WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Assembling and test fitting WWII StuG III G TORSION BAR suspension units!
Vložit
- čas přidán 18. 07. 2023
- Watch Beau as he reassembles and test fits restored WWII StuG III G torsion bar suspension units.
Follow the progress of our restorations every Workshop Wednesday! 😱
Subscribe to our channel & hit the notification bell 🔔 so you never miss an upload! ➡️ bit.ly/ausarmouryt
Keep up to date with the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum!⬇️⬇️
Facebook ➡️ / ausarmour
Instagram ➡️ / ausarmour
Twitter ➡️ / ausarmour
Website ➡️ ausarmour.com
Email ➡️ info@ausarmour.com - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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.
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.
Slow progress but great work, no need to turn the sound off!
well done Beau , keep at it , . l did notice a ''green Grant '' in the back ground , looks good
It's good to see Beau using plenty of lube to make his shaft fit in the hole. Great work guys. 😁
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!
good sneak peak at the painted
grant near the end there ;)
Good job 🇫🇮
Always good to see Beau polishing a thick oiled up shaft.
yeah, they couldve titles it "this week bo polishes his post....again!"
Ah, happy for another StuG episode!
So much innuendo it's like "Carry On tank restoration" , keep up the great work Beau and the other miracle workers
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.
Huzzah!!
Workshop Wednesday!! 😊
Outstanding video
Superjob as always
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
You guys are great!
I did not choose the STUGLIFE , STUGLIFE chose me
I have a great Stuglife tshirt!
@@Whatisthisstupidfinghandle militaryvisualisedhistory brought me here :P that and 1rtb
Good day Aus Armour!🇦🇺🇬🇧
Nice job keeping a straight face…multiple times. Great work, very impressive!
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
German engineering complicated? Who'a thought? Another great video, and thanks!
Those sounds from 16:11 and beyond, were some nice asmr
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!
I love that sound. I was always the one that would walk into the classroom and run my nails down the chalkboard.
God bless you all for keeping history alive!
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 ❤
Thanks Guys!
Great work guys! I love the StuG. Beau: the StuG dentist. 😂
G'day Boys well done your the best restoration tank experts in Australia, would be proud of yourselfs, cheers mates, Neil from the outback.
Im a simple man, if i see Stug III torsionbar-assemblingvideo, i watch it.
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.
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
Welcome to Workshop Wednesday. The sexual innuendo edition ! Ace.
You ladz are really doing a fantastic job. Superb viewing.
Glad to see another Stug episode, been a while
Great job Beau! Good to see ya back
Thanks guys!
That amount of grind is hard yakka, but with that ATD, she'll be a sweet machine when done.
Well done lads!🎉😀🇬🇧
Na the worst sound ever wasn’t that bad at all. Good going guys. Love watching every wee detail.
another great video enjoy watching the weekly films here in the uk.
Thank you for my Wednesday lunchtime entertainment.
Good chaps from the uk love your builds cheers
How awesome would it be to go to work and rebuild freaking tanks!!!
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!!!
Nice to see a StuG update. Guys being saucy today..... 🤣
seriously, you should release some longer versions of these videos too! LOVE THIS SERIES! Thanks for keeping these incredible vehicles alive
Workshop Wednesday living up to expectations as usual
Finally Stug related parts :) I thought you dropped to film that project. Looking forward to see STUG build progress.
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.
ITS NICE WATCHING A MASTER CRAFTSMAN AT WORK
built just like a jaguar ! indissolubly hashed together !
Stugs and Jagdpanthers are my favourite tanks. And the sound, it was just like a couple of crickets rubbing their legs together I reckon
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“
Glad to see the Stug again
Bo is a expert panzer repairman!
Excellent work. It's simply amazing that you guys routinely make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Well done. 👍
Thanks for the assault gun ASMR.
Great footage👍👍👍!!!
Sounds like crickets on a night that Kurt. As always, Beau does a cracking job there.
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
Great to see the work starting again on the stug
Good to have Bo back in the picture.
The way he works is so good!
Great to see the Stug still progressing, can’t wait for the next Grant Instalment. Well done boys as usual👍🇦🇺.
Love it when a plan comes together.
Excellent job polishing that shaft.
YES!!! the stug is back. Thanks for another awesome video from you guys.
Glad there was a stug update. Nicely done, men!
Man... this thing makes the Grant look like a walk in the park!
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.
Regarding damaged treads on precision parts I have used very fine lapping compound rather than files, something like #800 or #1000 grit. This suspension unit VS the Grant are a prime example why the Allies out produced the Axis
What’s amazing is how rapidly the German factories could pump these chassis out.
Great to see the stug again
Thanks AAAM!
Now we see why German tanks were so hard to work on. Insane! Great job and the patience of Job.
Yeah, whenever I read WWII memoirs where Panzer crews talk about the miracles their mechanics achieved, I think of these videos and can see it's TOTALLY not an exaggeration. Beau and the rest aren't working in -30C temperatures in the 'Arsch der Welt' (Russia), although I suppose summer in Cairns might be like Libya LOL
That dental pick wasn't that bad. A lot better then tinnitus. Ya'll have been doing great work on it!
"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
A lot of history, ingenuity and a tiny dash of locker room humor. I look forward to every Wednesday!
That sound - no problem as long I am not the object without anesthesia😂
Bo is a great craftsmen
I could watch hours of this!
Changing torsion bars in british army 432's in the field was fun to
With torsion bar ends and caps, yes clean them as per the 2:00 mark, but apply anti-seize and work it into the threads with a brass wire brush. It will remove any scale and allow the threads to come together without any galling.
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.
Multi-talented people!
I think Wire EDM would make nice work of cutting shock absorber mounts, these machines are so nice.
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.
Я из России смотрю вас. Успехов вашей команде, здоровья всем вам, счастья и мирного неба над головой. Спасибо за интересные видео. Вы молодцы профи своего дела.
Giddy Up !
Excellent work fellas!
Sneak peak of the painted M3 Grant in the background near the end!
thank you kurt your vlogs have made my wednesdays something to look forward too. keep up the great work
It was amazing to finally see the jagdpanther and tiger in person. The team should be proud of themselves, they look fantastic in the flesh. I bought a jagdpanther commanders hatch hinge blank from the shop and will be forging a little display stand for it when I get home to Victoria. It was nice to read Jason's cruiser tank book and talk to him about it in person, I would love more Australian cruiser tank footage please. Keep up the good work 😊
The attention to detail is to be commended. Those differential parts are a work of art and the care in installing them and the swing arm assembly shows a lot of patience. Oh and by the way, the noise from cleaning out the splines didn't bother me at all!!!
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!
Hallö, Kurt from Ozama, nice tøø see you again!
Sometimes watching these videos is like listening to the conversations in a junior high school boys' gym locker room. I love it.
Great job Bo on the progress
That sounds made my dog throw up after running around the house looking for what he thought may have been a large bat.
Thanks guys.
Awesome work as always, cheers!😂