The only known surviving running German vehicle from Stalingrad! 

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. 😎👍

Still lighter than most todays suv's 😅

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.

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

They truly are a work of art design wise

Looks futuristic for our time lol

Their sloped armor was actually very good at repelling incoming rounds. I saw a test between one of these and an American halftrack. Roughly the same thickness, but because of the sloped armor, the German armor was much more effective. Yes, a beautiful design.

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

Dmitrys workshop is gold!

Dido from the United States. 👍

Oh great, a Nazi!

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?

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.

I agree!

It reminds me of my old 45 harley davidson sound very unique love it

I was pretty amazed by that also lol.

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.

Was würde ein Sammler für dieses Fahrzeug bezahlen?

@@badschbenza8126shoot something with that history it’d be in the millions I bet.

Gruß aus California!!!

Sehr viel Geld würde ein Sammler zahlen

I don't know what you said, but, Yah !

А мой дедушка жёг таких как твой дедушка ;)

​@@imal5006Sukkeltje

​@@imal5006и под сталиным лежал, да?🤣

@@imal5006 🤣

​@@imal5006чем сжёг? FPV-дронами?

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.

@@St.Augustine-p7k Well I was refeering to this history behind the vehicle in question not the whole of germany's history.

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!"

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.

....I once had a 1950 Austin which had the same kind of signals...

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?

yeah they usually do not have the funds for deep resoration so they only restore the look of it, but none of the function.

VW Typ 87?

That's not a quite fair comment. Bovington runs a lot of older vehicles and tanks each year 2x

@@junkers66 tosh!

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.

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

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.

True. I didn't expect it to be so smooth. Was surprised by how short it is.

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

Yeah..i know already ive seen other presentations...BUT..the very good ones are here...the Aussies ALWAYS tell good stories..DO IT!!

yea nah

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.