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Weald Foundation
United Kingdom
Registrace 31. 03. 2015
We are a charitable organisation set up to preserve, restore and maintain historic military vehicles from both world wars, and to educate the public about their history. Our unique line-up of rare and important military vehicles, including tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, is considered to be one of the finest working collections in the world.
We are a working collection where schools, engineers, historians, modellers, enthusiasts and collectors come together to discover and learn.
We source original components and where necessary, create new parts from the original blueprints or examples. Our research into the history of every vehicle in our collection - where and when it was assembled, its role in combat and the story of the people who operated them or fought against them - provides unique authenticity to our work.
We receive no UK government funding so our work in restoring vehicles and creating a centre of technical and historical excellence depends on support from you
We are a working collection where schools, engineers, historians, modellers, enthusiasts and collectors come together to discover and learn.
We source original components and where necessary, create new parts from the original blueprints or examples. Our research into the history of every vehicle in our collection - where and when it was assembled, its role in combat and the story of the people who operated them or fought against them - provides unique authenticity to our work.
We receive no UK government funding so our work in restoring vehicles and creating a centre of technical and historical excellence depends on support from you
Sd.Kfz.223 Aus.A 3.Serie - Launch Event 2024
On June 22nd, the Weald Foundation was proud to unveil the latest restoration project to their Members: Leichter Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A 3.Serie. This is the only vehicle, of this series, left in the world and was fully restored to working condition.
Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563
We are a charitable organisation set up to preserve, restore and maintain historic military vehicles from both world wars, and to educate the public about their history. Our unique line-up of rare and important military vehicles, including tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, is considered one of the world's finest working collections.
#wealdfoundation #tankrestoration #tank #restoration
Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563
We are a charitable organisation set up to preserve, restore and maintain historic military vehicles from both world wars, and to educate the public about their history. Our unique line-up of rare and important military vehicles, including tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, is considered one of the world's finest working collections.
#wealdfoundation #tankrestoration #tank #restoration
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Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A 3.Serie - First Drive of a Very Rare Vehicle
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On June 22nd, the Weald Foundation was proud to unveil the latest restoration project to their Members: leichter Panzerspähwagen Sd.Kfz.223 Ausf.A 3.Serie. This is the only vehicle, of this series, left in the world and was fully restored to working condition. This video is a small teaser of more videos to come. Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 We are...
Reviving History: Willys MB Jeep | WWII Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 5
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One of World War II's most iconic historic vehicles is the Truck ¼ ton 4×4, better known by its nickname ‘Jeep’. This little vehicle was and is so common its origins and details are largely ignored except by the many thousands of collectors who collect and own one. In 1940, the US Army requested industry to provide a small general-purpose four-wheel drive vehicle. Several trials and offers proc...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - Panzer I Ausf.A | Sd.Kfz.101
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 This video was created by and shared with the permission of the Arsenalen Tank Museum. For the full video and much more, please visit: czcams.com/video/mhdi4DS0noY/video.html Hilary Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visits yet again the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In this video, he talks about one of the most important Germa...
Reviving History: Indian Pattern Carrier New Zealand | WWII Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 4
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 India designed a series of armoured vehicles known as the Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, Indian Pattern (ACV-IP). These vehicles were built using Ford or GMC CMP truck chassis imported from Canada, with the Indian Railways primarily responsible for constructing the armoured hulls. New Zealand also created their own version...
Development of the Panzer Arm to 1939 - The 'Chieftain' Doctrine Video Series
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 A big thanks to Nick 'The Chieftain' Moran, for allowing us to repost this older video of his. Please make sure to check his channel: @TheChieftainsHatch An excellent discussion of how the Germans developed the Panzer Arm in the period between 1918 to 1939. All the sources used for this video are shared below. Selected...
Armoured Archives - Panther Armour Review
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 A very interesting video produced by Ed Webster from the Armoured Archives. This video was originally posted on his channel and kindly permitted to be reposted on our channel. A thorough look at the metallurgical faults found in Panther tanks, and other German vehicles of WW2. Sources: - National Archives - Panther arm...
Armoured Archives - Tiger II vs HESH - Tank Testing
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 A very interesting video produced by Ed Webster from the Armoured Archives. This video was originally posted on his channel and kindly permitted to be reposted on our channel. In 1947, the British done tests to HESH (High Explosive Squash Head) rounds, with the target being a pre-production Tiger II. The video also loo...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - Inside the Jagdpanzer 38t 'Hetzer'
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visits the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In this video, Hilary talks inside the famous Jagdpanzer 38t, also known as 'Hetzer'. The video was shared with the Arsenalen Tank Museum's permission. Please visit the Arsenalen Tank Museum CZcams Channel for the full video: czcams.com/vid...
Reviving History: Australian LP1 Carrier | WWII Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 3
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 In our third episode, we look at one of our near future projects, the Australian Local Pattern 1 Carrier, or LP1 for short. Our Australian Local Pattern 1 Carrier, hull number 76, was assembled at the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops, Australia in 1940. A total of 158 were built in total during 1940 out of an order...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - Inside the StuG III Ausf.D
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Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visits the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In this video, Hilary shows and talks about Europe's only Stug III Ausf. D. The video was shared with the Arsenalen Tank Museum's permission. Please visit the Arsenalen Tank Museum CZcams Channel for the full video. ■ About Weald Foundation - www.wealdfoundation.org/ ■ Become a Member - www.wealdfoundation.org/membe...
Reviving History: Renault TSF "Télégraphie sans fil" | WWI Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 2
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 In our second episode, journey with us as we delve into the groundbreaking Renault TSF, aptly named "Télégraphie sans fil" or "Wireless Telegraphy". Pioneering the fusion of armoured warfare with wireless communication, this remarkable vehicle was conceived with a singular vision: to bridge the communication gap betwee...
Reviving History: Renault FT | WWI Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 1
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 Journey with us in this inaugural episode as we explore the legacy of the Renault FT, one of the most pivotal tanks from the First World War era. Often hailed as the forefather of modern tanks, the Renault FT's groundbreaking design was brought to life by the renowned French company, Renault, in the closing stages of 1...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - The Tiger II - Part 2
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Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visited the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In this second video, he continues to discuss the Tiger II tank. This tank is officially named Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B and is also informally referred to as the Königstiger, or King Tiger. The video was shared with the Arsenalen Tank Museum's permission. Please visit the Arsenalen Tank Museum CZcams Channel ...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - The Tiger II - Part 1
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Donate with PayPal Giving Fund: www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/3177563 Hilary Louis Doyle, Weald Foundation Trustee, visited the Arsenalen Tank Museum. In the video, he discusses the Tiger II tank. This tank is officially named Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B and is also informally referred to as the Königstiger, or King Tiger. The video was shared with the Arsenalen Tank Museum's permissi...
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - Inside the Marder II at Arsenalen
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Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - Inside the Marder II at Arsenalen
Jagdpanther Day Highlights 2023: Event Recap
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Jagdpanther Day Highlights 2023: Event Recap
Riding on the Sd.Kfz.251: A Thrilling Members Experience
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Riding on the Sd.Kfz.251: A Thrilling Members Experience
First World War Renault TSF Maintenance & Drive
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First World War Renault TSF Maintenance & Drive
Driving Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad From Collection Hall
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Driving Sd.Kfz.2 Kettenkrad From Collection Hall
Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part III
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Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part III
Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part II
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Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part II
Renault FT - World War I Tank Driving at Tankfest 2018
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Renault FT - World War I Tank Driving at Tankfest 2018
Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part I
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Leopard 2 Prototype at Arsenalen - Part I
Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - The MAUS and E Series Tanks
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Hilary Doyle PanzerTalks - The MAUS and E Series Tanks
Jagdpanther 411 Tankfest 2019 Throwback
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Jagdpanther 411 Tankfest 2019 Throwback
Watch Tom and Terry Execute a Precise Jeep Maneuver to Move Another Vehicle
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Watch Tom and Terry Execute a Precise Jeep Maneuver to Move Another Vehicle
Sd Kfz 223 Progress Update: Moving from Fabrication to Assembly Workshop
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Sd Kfz 223 Progress Update: Moving from Fabrication to Assembly Workshop
I wonder if Jim still has the XR Harley
My father, at the time a very young field gunner subaltern, landed in Normandy in late June '44 with 53rd (Welsh) Division. In the chaos of Falaise, following the capture of Caen, he found and took for his own use a Wehrmacht motorcycle and sidecar. He didn't say whether it was a BMW or a Zundapp, but he was very impressed by its technical specification: 2wd, a reverse gear and branches from the exhaust across the handlebar to keep the hands warm. He had it painted khaki and kept it (and a German side arm, which he preferred to his issued weapon) right up to the Rhine crossing, when a new CO ordered that no further enemy equipment be used. He spent a lot of that campaign going ahead of the battery to find locations for the guns and the CP. He said the motorcycle was ideal for that, particularly in the extremely cold winter of 1944/45 through Belgium and the Netherlands. He is now long dead, but I still recall his boyish enthusiasm when he described the machine. He was quite cross to be ordered to abandon it. He was still cross fifty years later.
Awesome!
Fed up with my comments being deleted on your channel. Any particular reason for this? I said nothing offensive.
That happens all over youtube I'm afraid, and seems to be due to some very opaque auto-mod. No pattern real pattern discernible.
Amazing work - as to be expected from the Weald Foundation. Where do these vehicles go, or what happens to them?
They join the Foundation's collection of running vehicles to be studied by Members and displayed on selected 'Open Days'
Congratulations!
👏👏👏👏
Bravo, frens! High quality work as usual
That came out great
I enjoyed the trivial little details, such as the lubricated wheels, the paint sampling, the fact that the panels weren't cut in metric dimensions. While it certainly lacks modern amenities, the FT was THE genesis of the modern tank. And, modern vehicles notwithstanding, it had a very long service life.
Great job 👏
I seen a 222 on sale on Facebook marketplace for $60k... I didn't get it, sadly. 😭 ☕🐝🇺🇸
Didn’t show much when you just focused on the person talking.
Ummm, not trying to rain on your parade but there is a second one of these vehicles in the Tank Museum at Hudson, Massachusetts.
The other surviving (running) Sd.Kfz.222 is an Ausf.B 5.Series.
JAGD!!!🤤🤤🤤🤤
What exactly was wrong with the Jagd Panther steering, when the Tiger steering has a small steering wheel and was easily driven. It doesn’t make sense.
Your channel is a bit of a disappointment to be honest. You show very little, if anything of the restoration work, making it rather a redundant effort on your behalf. I'm sure the people restoring these vehicles are true craftsman, it's just a pity you don't actually put any effort in to showcasing what processes they go through (unless of course you wish to membership to your web page for a ridiculous sum of money) to restore these vehicles. Maybe take a page from the Australian Armour and Artillery youtube channel.
Members of the Foundation get two 'Inside Track' weekly articles on progress and other interesting topics. They also may attend the Open Days to see the vehicles. The Foundation restore vehicles both inside and out with all the associated equipment they are not just rushing them together externally for display. Perhaps you should become a member.
Im Krieg baut man Fahrzeuge für einen bestimmten zweck und doch keine Designikonen... Welchen Zweck hat also diese besondere Form?
These were lightly armoured vehicles, and the angles allowed the 8mm armour to be proof against MG fire
Diesel Punk Batman would love that thing
Bravo Michael.
Thank you sir
Very cool!
Jagdpanther in the background
So nice hearing that original petrol sound. Most restorations use a modern v8 or diesel engine (Understandably why of course), but nothing beats the sound of an original engine.
Agreed
Wonderful video, thanks for sharing. Great job bringing the vehicle back to life to show living history.
Thank you very much
He's right...we don't have long on this Earth...and I get the bit about leaving a legacy. I started rebuilding WW2 vehicles when I was well into my 40s...a bit late on the scene...but I'm determined to get my 4 back on the roads before I kick the bucket..
The only model of its type in the World....that's rare...
Nice, to see 1 saved, I spent a while playing Wargames sending those off to "Find" the Enemy, not many were used twice, maybe that's why they are Rare ...
Similar to the one's used in South Africa with V shaped anti mine hull🤔
but without floor armour
@@wealdfoundation that's clever V shaped Hull with no armour 🥴
Is this a Cybertruck?
looking forward to seeing more🙂
Ein Wunderschönes Stück! Danke für die Restaurierung und das Video. Allzeit gute Fahrt damit.
Pleasure
They very cleverly drove them backwards into Poland, so that the border guards would think they were leaving.
My wife is half German and half Polish - it's a helluva combination 😂
It great to see a vehicle this rare driving about, as another person wrote, I want one, thanks for showing this vehicle, best regards from Australia, Les
Pleasure glad you like it
Extremely cool vehicle...wow...
Bringing history back to life!
Always Kool😂❤❤❤
I want one
Hearty rumble
The ballistic shape of this vehicle was far ahead of its time a lot of our modern armored cars kind of have the shape it’s always been one of my favorite series of German scout cars
Unfortunately it had the chassis of the Schwerer geländegängiger Personenkraftwagen, which was crap.
Was it designed for ballistic protection or ease/cost of welding straight edged plates? Regardless, a cool vehicle. I have a Tamiya model of one in the stash.
They were ahead of a lot of folks on a lot of things.
@@WgCdrLuddite Yes, which is strange, most of their wheeled vehicles were pretty good. Not American good, but better than most other countries.
@@WgCdrLuddite Not quite - it was based on the s.PKW I design but many of the components were quite different. I never found any reports claiming it was crap. Obviously, it was originally a 1934 design, but it lasted well, and the final ones were built in 1943. If you have any documentary proof that it was "crap" we would love to see a copy.
What does the Reuleaux triangular hub shields do? Are they for armor or some thing like using as a cable capstan?
Radpanzer or wheel armour
Fantastic! Great job!
Thank you very much
Always liked these!
Privileged to have been there to witness this 😊
Did you pay money to attend?
@@sdkfz250b yes, worth every penny!
I want one. Know of a dealer, anywhere?
Yahoo!
🎖️🏆🙏💪 Thank you for sharing this
Pleasure
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military Odysey .Detling?
Nice video gentlemen BUT … Wyllys, Willys and Willis are variant spellings of the same name. The historic Willys Overland commercials-and Jeep promotional documentaries-available to view on CZcams, remove any possible confusion.
I believe that Willys is actually pronounced Willis, with the Y making an I sound. Important that you get these things correct, I think. Otherwise, a very interesting story.