WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: A new StuG III RESTORATION PROJECT!

The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum

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One can never have too many StuG IIIs.....
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@TheSaturnV Месяц назад

Dimitri needs his own weekly show! What a knowledge base he has.

@westmus Месяц назад

But if Dimitri started to do YT Videos he would have less time to find parts, gather knowledge and do restoration. He clearly got all the knowledge and the magic parts bin, because that's an fucus for him.

@brianwilliams8361 Месяц назад

Very different to his appearances with Bruce Crompton ,

@madmoses7830 Месяц назад

Anyone who wears military fatigues around a workshop definitely should have is own show!

@tonyromano6220 Месяц назад

He is amazing.

@tdb7992 Месяц назад

I really hope Dimitri can come visit Australia and see the StuG III finished. He seems like such a great guy. That opening scene was brilliant.

@johnanon6938 Месяц назад

Can Kurt, Beau or someone at the museum adopt Dimitri so we see him more often and of course you'll have to visit him more often too in that wonderful shop of his.

@Gibbo919 Месяц назад

A Mr. Hewes video AND workshop wednesday? Best wednesday ever

@HailHydra27 Месяц назад

Aus Armour needs to get a british spec centurion or something from them for the ultimate crossover

@TheSussexpillbox Месяц назад

I did the same as well!

@corpnut2906 Месяц назад

good stuff there on both channels

@ruebencover5795 Месяц назад

Very true 👍

@66kbm Месяц назад

That intro with Dimitri....Hi im Kurt from Aus Armour.... is excellent and really funny.

@BernhardtBauer Месяц назад

I know right? xD From the reaction of the guys, it might've not even been planned!

@Pistol0291 Месяц назад

Dimitri is such a well known figure in the combat restoration world. I've seen him twice on oz armour and he's popped up a few times in combat dealers here in UK A very knowledgeable guy and a fair dealer. His reputation proceeds him wherever he goes

@stumclean1946 Месяц назад

Stunning that 80 years later you can find this stuff in great condition .Thanks for showing love it all.Stu

@BF5player Месяц назад

There’s currently no surviving stug iii ausf B in existence and for AAAM to restore one or should I say assemble one in such complete original condition with period correct parts is astonishing it will look great next to the stug iii A also a lone survivor featuring the early superstructure no tank museum in the world has 2 stug iii with the short barreled gun making their stug collection the best in the world with Ausf A,B, F all only surviving examples, ausf G late war April 1945 production, stuh 42 and early stug iv

@cheetahgamerz9448 Месяц назад

Plus don't AAAM have the lone surviving Ausf. A too?

@anumeon Месяц назад

"Of course. More hours, more money from state" Statement of the year right there.:)

@GilbertdeClare0704 Месяц назад

and evidencing the Socialist nature of National Socialism

@dnocturn84 Месяц назад

@@GilbertdeClare0704 Actually more hours = more money = more profit; which is waaaay more capitalist thinking. Being required to transparently share the work load needed with the government is the socialist ingredient here. And also an authoritarian measure to reduce manufacturer costs.

@bebo4807 Месяц назад

You mean naked capitalist greed and corruption.

@MrCarGuy Месяц назад

It may have been the fastest method. Many variables

@warrenhunt5556 Месяц назад

Thanks Kurt, Beau and Dimtri for making me absolutely bloody gob smacked! The knowledge that Dimitri has, commands my utmost respect for him. There's a person I would like to have a beer or two on ANZAC day with. Thank you gentleman!

@davelewsam5214 Месяц назад

The knowledge these guys possess is fantastic. So happy this is being preserved for future generations.

@chopper7352 Месяц назад

A great one liner by Dimitri regarding finding the Gun sight ...."No..It's not hard...it's impossible" ! ...& he did find one. 👍

@elmorientez3787 Месяц назад

Wee box of bits you weren't sure about are ice cleats that can be pushed through and pinned into the tracks for added grip in icy conditions

@bpdp379 Месяц назад

Grouser is what we called them.

@petertube4555 Месяц назад

Hammerstollen

@Th.G.M. Месяц назад

I am blown away by this episode! Wow, what cool finds Dmitri has dug out, and still working!

@danmorris8714 Месяц назад

The fact that it looks like the StuG hull fits in that container puts into perspective how small it is

@re1644 Месяц назад

Kurt happy: You have all the sights Dimity: Everything... Of course You can feel the satisfaction there. I need to see it completed, really badly

@rolandrolandson8017 Месяц назад

The items in the box (at 2.40) are Hammerstollen, mounted to the tracks for better traction in winter time de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Hammerstollen.jpg And a big "Thank you!" to the fantastic Australien Armour & Artillery Museum always providing us with great content.

@TheSlugstoppa Месяц назад

It honestly looks like a scaled - up Tamiya model, shake it and it's built. And that gun restoration is Outstanding.

@cheetahgamerz9448 Месяц назад

Especially since Dimitri kept the kill rings

@scottburton509 Месяц назад

Can't wait until the history is researched. The kill rings alone speak volumes.

@jdshqs Месяц назад

i want to have a beer with dimitri, bloke looks like a legend

@shed66215 Месяц назад

Beau's knowledge is awesome - being able to identify subtle differences between various incarnations of the same vehicle and the parts within must have taken an awful lot of time studying various manuals and books describing the history of StuG III 'family'...but then being able to put them together is on another level.

@markfryer9880 Месяц назад

I agree! I was watching and paying close attention to what Bo was saying and I was impressed with his depth of knowledge of Stugs and the slightest variations between models. He definitely knows his stuff and he must have read heaps of manuals and resource books, pouring over heaps of photos. Dare I say that he may very well have dreamed of Stugs as his brain sorted out all of the information. I am very impressed and Aus Armour should be very proud to have such a professional employee working for them. (Hope that little plug gets you a pay rise Bo! 😊) Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Former Australian Army Reservist '88 to mid 90s Signals and Engineers

@samleigh7817 Месяц назад

You could see in his eyes ‘Yeah great I was able to make up all those parts for our Stug, but why oh why didn’t we come here first?’

@shed66215 Месяц назад

@@samleigh7817 Same reactions as to when they saw the Grant parts on that farm, before then visiting the other chap who had complete hulls

@murmaider2 Месяц назад

Dimitri has a great personality. Gotta love the Czechs.

@DOMINIK99013 Месяц назад

Dimitri is not Czech name at all, he is Russian.

@gerardhogan3 Месяц назад

I could watch this stuff all day. Dimitri is such a great fella. Kurt you gotta bring him, the chaps from the British school of Armour Tank Museum and Mr Hewes out to Australia and have a Q&A

@mikeschillinger4427 Месяц назад

Joe's a farmer. I don't think he can handle being airborne. There's no mud up there😂

@Culwhch Месяц назад

Thanks, another great Wednesday night viewing!

@stubstoo6331 Месяц назад

Wednesday morning here.😁😁

@gerhard6105 Месяц назад

Evening here 🇧🇪

@user-ey3st2qs5u Месяц назад

Ahoooooooj pozdrav z České republiky 😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤🎉a přeji vám úspěšně dokončení projektu Marťas 😊

@dukenukem8381 Месяц назад

Petr Pavel can find millions of shells.

@JustRedDude Месяц назад

-No it's not hard... It's impossible... (Said Dmitry, who made it possible) Such a great work on that. I'm speechless and I love it.

@negativematt Месяц назад

I'm an automotive restoration/fabricator who is a massive WW2 aviation nut. I was a Blackhawk mechanic in the Army as well. I found your channel about a year ago and thoroughly enjoy watching the guys work and learning about equipment from the war I never knew about! Love this episode and the "Grant "barn find" series"! Keep it up boys!

@ianstewartbrown5308 Месяц назад

This is going to be a great build, Beau and Kurt like two kids on Christmas morning opening their presents

@williamlloyd3769 Месяц назад

Amazing that these parts weren’t scraped long ago. Glad to see the restoration looks to be happening. Can you imagine manufacturing all these machine parts in WW2 at various factories and putting it together during a war?

@speedmachine69 Месяц назад

What a delightful guy Dimitri is..... I'm certain he enjoyed kicking around with you chaps.....

@babuzzard6470 Месяц назад

Gotta love Dimitri, it’s all there~ of course!😂 poor Beau is like a kid in a Lolly shop, doesn’t know what to look at first.🇦🇺

@garycharland3018 Месяц назад

Amazing stuff. The knowledge Dimitri has acquired is something else.

@Wally-H Месяц назад

Superb video, you guys make my day when you come out with something like this. The job you are doing for historical preservation is priceless.

@ianmckay1780 Месяц назад

As usual, your channel has surpassed itself again. I am just sorry I will never get to see the museum in the flesh. thanks for letting me dream anyway. From UK.

@outlet6989 Месяц назад

"So simple to assemble, a child could do it." Skilled workers were in short supply toward the end of the war. Components to be joined were painted with the same letter to assist them in the building process. This simple construction technique showed the unskilled workers those parts that were attached to each other.

@johnanon6938 Месяц назад

This was the best intro by Kurt welcoming us to workshop Wednesday, Thank you Kurt! :)

@markhorrell9213 Месяц назад

I'm astounded by this collection...even more so as so much war materiel was quite quickly scrapped (relatively) after the 2nd wld war. That so much still survives "out in the wild" and in numerous private hands is a testiment to restorers everywhere. Todays ephisode is a wonderful sight to behold! Thanks for making my day yet again

@morstyrannis1951 Месяц назад

Nicholas Moran - AKA The Chieftain - demonstrated a main gun safety switch used by a loader in a contemporary Abrams tank that works the same way.

@johnwheeler3023 Месяц назад

The rings on the gun...that would really send shivers down the spine and have hairs standing straight up to just be in its presence. Dimitri's knowledge is as if he is a reincarnated RLM design engineer from the 30's and 40's.

@markbehr88 Месяц назад

That was a great episode on so many different levels. Fascinating. The Puma. Wow!

@schwabrichard9829 Месяц назад

Santa's Workshop combined with Aladdin`s Cave! 🙂 That describes Dimitri's parts yard and facility! ☺I worked with a man who was conscripted in 1940 and trained as a radioman. He was assigned to a field artillery unit. That unit was given to Stug III`s and trained for Barbarossa. They lost the last Stug in Stalingrad. He was wounded and flown out. He and his family came to the US in the 1950`s.

@mikeschillinger4427 Месяц назад

I can only imagine the stories he could tell.

@ChrisRudland-England Месяц назад

Thanks, Kurt, Beau and Dimtri, your knowledge Beau is incredible. You look like me when I go abroad, I'll lend you my iron so you can flatten that shirt out!

@klazarou Месяц назад

Love the new Kurt

@davidbenson3931 Месяц назад

GREAT show I always look forward to Workshop Wednesday amazing stug parts. I CANT WAIT to see the finished stug.

@ondoogretchtub Месяц назад

Really look forward to watching Workshop Wednesday every week.

@williamstoutjesdijk-ry2oz Месяц назад

Good video and Dimitri seems to be a good guy. He clearly knows his stuff.

@aserta Месяц назад

I know the sensation the lads felt when they saw the pristine example. I've had it happen many times. You see the differences the clean sheet, sometimes you see mistakes you've made. It's a neat moment.

@jamestiberiuskirk5994 Месяц назад

Forget google y'all are walking encyclopedias with the wealth of knowledge you have.

@michaelguerin56 Месяц назад

Great video. What Dimtri said about private companies acting to increase chargeable hours would also apply to US aircraft bomb fuses during WW2. About thirty years ago, we built a couple of townhouses next door to a an RNZAF WW2 ground crew veteran who served in the Pacific Theatre. He advised that the British fuses only took a 6?/12? turns to arm-via a mini-propeller-once the bomb was released but the American fuses took far more turns. I forget the number of turns but it may have been 120. Sometimes … when things got busy, the armourers might not give the fuses all the necessary pre wind and the bombs would not go off!

@lukefriesenhahn8186 Месяц назад

A candy store for historic tank and vehicle enthusiasts. 😎

@dbaider9467 Месяц назад

I could listen to that guy all day. It is a very niche market he sells into and he really knows his stuff. Great episode.

@Mizone505 Месяц назад

That safety system on the short barrel is similar to the system on the Australian leopard. Once the loader loaded the round he hit the circuit switch to open the circuit. 105 gun was electrically fired. A red light on the panel above the gun illuminated telling everyone the gun was loaded and ready to fire. As well as yelling the command "loaded"out😀

@scottburton509 Месяц назад

Had something similar on the Abrams

@Mizone505 Месяц назад

@@scottburton509 yeah it does

@Maiko100876 Месяц назад

Dimitri is a GIFT. PERIOD. his knowledge and Panzer Farm, they’er isn’t anything that can’t be found for restoration. Just wonderful.

@traumgeist Месяц назад

Never thought I’d see a full scale OEM period correct Stug 3 kit get packed and shipped.

@mikeschillinger4427 Месяц назад

StuG 3 in CKD form, some assembly required. I'd love that under my Christmas tree. 😂

@miketanner2150 Месяц назад

Hey Beau, take the tissues out of your pockets before washing your shirts :)

@davekreitzer4358 Месяц назад

Very much appreciated and enjoy these European trips , very knowledgeable contacts , nice folks and what they have collected is absolutely Outstanding history ! 👍

@woody5109 Месяц назад

The buildings there are fabulous, absolutely fabulous.

@clay9181 Месяц назад

The Stug III is ideal for home defense

@johnbradshaw354 Месяц назад

Great Video Kurt thank you. Dmitri's knowledge is very deep when it comes to German vehicles for sure. He has a large number of Tiger 1 parts I believe which are not for sale.

@peter9314 Месяц назад

So many details and knowledge. It#s pure gold.

@shaneblack4862 Месяц назад

Again I'm stunned by what you blokes are finding. Absolutely gobsmacked, and the condition of some of these parts is incredible! But perhaps the most jaw dropping thing for me was the turret roof of the Puma. Such a shame that not one complete example has survived. Arguably the best looking and meanest armoured car of WW2. To Dimitri and his awesome team in the Czech Republic, I salute you all for your wonderful work.