Manual Starting the STURMGESCHÜTZ, PANTHER and KÖNIGSTIGER
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2020
- Manual Starting the STURMGESCHÜTZ, PANTHER and KÖNIGSTIGER
See my other video to have a view how it is to drive the Panther and Königstiger.
Also see:
STUGLIFE - Driving the Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G - IN- and outside VIEW!!
• #7 STUGLIFE - Driving ...
DRIVING THE PANTHER, FRONTLINE: INSIDE, DRONE, ALLROUND VIEW, OFFROAD, SOUND
• #6 DRIVING THE PANTHER...
DRIVING THE KINGTIGER, FRONTLINE: INSIDE, DRONE, ALLROUND VIEW, OFFROAD, SOUND
• #3 DRIVING THE KINGTIG...
Kettenkrad Heaven
• Kettenkrad Heaven
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Everybody gangsta until grandpa starts a Panzerkampfwagen V Panther by hand
Haha nice!
That’s also why you like in my latest video have “stuglife” (thug life) 😜
Hahahahahahahah lmfaoooo
I didnt realize panthers were so huge until now
And then he says "I'm old now too so imagine when I was younger"
Or a tiger 2
Nothing makes me happier than knowing these wonderful historical machines are still being run and loved to this day.
That’s also something that makes me happy, but you might have guessed that already if you look at my other video’s “driving the Panther” - “driving the Stug” and “driving the King Tiger” 😉
Really? Nothing? Ngl that's kinda sad.
@Paul Morley wow wasn’t aware of that, yeah these would then indeed be a good add 😉
I mean, i get what youre saying but talking about tanks...yeah, these "wonderful machines" of mass destruction
@@Dancor99 history is not to be erased, censored or altered. It is there to be learned from as to not repeat it. The point is that they are historically significant. They tell of a harder time. A ugly time. They should be appreciated for what they are. Working displays of the past. Additionally, from my perspective they are the same as old warbirds. Beauties of engineering and creativity. Marvels to behold. If all you see is weapons of war you do not appreciate the historical and engineering significance of them.
I've played so many videogames I didnt realize how large a stug is
A Stug is indeed pretty big, although still smaller then a Jagdpanther ;) If you like this video make sure to like and subscribe. You can also see some other videos in my lists like driving the Köningstiger - Driving the Panther or Stuglife ;)
Me too
I didn't know how tall the panther is 😱
The Sturmgeschutz sounds beautiful and smooth... when it's peace time!
Then here comes the Panther
So much so, that I would love to have one in my backyard and drive it through my neighborhood in the late afternoon !
It's a testament to how loud the battlefields must have been that some of these managed to "sneak" around.
That is true, but often they could not hear other tanks over theirs, so it was effective in that perspective.
You also need to factor in infantry and aircraft acting as spotters/recon.
I don't think many 90 ton Panthers just snuck around 🤣💥
@@MrConspark 40 ton
@@attilavs2 ok 44.8 tonnes, just doesn't have the same heavy sound 🤣
I'm never bitching about having to Kickstart my dirt bike again lol
Was just thinking this when my kx250 was giving me shit earlier lol
...or my damn lawnmower
@@Seapin1 ya that too lol
Й10Йх0фэ000
haha nice :p
But if they would be in combat they would be able to start it from inside using the battery. Starting it manuelly was the way they had to start it when not in combat to safe the battery. You can normally see the starterkey in my other video's like "driving the Panther" - "driving the Köningstiger" and "Driving the Stug" ;)
The sound alone must have put panic in opposing soldiers. One of the best cinematography scenes from Saving Private Ryan was when the Tiger 1 stopped at the end of town, idled and then throttled up and started making a right turn toward the Americans. Gave me chills in the theater watching it. And I'm an old retired Navy Aviation MCPO used to flight deck noise.
Classic scene. I saw it in theater too. I put two little holes in my tshirt cause my nips got titanium hard and poked out of the cotton lol
I love how many big name actors play small roles in those war movies. Everyone wants to do it!
Id do it for free
@@KassAss420
Pause.
Никакой паники, разгромили мы их на голову.
@@user-xb0907lol, the T34s were formidable
Ah History, how we preserve it and show it to the Future Generations to make clear how far we have come. Thank you for Keeping this part of our History Alive. Es sieht genau so schön aus als am Tag wo es zur Front gesendet wurde.
Now imagine having to hand-crank one of these in the Russian winter of 1942…
The sheer exhaustion alone would have made it 10× more difficult, never mind the frozen oil.
Better than having an electric starter with batteries that died in the cold, or relying on an APU that might just not be available.
Imagine how to fight with Sherman or T34 against Panther or Kingtiger
@@DevSolar better to be a Grunt.
Two more lads, no problem
When your tank is just a bigger wind-up toy
john torreto coolest wind-up toy on the planet
When you have a bunch of poles starting up a german tank.
"We found it, honest."
A wind-up toy that can murder people
It just shows we never really grow up.
The RONSON tank start in fire very easely .... heee
Gorgeous, the germans were so good with mechanics & logos looks amazing with the camo🤩🇩🇪🫶🏻
Really does sound like a beast waking up
I never tire of watching WW2 German tanks - the sounds and movements are hypnotizing! I'm so glad a few still exist in operational condition. Many thanks to those few, who restore and maintain them for the many admirers!
Thanks and I do like them aswell. If you like watching them, you might like my other video’s aswell of the “transport” - “driving the King Tiger” - “driving the Panther” - “driving the Stug” and there are many more videos to come 😉
German WW2 camo?? 😍👌🏾
Surprising any are left when you consider what a thorough beating Germany got by the allies.
It is a weak country colored by vain.
@@ruzziasht349they lost the war, but gave one hell of a fight, allies lost many more men.
Girls: ah my car isnt starting up again.
Boys:
Haha nice one
Man, it do be like that sometimes
Isn't this how the Mexicans start their cars
@@tankytank9754 nice, i’m Mexican
Really AWESOME to see those beautiful German tanks being driven! I love videos like this since I don't live overseas where I can see and feel the excitement of watching all these machines in person.
This is insane, what a mighty tank. Thanks for sharing, i love everything about history and military.
0:41 sounds like a Stuka coming for them!
MagnetOnlyMotors is indeed a good comparison 😉
Or maybe they put a spare Stuka siren on the tank. That way the enemy will look for the Stuka and not them. Sneaky 😊
Big Blue haha would indeed be a nice theory 😉
In a weird way of lots of older engines have fans that sound like that. Every time you shift gears and accelerate in a Kubelwagon for instance it sound like a faint Stuka coming in for a dive.
@@_ArsNova i think it's the belt driven radiator fan. old engines usually use them. my old nissan had them. can't go wrong with them, except they rob so much engine power if you go electric fan, car goes faster!
"Hey kids, have you ever kickstart german tank before ?"
"No!" "...Would you like to?!"
*The kids get trampled by the tank because the driver accidentally put it in reverse*
Defence of Berlin be like
@@curierfromxibalba1155 *y e s p l e a s e*
how fitting that the cranking of the engine sounds like a Stuka siren
Never realized, even though I've built several scale models of these machines, just how large they were. Seeing the men behind the Panther - they seem dwarfed by the height of the vehicle.
got to have good upper body strength if you choose stuglife
Great workout starting a stug. Just can't get it in the gym
The BEST gyms have special STUG parking up close
Or have artillery and bullets flying around you 😆😆😆. 🇺🇸😁👍
@@Steamed On top of that your already half starving low energy ! Low strength !
My granddad chose stug life.
Good video! No annoying music, no jabbering, just the rumbling of the engines. Eargasm guarantee.
Edit: after three weeks I finally realised my mistake... Changed orgasm into eargasm.
TheSpylight Thanks!! Thats something I also try to do (and personaly also prefer 😉), I only put on music if I don’t have an engine sound or so to play
Hol up
..apart from the few Russians shoutng davei davai at the start..
Oh nic- *orgasm* ?
That's pretty unique
So glad to see these awesome beasts still working ! True Heavy metal !
when they started hand cranking the Stug, sounded like a Stuka making a dive at first :P
I love how everything is 1000× more fascinating while drunk
Make shure to see my other video’s then aswell 😂 like and subscribe for more 😜
I have to agree with that one!👍👍
Get life.
Ive found being stoned has that effect but to each his own🍻 and I'll get a life when people that can't speak proper English quit trolling UA-cam, ass clown
Careful, it'll make things less fascinating while sober
Next up. How to push start a Tiger tank
Lol !
@@rutabagasteu I think the should have played Pop goes the weasle while they were turning the handle. 😊
Oh just invite the russian squadron down the line for a few vodka shots and they'll get the job done. Just keep em drunk cuz they will notice they're helping Germans.
@@Gabriel-he6ih да, придут. Предварительно угостив залпом из БМ-13
@@Gabriel-he6ih I think after a few shots of vodka we could do the job
Imagine running into one during the age where these monsters were dominant in the battlefield. Amazing to see some still exist today!
It must have been like encountering a living dinosaur, mad as hell !
Truly a marvel in technology. So sophisticated for it's time. And beautiful.
Germany should be proud of its tank leniage.
I do not mean to glorify any war but,
The tiger tank family are always a beautiful beast. I'm sure, just by hearing it's sound is enough to scares the hell out of their enemy into the soul.
The masterpiece of German Engineering, they not only build a tank, but they build a tremendous war machine with pride.
They are indeed very good looking, although I prefer the Panther from looks, for driving the King Tiger 😉 If you liked this video you might also like my other video’s like “driving the king Tiger ...” - “Driving the Panther” and “driving the Stug” 😉
Man it’s very sad that there’s only one tiger left in existence that actually works
Wait until people invent a time machine if that ever happens I’m going to go back to the past get a tiger tank a full German soldier uniform and get me there best looking kampfwagon and get on outa there
@@johnkurtz2669 true, but there is a second one on the way 😉
@@johnkurtz2669 I think if they would invent a timemachine you won’t be the only person thinking of doing this 😜
As a retired SGT of Armor (M-60 series & M1 IP) I have to admire the German's really know how to build a tank.
They had some nice vehicules indeed, and in my opinion when driving way ahead of their time
if they had angled the armor or the tiger II another 5-20 degrees nothing the allies had would of put a dent in them only the newer tanks from around the mid to late 60s would of had a small chance to pin for a sure chance would have to be any tank made in 75 or later so they knew what they were doing just had a leader that went 100% crazy by 41 lol
@@Redfire1109 "Fuck ze angles, make a battleship, but on ze ground!"
Back in '81, I was in AA, we had Leopards... not bad either ;)
@@darkySp you mean the maus? Or that big ass tank that had like 14 engines 2x280mm ship cannons I think a 120 mm cannon on the bottom and 4 anti aircraft guns and like 16 tracks or something around there
That was thought and i think drawn on paper but never designed probably due to resources to make a thing like that
That Pantha sounds potent!!! BadAss👊
Thank goodness there are those dedicated to preserving these historical gems.
It's beautiful to restore and preserve these fabulous machines. keep going.
@Panakeje German tanks from World War II clearly have my preference, they are very rare and beautiful.Tanks are maybe more coomplicated and sophicated creations than a Guillotine but everyone has their own opinions.
If only people felt this way about small arms
Too bad it's harder for Warships
"Hans! The battle is starting, start the panzer!"
"I can't! The starter is broken again!"
"Schieße! My arms are sore from the last time!"
But scheisse, nicht schiesse. Schiesse is "fire"
@@adorinadorin "Scheiße is the word for"Shit"in Deutsch(German)
@@marlonbarrow9379 Which is what he said, in the new way of spelling.
@@marlonbarrow9379 but he wrote Schieße
@@adorinadorin u
I will never take the starter motor for granted again 😂
Haha ;) Although they also have an electric starter, but this was the way they had to start it when not in combat to safe the battery. In combat they could use the battery.
If you like this video make sure to like and subscribe. You can also see some other videos in my lists like driving the Köningstiger - Driving the Panther or Stuglife ;)
Greetings from Oświęcim guys. We have so different feelings watching this 🇵🇱😇
"We had to halt the advance, sir.
-What the hell, you run out of gas again?
No, the russian infantry stole all our hand cranks"
Haha good one
pahahahha
55l oki88
I was sitting here thinking, man I hope they have an extra hand crank inside in case they lose that one. Lol
How to sabotage a tank 101
I love how all tanks in real life are so much bigger than you d expect from games
In my opinion in Warthunder you can see how big they are.
@@michaeld.uchiha9084 war thunder made me lose perception of how big these vehicles are, but even more when it came to aircraft.
@@ComradeCamdennope
Yep@@gtxthunderstorm6219
@@ComradeCamdenI understand what you're saying. I think maybe the reason is Maps made for tanks and 3rd person camera angle but to be fair some other tanks game got it even worse so have to give war thunder the credit.
Such beautiful machines such care and love devoted to these timeless pieces of history it brings a happy tear to my eye
It amazing to see such a beautiful tank still working
Honestly I had no idea the panther was that big
me too i thought it was smaller
Oh yeah, I knew it was about as big as the Tiger II but it looks so much bigger with a dude standing there.
*strumtiger
Tbf a bunch of modern tanks are twice the size of these things, but for their day, they were really big.
@@JosephArata are you sure?
It's called using an inerita based starting system. What they are cranking up is a flywheel in the transmission that when you engage the starter kicks the motor over to start it. It is literally failure proof as it can't fail to a dead battery and unlike the air starter the Russian army used won't leak the pressure needed to start the engine in cold weather.
Gearing on it to get the flywheel moving is pretty crazy. If it wasn't there, you wouldn't be able to turn it fast enough.
no shit sherlock
Can't fail if you don't have the oil to run it! :D
Hats off, dude...You know what you're talking about.
the crazier fact in all of this, is to know that both that Panther and Königstiger belongs to the french army. Even crazier : that the french army has the only running King Tiger in the entire world... and the largest tank museum in the world, the notorious "Musée des blindés" ! That's some dedication to preserve these incredible machines.
As an M-60 A3 tanker, those are a thing of beauty.
That’s also a nice one!
If you liked the video make shure to like, subscribe and hit the bell button to keep updated when a new video comes online. In my other videos you have a lot more about these 3 and many other vehicules 😉
@@WJHJ It was a classic looking tank, and I loved the .50 cal. cupola. But overall it was at best an average tank. Luckily I was never shot at.
Imagine driving these things, feeling like a freaking legend
My 80 yr old grandad: *. Needs wheel chair to get around*
80 year old tank: “just put this crank in my ass and spin it a few times and then il be running around like I was in my youth”
I hate and love this comment
Maybe your grandad needs a crank
@@glasslicker2829 *Modern Problem Require Modern Solution*
to be fair your gramps prolly didn't go through as many restaurations and maintenance hours.
@@fetusofetuso2122 hes got a titanium hip or something to help him walk. ironically we the surgery of that that put him in a wheel chair
That sound of the engine is wonderful :)
The flywheel sound is amazing 😍
Imagine being an on foot battalion hearing that sound from a distance... Instant fear.
I'd say it was scarier for Sherman tankers...
@@Korn1holio 🔥💥🔥
And then their engine stalls and you see the little trickle of Hans in the distance winding up the Panther
@@m1co294 “Klaus go help Hans, zhe engine stalled again”
Remember them quite well very small compartments best wishes Robert lanz in amerika
The engine in that Stug sounds utterly glorious. The machine has lost none of its menace this last seventy or so years, in its natural element stalking in the forest it was quite chilling.
Was it? Were you there? My 2010 1.6 Focus sounds more hardcore
This video is in my list. Love seeing the engine starting
As a kid, one of the first Medal of Honor games gave me the impression that King Tigers were a wonder weapon that absolutely terrified the Allies when first introduced.
In real life aswell, if you just hear it comming, without seeing it, gives already goosebumps
@@WJHJ This thing had serious problems with engine, armor and other things, it wasn't a Wunderwaffe at all
Frankly, the german big cats are overrated.
Sounds almost like an aircraft engine starting up.
Most early tanks had radial engines, and most tanks after that usually had v12s
And most tank engines where put into planes as well.
They inertial starters used to start Germany’s tank engines where also utilized in many of their aircraft during wartime. Those starters are known for their awesome wind up sound.
At the beginning it sounded like a Stuka siren
Juna Most Panzer had Maybach Engine, the planes had BMW, Daimler and Jumo
7:53 View of an infantry when these things arrived to the battlefield. Ofcourse you would keep fighting if u had those on your side.Tiger 2 looks amazing.
I know, it's the most beautiful tank to me.
Too bad it was horribly unreliable.
@@staz3014 "Horribly unreliable" is actually wrong. Statistically tanks like the Panther weren't statistically that much off from the reliability of panzer IV's. It was the tanks like Jagdpanthers that were unreliable
@@staz3014 - Not so much.
Until the engine explodes or since its a heavy tank. Every enemy artillery piece is plotting to shatter it
Sounded good too, that panther sounded like a supercar 🤤👌
What beautiful piece of engineering
3:43 driver waiting for Infantrymen to wind up his tank while listening to Édith Piaf 1944 colorised
xD
At first I thought he was eating peanuts or something 😂 then I realized it was a glove
İts more like u are in a real vr game and the music turn on in the start of game 🌚😂😂😂😅👌🏻
The background chatter during windup is almost better than the tank engines...
It's a flywheel and spring starter,sounds like a diving Stutkga siren. 🇺🇸😁👍
Arclite02 you know Polish language? I don’t think so. 😉
It so fun looking at these historical masterpiece. I Love how they managed to keep these beasts of WWII hahaha
Beautiful.
Thank you for sharing.
1104 Shermans disliked the Video
Naw the Shermans liked the video. How could they not? All that ez target practice.
Chevy sucks 🤷🏼♂️ein Stug oder Panther selbst ein Panzer drei is besser als ein Sherman, ihr Amis habt nach dem Krieg eh nur alles von uns kopiert und so Massenmörder vor dem Tod bewahrt, damit sie für euch forschen. Nur-Flügeler, Düsentriebwerke alles deutsch
And 56 Cromwells and Churchills.
@@sauron6179 An Strahltriebwerken wurde Zeitgleich auch Großbritanien geforscht. Die beiden ingeneure haben später sogar beide irgendeinen Preis dafür bekommen (Frank Wittle auf britischer Seite und Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain auf deutscher) und sie sollen in hohem Alter sogar noch Freunde geworden sein.
David Jup, das bezweifle ich auch nicht, aber wir reden hier von Amerikanern, also den USA um genau zu sein
Просто отличное видео, прекрасная и профессиональная работа механиков, да и вообще всех кто занимается восстановлением танков. Браво👏👏👏. Самому конечно больше нравятся советские танки времён второй мировой, но с красотой немецких не поспоришь. Лайк за видео однозначно 👍👍👍.
Кто для чего делал...
I like the random Sd.Kfz. 2 driving through the frame at 2:48 :D
A.k.a. the Kettenkrad
It's amazing to hear these parts of history running
I just love the silhouette of the StuG III. Iconic!
Remarkable what good quality fuel and good engineering support results in. Don't remember such sweet sounding engines when these were brand new. Always sounded very rough.
🙌🚀💖 It's truly heartwarming to see these magnificent historical machines being cherished and operated with love even today. Their preservation and continued use bring joy and keep the spirit of history alive. 💪🏰 It's a testament to the craftsmanship and engineering of the past. Let's appreciate and celebrate these living pieces of history! 🎉🔥
WWII tech is by far my favorite.. good to see the machines being talen care of.
why am i watching this at 5am in the morning instead of sleeping...
+1
5 Am in the morning is ( I don't know the word in English, but unnecessary)
Who needs sleep when you have Pervitin and the fatherland needs you
7:53
Hans and his boys going to bring ze beer
Whats this hans joke everyone making?
@@tonywasikhongo7510 i think cuz hans is a german name but there is a meme where somebody shouts HANS GET ZE FLAMMENWERFER
Just want to drop in and thank you for the great video. Amazing sounds, great closeups
Wehrmacht was riding in style, I must say, sound of these tanks is surprisingly good.
Хорошо конечно что сохранили технику тех времён, тем более в таком большом количестве. И люди должны помнить историю.
КОММЕНТАТОР ! , поддерживаю.
Да какое там количество,точно осталось в рабочем состоянии где то 8 Тигров,8 Королевских тигров,3 Ягдтигра,20 Пантер.Немцы много танков подрывали чтобы их не захватили,плюс захваченные танки использовали в качестве мишеней для отстрела по ним из новых пушек и снарядов.
Почему там не было нашей техники намного больше людей бы пришлло
Чтобы сравнить
Но немчура сохранила в основном технику 3рейха
3:50 the panther crew be vibin tho
it is mind blowing to me that these tanks are still working! awsome video its really cool still seeing one work
Indeed! If you like this video make sure to like and subscribe. You can also see some other videos in my lists like driving the Köningstiger - Driving the Panther or Stuglife ;)
What a beautiful collection ❤
5:10 that acceleration lol
Like a big beefy supercar right? Hahaha
"Dawaj, dawaj!" - Dobrze, że tu trafiłem :D
PLgurom
Polska
Polska
Russian: Davay, Davay.
Comparison of Dawaj and Davay???
@@user-mb6su4ce4b Yeah we have so many similar words for things. Like dawaj (daway) or wódka (vodka), jabłko (yabloko), borsuk (barsuk), or countries names: Polsha (Polska), Węgry (Vengriya) etc. ;)
Very interesting Porsche commercial 🔥
Haha 😂 in that case I have a few more of these in my other videos aswell as “swimming with the Schwimmwagen”
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Bei dem Motorenklang bekommt jeder ne Gänsehaut und der Feind schiss sich in Hose.
That engine runs so smooth. Incredible
1:00 What a BEAST. Nice!
Thank you very much for you work, you saving history our past times
Thanks!!
If you liked the video, make shure to like, subscribe and hit the bell button to keep updated when a new video comes online. In my other videos you have more about the Köningstiger, Panther, Stug 311 and much more, very cool video (if I say so myself, is beeing uploaded as we speak 😉
That's a beautiful sound.
Imagine one of those coming down the road at ya, scare the hell out of you.
Wow, I didn't know there were any working units left. They really have fallen out of time. I never could put a sound to the images. Thanks for this.
Thanks! If you liked this video, you might also like my other video’s like driving the Panther - driving the Köningstiger and driving the Stug 😉
That king tiger engine start... Maaaan... Also you realize how huge this things are... I dont know what but german armor especially late war models were so stylish, elegant and dangerous at the same time. Perfect...
I would want to sit in it and feel that thing. As someone who was sitting in some soviet era vehicles like fire truck i must say, the feeling is something else, the smell, rough soul like you are trying to submit some wild animal... Even when submissed it's still the same animal.
:) That inertial wheel is an amazing sound.
Just love the StuG III but I wouldn't mind at all to drive home one of the two "cats" just to see my neighbour's faces dropping their jaws! Really thanks for sharing those tanks that I always enjoy it👍👍👍👍
Paolo Viti if you like the two “cats” you might like my video’s “driving the Kingtiger ... “ and “driving the Panther ...”
@@WJHJ thanks for telling me, I will look for those two videos on driving those two "cats"👍👍
Stug III isn’t a tank.......
@@kshatriya1414 its a sturmgeschutz(Jagdpanzer) in english ( assault gun)
The impaler Vlad Yes i know. Why did you write that to me?
05:18 Man, what a SOUND! great!
Just like a real Tiger 👍
@@gustavabensberg4260 ah the cat family sorry to break it to you but thats a panther A... I think or the G varient i did not see the mantlet but all i know its a panther a very loud kitty like the tiger
Best Tank-Sounds ever!!!!!! 👍👍👍
wow its always amazed me how people in the past made these things omg its look amazing
Эту технику, а также звуки их двигателей нужно использовать в кино и в играх для сохранения достоверности. 👍
Тогдашние немецкие моторы работают чище чем сегодняшние росийские,на танках😁😁
That Sturmgeschutz sounds so smooth and docile it actually seems quite friendly. The Panther and the Tiger just sound angry and almost agricultural in nature. I guess Maybach was trying to make as much power as possible from the HL230 and it shows in the exhaust notes.
The Panzer V and VI (Panther and Tiger 2) both sound like their animal counterparts.
What a terrifying sound!
Great running machines, great vid , funtastic!
The Stug sounds so clean 😍
The King Tiger is my favorite war machine of all times, so beautiful, so menacing
BAD ASS SHiT GUYS, REALLY BAD ASS.! ! Lots Of Hard Work To Get Them There, & A Lot To Keep `Em Going.! Thanks For Sharing, & Great To Witness The Raw Power Of Such Brutally Magnificent Machines.! ! I've Been Fascinated With All Armor, But Primarily "GERMAN ARMOR" For 50 Years, Since I Was 5, & I Was Drawing Them Then, & I Still Draw Them Today, & As A Youth, Other People Questioned My Admiration For The German Hardware, But Now, As Rare As It Truly Is, & With Some Catching Up, I Feel My Passion For Such Things Vindicated, & It's So Great To Eventually See So Many Others "Get IT", & I Still Get A Very Deep Seance Of Gratification By Witnessing Your Quest, & Applaud You All For All The Eminence Efforts That Goes Into Every Inch Of Your, "WiCKEDLY UNiQUE, & ENCHANTiNG ENDEAVORS".! As They Look Factory Fresh, & "ABSOLUTELY OMiNOUS".! ! The GERMANS Modernized War, & Its Modern Tactics To Its Pinnacle, & Even Until This Very Day, Do Their Tactics Exist Within The US ARMY, & We Stole Almost Every Aspect Of The Entire German War Weapons, Machines, Methods, Tactics, Applications, Groupings & The RUSKY's Can't Seem To Build Anything On There Own, But When You Have Great Spys, They Made Mass Rustic Renditions Of The Existing Models, ie : ATOMiC Bombs, The T-34, Is An AMERiCAN Design, That The Americans Had Previously Turned Down, & The Rusky's Perched The Rights To, & B-29 Copy, & The Sturmgewehr, Then Hence The AK-47 Years Later, etc..! The German's Austrian, & Swiss, Are The Very Best, & Most Well Thought Out Designers, & Fabricators The World Has Known In Resent Times.! The Best Were The Great Stone Builders, As Polygonal Mason's, That Existed On Every Single Continent, & Country In The World.! ie: Great Pyramids, Builders Of Machu PicchuOf The Pre Incan's, Nan Madol South Of The Marianas Islands, & SURi Castle On Okinaowa, Also On Japan, & Also China's Great Wall, & Not The Chinese Directly, As Once Believed, & On So Many Other Greater Global etc's . . . History Is Absolutely Amazing, & We Should Pay Much Greater Head, If We Would Only Learn, Instead Of Than Fighting One Another, But That Seems To Be A Part Of Human Beings, & Most Animal's Nature.? "RAGE ONWARD" . . .
King tiger, such a beautiful machine.