I could sit and listen all day to these enthusiasts talking about the details of everything.

Great to see the use of pre-syncromesh gears and double declutching !!! Fantastic vlog Sofilein - keep it up !!

@thedeathwobblechannel6539

4 жыл бұрын

from the VW beetles, their unsynchro'd trans was called a crash box. i use the term for any non synchronized gearbox.

I love this guys enthusiasm. Thank you for this great video

Such a fantastic piece of engineering thank you 👍

That turn at the end. So many feels when I drive my Dad's really long f150 to the grocery store. Parking is an adventure.

Thanks for all your work and footage. All of this stuff rocks!

These videos have been amazing and really interesting. Thanks for your work.

Hi. Nice videos. And a charming hostess. Just a word about this SWS, I was aware of only one survivor from a belgian collection (sold in USA and France in last 90's if I remember well). And there is no body left, only chassis. And they have 5 ! What a job !

That is one magnificent machine. And one lovely lady with her incredibly nice voice. Can't not say that, it would be ungentlemanly.

One of themost interesting vehicles on Militracks. Even Mr Doyle agrees. 😉

Great to see some of these old vehicles brought back into action. And the Germans in particular built such a huge variety of them, for all kinds of different purposes.

Nice video. Thank you for the information and the time.

When very soon the Mad Max edge will come ,this brillant mechanic become kings on the wasteland earth..thanks for sharing Sofi,bises de France !

@spoton6906

3 жыл бұрын

Herr Humungus: Ve do it my vay. Fear ist our ally. Zee guzzolene vill be ours.

Great to see Hilary Doyle is on it!

Great video, and a lovely vehicle. She sounds very sweet.

Thanks for showing a Vehicle not often shown. Keep it up.

Amazing vehicle. Thank you for sharing this, and for making these videos. You are awesome.

Thank you for sharing !!!!!

sWS is my favorite halftrack :D

Wow. Great. The only one driving on the road. Love that HL 42 roar. Thanks.

@Sofilein

4 жыл бұрын

My little microphone doesn’t quite do it justice but it still sounds REALLY good. Half of the magic of the militracks weekend is the sound!

Thank you for the video.

Nice machine.. Good choice too showcase.. 👌

Schweres Wehrmacht Schlepper (SwS). A rationalized universal halftrack transport meant to replace the 1 ton (SdKfz 10) and 3 ton (SdKfz11), halftrack types already in production. Like many German mid-war exigencies, SwS was introduced into a national manufacturing effort already over-committed and under sustained aerial assault on its strategic infrastructure. The SwS had a 100HP engine for its 15 short tons of weight; about 6.7hp/ton, and 27kph speed (16.2mph)*. In the rationalization plan, the SwS was going to take on roles meant for heavier, or more powerful, machines as well. An experimental version was trialed mounting the 3.7cmFlaK43 (as was already done on SdKfz 6 and 7). Another possible military application was the single 15cm PzW 42 prototype. The other tracked transport/lorry for motorized resupply columns (the USA Red Ball Express comes to mind in that regard) would be the also standardized RSO (Raupenschlepper Ost), Alltrack vehicle. Was SwS a worthwhile vehicle? After the war Tatra continued to produce an improved edition for some years. That sort of says "yes". *For comparison, the SdKfz 10 had essentially the same engine, but only weighed 3.75tons, giving it a P:W of 26.6/1 (26.6hp/ton). The SdKfz 7 had a 133hp engine for its 12.6 tons (10.5hp/ton). The SwS was, indeed, not meant to be a combat vehicle. What was desperately needed was a good, solid, heavy load halftrack. The trade-off came in ease and cheapness of mass production. SwS was a far better design for mass production, saving materials, and reducing man-hours involved in assembly. The problem for strategical and operational readiness was that the armed, front-line, military was already stealing all of the good transport and burning it out for lack of spares. Roads were poor in the east, and they were usually clogged with refugees, and advancing/retreating military formations. The simplified tracked transport vehicle idea solved a lot of problems at once. Problems with allocation of manufacturing resources reduced the overall impact of the SwS to a mere 825 vehicles.

@WildBillCox13

4 жыл бұрын

Dat Kettenkrad jetting past the M2 Halftracks . . .

@hilarylouisdoyle1529

4 жыл бұрын

The Sd.Kfz.10 is designed as a fast vehicle - the sWS is geared to be perfect cross country and towing. Please read Panzer Tracts No.22-3

@WildBillCox13

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your clarification and suggestion, sir.

"....So, who do i have to kill to get one of those?"

I would like to sit that high in regular daily traffic....nice German accent by the driver..."am liebsten"

What, no cup holders??

Fantastic!

Здорово, Софи !!!

Enjoy your videos.

very cool video!

Lovely I had 1 of these 🙂😏

the germans did not have a lot of dedicated tank recovery vehicles some of the larger half tracks were used for that purpose.they could join 2 or 3 together to tow disabled tanks .

You were in Holland? omg I missed that, Hope you had good fun!

@Green-Mountainboy

4 жыл бұрын

Guessing this was from her trip to tank fest.

@ericdecler

4 жыл бұрын

@@Green-Mountainboy militracks is in holland

@maurice9084

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Sofi! Wen do you visit me for a test drive in my M74?

I love listening to Germans when they speak about their amazing inventions.

look the panther tank had a baby

@dirtbikerswe1979

4 жыл бұрын

Good spot. 10:45

This is so cool. Those guys put a lot into restoring these vehicles. I had a buddy that used to restore jeeps. I rode in one with him once. He had a wooden M2 Machine gun mounted on it. For Halloween he and some of his re-enactment buddies dressed up as Paratroopers - with real weapons (I would assume no ammo) - and went out clubbing .... My buddy was a cop so ... I guess he could get away with that. .

@RW4X4X3006

4 жыл бұрын

Only if I had the time for the ultimate hobby!

Sofilein, it would be helpful to know what part on the Nashorn are interchangeable and with what vehicles. I have a network of parts folks. I know next to nothing about the Nashorn. Thanks.

very cool

Nice.

paradise found

Yes, you need to adopt me as your grandfather so I can see these wonderful things too.

Ein Sachse, wie mein Opa. I have to go to such an event, looks fun.

Awesome thanks!

Resurrected history, very cool.

Gangster Doyal just needs his Tommy gun to go with that outfit haha!

#OWNEROPPERATOR. Man knows his machine.

He drives the Vehicle am liebsten. 😅👍

I love how Germans always say "directly". Isn't this the vehicle that the Sovs had to use like 4 of to shift the Maus? ...And Hilary Doyle and I have the same hat! Awesome! (...for what it's worth I've got one of those "incompatible with television" jackets as well... still to this day people persist in wearing them when they know they're going to be on television and I don't know why. I mean, like professional presenters who really should know that pattern plays merry hell with television cameras.)

Too bad that this vehicle isn't really original with the exception of some of the tracks and suspension. I saw the video where they built the new superstructure. Still a very cool rebuild!

I doubt one could parallel park successfully on the first try; unless of course you 'make' the space.

What’s a MCV good for if you can’t pack it again?

Its not everyday you see a working SWS, pretty impressive.

Coh 2 OKW base buildings say hi

Wish could be alone with her in a tank

Not really a vehicle for sneaking up quietly to the enemy... ;)

@Blastmaster1972

4 жыл бұрын

Nevertheless.

@seekingtruthnotfindingany7301

3 жыл бұрын

He forgot to activate stealth mode

I just put my VW on the road 1974 made in Germany not Mehico.I love restoring the Old stuff!

am i the only one who is here just to look at this beauty and dream a perfect life with her,? Maybe in a deser island in the pacific so she is mine and cannot flee

I wonder why the Germans did not put a front powered axle on this vehicle. Or why they just didnt say screw it and run the tracks all the way to the front so they would have a complete tracked vehicle. The tracks must have to be skid steered anyway so why bother with an apparently nearly useless front drive axle? Knowing the Germans.they must have had excellent reasons.

@DoctorShocktor

4 жыл бұрын

You’re looking at it backwards. Half tracks have tracks only to spread out the weight distribution in the rear better than wheels, giving better cross country performance. The tracks don’t skid steer at all, and it’s purpose is to be a front wheeled vehicle that is simple to operate by regular drivers into without requiring tracked vehicle training. Once tires improved in size and durability, half tracks were eliminated by fully wheeled personnel carriers.

@jimhenry1262

4 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorShocktor Thank you for the explanation. What was its weight carrying capability? Top speed?

What a pity we cannot see you or hear your rapid mind.

100hp for such a beast is simply not enough.. 😏 90hp in my 3ton Dodge 6x6 is already a pain (on the highway 😁😁)...

@hilarylouisdoyle1529

4 жыл бұрын

You have to understand the gearing is perfect for the task that was envisaged. It was not designed to be a fast vehicle but it was great cross country and for towing. See Panzer Tracts No.22-3

@CarLos-yi7ne

4 жыл бұрын

@@hilarylouisdoyle1529 It is completely clear to me. Shorter gearing means that it takes longer to get the stuff where it is needed. The US full track M4 (18t) and M5 (13t) High Speed Tractors did the same job @ twice the speed.

@hilarylouisdoyle1529

4 жыл бұрын

@@CarLos-yi7neThe Germans had 8 years successful experience with high speed semitracks - they designed the sWS for another purpose. It does not have to compete with anything only be the best at the job it was designed for namely areas lacking in paved roads

@CarLos-yi7ne

4 жыл бұрын

@@hilarylouisdoyle1529 War is one big competition on ALL aspects. And of course the German halftracks were great machines BUT the American M2, M4, M5 and M6 while being less complicated cover all the German halftrack @ twice(!!) the speed in the same purpose. Using those complicated (so smaller numbers produced) halftracks caused that there were always shortages and that ment that the Germans had to rely for a good part on the pulling power of thousands of horses! 😉

OMG you are gorgeous :) :) :)

Halftrack ft . Terrible flute/ recorder music built in.

FFS. Begone