys!
Well done lads!🎉😀🇬🇧
seriously, you should release some longer versions of these videos too! LOVE THIS SERIES! Thanks for keeping these incredible vehicles alive
I'm loving the restoration. Great work
Excellent work. It's simply amazing that you guys routinely make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Well done. 👍
Amazing work fellas on a vehicle that was, quite literally, torn apart.
Thanks guys!
That amount of grind is hard yakka, but with that ATD, she'll be a sweet machine when done.
another great video enjoy watching the weekly films here in the uk.
All those unspoken innuendos...;P Fantastic job as always, gentlemen. I look forward to my weekly Wednesday Workshop fixes and ALL the vids from and about AusArmor. Many thanks!!
Workshop Wednesday living up to expectations as usual
Well done mate, good plan of assembly, the old 5 P's will generally help , prior planning , ECT. Really appreciate you sharing and showing the fun and games of fixing old tanks .
5 Ps? 7 Ps I know: „proper prior preparation prevents piss-poor performance“
Stugs and Jagdpanthers are my favourite tanks. And the sound, it was just like a couple of crickets rubbing their legs together I reckon
G'day Boys well done your the best restoration tank experts in Australia, would be proud of yourselfs, cheers mates, Neil from the outback.
In addition to the great work of the restoration crew, my hats off to Kurt for his interesting video storytelling! It’s a challenge to catch complicated action, done by others, and weave it into “must see Wednesday” viewing.
Welcome to Workshop Wednesday. The sexual innuendo edition ! Ace.
You ladz are really doing a fantastic job. Superb viewing.
YES!!! the stug is back. Thanks for another awesome video from you guys.
Thank you for posting 😎🤙🌺
Great episode, nice to see it coming together 👍👍
Amazing, the workmanship is beautiful
Excellent job polishing that shaft.
OMG that made me laugh at 1:47 when Beau looked over at the camera with that wry smile!!! You guys are too funny!!! Keep up the great work...Always look forward to Wednesdays because of you all!!!
Nails on a chalkboard - No
Filing metal on some rare WW2 armoured vehicle? - Totally Yes!
Great work. Not just on this StuG but on everything you do, guys. Thanks for this video. Keep it up👍
Its no fork on a plate.
Sounds like crickets on a night that Kurt. As always, Beau does a cracking job there.
I play Battlefield: 1942 on my PC. It is cool to see so many of the vehicles I have used for 20 years up close and personal ❤
Bonjour 🎉🎉 du très bon travail mes un peu de graisse au montage ne ferait pas de mal. Amitiés de France 🇨🇵🌷
Thanks a lot for showing installation of torsion bars so detailed! I always wanted to understand this technique in detail!
The noise didnt shock me really!
How awesome would it be to go to work and rebuild freaking tanks!!!
Glad there was a stug update. Nicely done, men!
Great job Beau! While building my scale models of the iconic Stug, and assembling the suspension arms, I had no idea that the real thing is such a complicated array of parts. An eye opener for sure. Say what you will about the Germans of that era, their engineering was outstanding. Love Workshop Wednesdays, and everything else you guys do.
I always look forward to Wednesday!
Nice to see a StuG update. Guys being saucy today..... 🤣
A lot of history, ingenuity and a tiny dash of locker room humor. I look forward to every Wednesday!
Great to see the stug again
Nice to see Bo back in action.
That dental pick wasn't that bad. A lot better then tinnitus. Ya'll have been doing great work on it!
Thanks Guys!
Great work guys! I love the StuG. Beau: the StuG dentist. 😂
Love it when a plan comes together.
If you don't already have plans to use the footage from these restorations for an "ABCs of Tank Components" series, you ABSOLUTELY should. Granted, I'm a bit slow, but I had never really *gotten* how a torsion bar was supposed to function before seeing the actual parts in situ in this episode. "Oh, yeah, it's supposed to twist and spring back" is all well and good, but actually *seeing* the thing brings the idea home in a way no words can. Keep up the disguised-educational content, please and thank you!
Good to have Bo back in the picture.
The way he works is so good!
Great job Bo on the progress
Great work Beau, beautiful!
Great to see the work starting again on the stug
I litterly saw in the back ground you had one of the first M3 lee tanks painted in a lovely dark green nice try to hide it lol 20:07 - 20:06
built just like a jaguar ! indissolubly hashed together !
Bo is a expert panzer repairman!
Wonderful video. Thank You 😊
Great footage👍👍👍!!!
Multi-talented people!
I love that sound. I was always the one that would walk into the classroom and run my nails down the chalkboard.
Great Job💪💪💪
I could watch hours of this!
Thanks AAAM!
Loving the updates!
What’s amazing is how rapidly the German factories could pump these chassis out.
Smashing that old spline through was very clever. Another great episode. Thanks!
Amazing work, impressive editing and production. You guys rock.
thank you kurt your vlogs have made my wednesdays something to look forward too. keep up the great work
First the Grant, and now the StuG III. Beautiful
Very interesting, more progress, you have some very skilled staff, video quality and production top quality.
"worst sound ever" isn't so bad when you have a hearing impairment, haha. Finally, an upside! Excellent video series, I've been enjoying these videos immensely
Great to see the focus back on the StuG III
Great job. Greats from Germany 🇩🇪
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I’ve been 3D printing as well as just assembling/ disassembling RC model German tanks for a few years now just as a hobby and it is so bizarre to watch him carry around parts with two arms like this that I usually carry around with two fingers when working on my own stuff. I absolutely adore these videos. I’m so blessed to be in a time in the world where I get to watch them. Thank you.❤
So satisfying. Wednesday is rapidly becoming my favorite day of the week.
All the innuendos make these vids such a hilarious watch! Beau and the team are super skilled at their craft. Keep it up gents!
I started out in engineering and to this day, despite everything I worked on, saw or heard about, it still amazes me when I see complex objects put together and the incredible amount of design work that went into them.
"Okay, we are going to make this. Now we need this to happen, so we need to have these things to make it happen," sounds easy. But just that one swing arm with all the pieces that someone had to think up and design to make it work is incredible.
I remember seeing American tanks in the early 70's on a black and white tv during the Vietnam war. That is my first recollection of my love of those machines. I am now 61 and have been in one tank in my life which was a WW2 Sherman tank that was in a park in Iowa in the 70's. It was removed many decades ago! I would move to Australia to be able to work on these if if wasn't for the fact that I am old and retired. You guys have the best job in the world!
Great job with your weekly videos! I am a member Of the Ontario Regiment Museum in Canada, One of your members was here at our Aquino weekend, And was a great help. With starting up our scorpions and such. Good luck on the Restoration Our last major one was a Centurion that took 17 years to restore.