Sturmgechütz III | Stug III Ausf D | Arsenalen Swedish Tankmuseum

[@MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized]

Oh the early StuG :)

[@Khorney]

Nice to see you here.

[@niallcool7873]

Good to see you here

[@ulissedazante5748]

*happy Bernard noises*

[@MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized]

@@Khorney 👋

[@MilitaryHistoryNotVisualized]

@@niallcool7873 🙂

[@Paveway-chan]

Lovely to hear that us Scandinavians once again cooperated to spoil British plans! :D

[@LeoNiehorster]

Your StuG is probably from the 400th Assault Gun Replacement and Training Battalion, as this was the only unit that had Stug III L/24 in Denmark in 1944/45 (Status 01.12.1944): Sturmgeschütz-Erstaz- und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 400 Stab Bjerringbro 1. Batterie Lager Hald bei Viborg (1×Pz-II; 9×Stug L/24; 2×Stuh L/30; 4×Stug L/48) 2. Batterie Lager Hald bei Viborg (9×Stug L/24; 1×Stug L/48) 3. Batterie Viborg (7×Stug L/24) 4. Betterie (Werkstatt) Viborg 5. Batterie (Ersatz) Hadersleben Hope that helps -- Leo Edited. Fixed the Sturmhaubitze L/30 abbreviation. Thanks. Information extracted from "KTB LXXXVIII. AK, 01.06-31.12.44 - NARA T-314, R-1623"

[@Paveway-chan]

What's a StuG L/30? Is it the one armed with the 150mm howitzer?

[@HauZuah]

This! Not sure why they keep ignoring this fact… and I am sure their Gliederung would be fairly easy to obtain.

[@HauZuah]

@@Paveway-chan 10,5 cm Sturmhaubitze 42 L/30

[@herosstratos]

I remember that in the 80s in the vehicle hall in Viborg the lettering "Schirrmeister" was still on a wall ...

[@joskaberzenguz9504]

Probably I never have a chance to go this museum. But I really like these videos! I always amazed by the unique thinking of Swedes. How many special and modern military vehicles and planes they are designed. And so on. Keep this chanel alive! Greeting from Hungary!

[@VonBlade]

As always, a fantastic presentation and a really interesting view of the vehicle. A joy.

[@anumeon]

Säga vad man vill, men videos som denna går verkligen hem i Stug-orna.... :D (Ber om ursäkt, jag kunde inte motstå)

[@cliverockability3829]

Most interesting. Hello Sweden from England

[@TooManyHobbiesJeremy]

I really enjoyed the story on how it came into Sweden & what it was used for.

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

You guys make your museum more and more enticing, my desire to visit it keeps growing! It would be a long journey from Bavaria to Arsenalen Museum, but it is surely worth it. In contrast to other museums, which follow the trend of removing vehicles and other stuff from their exhibits, you keep bringing in new vehicles from the storage and make them accessible. Please do not drop this policy!

[@glennsamson3050]

Please keep this kind of content coming, great job

[@atalexradu]

A very nice presentation of the vehicle, I wish you decide to restore it as best as possible!

[@michaelguerin56]

Another excellent video, Stefan. Thank you.

[@stefanmrlongsir3989]

Cumming to Sweden in September, so hopefully I have the chance to see this collection, I am very interested into the StuG III, one of my most loved vehicles.

[@dougstubbs9637]

Dramatic opening title. 🎶🆒

[@mycroft1905]

Wow! Flash title sequence is new. Nice. Seem to be a lot of shell traps on the frontal aspect of this Stug III. TFP

[@freedomisntfreeffs]

I gotta get back there soon, seeing as the collection has had a few new additions. I hope you guys can get a Finnish "Sturmi" variant of the StuG in the museum one day. It's a really neat variant with some interesting modifications to it.

[@Nodjia]

Thank you for discussing these vehicles, and providing a historical context to them.

[@slartybartfarst55]

Thank you. Another great video from "The Chef"

[@logoseven3365]

Nice production. Interesting vehicle

[@forestgaming3993]

Great new intro guys. Hope to someday soon make it to Sweden and get to see the museum while I'm there.

[@SuperLaplander]

Great video of a classic. Thank you!

[@Vince_A_Bull]

Great to see. Hope to visit soon!

[@MitchSprague]

Another excellent video. Looking forward to one day visiting the museum in person.

[@traxhax30]

that was neat !

[@vonotto44]

Get that baby up and running again 👍

[@callebolja4148]

Du är fantastisk Stefan, ni är fantastiska på Arsenalen. Ni borde lära personalen på Marinmuseum i Karlskrona hur ett museum presenteras på sociala medier.

[@CthulhuInc]

nice video, cheers! always good to see inside a vehicle

[@Vince_A_Bull]

CthulhuInc sounds like a Metallica mash up. Aka Call of the Damage 😛

[@alexanderhartmann7950]

Excellent German!

[@forthleft]

I love the cadence of your presentations. A very unlikely expert.

[@hallstuart6604]

Nice intro guys!

[@eue073]

Hurra :) Äntligen Stug :)

[@t.jjohnson6317]

Nice vid.. love the German machines.. Thank-you

[@Green_Fire420]

Oh, riktigt bra nytt intro Arsenalen 👍

[@Derminatorable]

A verry informative and well made video. Thanks for sharing. Also your German is pretty much perfect.

[@petercliff4023]

Great video, hopefully one day I will be able to visit the Museum. Yes, it does need a clean up and a new paint job.

[@at08PM]

Thanks for showing is this nice Stug Ausf.D

[@toznerd6369]

Thank you for taking the time to share this piece of history with us!

[@kiwifruit27]

Great stuff, thanks for another fascinating video

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

Great new intro for the channel. As always, a good presentation, however... I am fairly sure the Red Army had magnetic anti-tank mines/grenades.

[@cm275]

Pretty sure the Soviets stuck (no pun intended) with the RPG-40 and RPG-43 grenades, along with AT rifles and guns.

[@bobcohoon9615]

It's a good thing it is inside a building , not outside .Great description

[@cm275]

I didn’t choose the STuG life, the STuG life chose me.

[@rocksteel44]

... THNKS FOR THE VIDEO!!!

[@davidmeek8017]

Aloha; BRILLIANT! Mahalo

[@zoltronr6]

Very cool story on how it got to Sweden.

[@jussipussi1941]

Do you know if it was made by the Alkett or the Miag factory? Some times the tanks where sent back atleast to the Alkett factory (maybe also Miag factory) to be "upgraded" and then after that sent to another palce. Thats why it might have first been in Heeresgruppe Süd in Ukraine. After it was sent back to the factory for maybe repairs, maintenance or an upgrade it might have been sent to Denmark.

[@jocar1971]

Intressant. Har varit på Axvall-museet för jöttekänge sedan, men skulle gärna komma och titta på Arsenalen.

[@temper44]

The Stug D looks surprisingly roomy inside. Coupled with the good frontal armor and good power per weight, I can see how it was popular with crews.

[@tankgirl2074]

Good to see this variant preserved. Yes, the paint job is terrible. However, there are enough tank restoration groups the museum can collaborate with regarding paint / paint preservation / restoration. It would be nice to see it with its original markings once more.

[@علاءالدينأبوعاصي]

Thank you for a really interesting story about this smuggled Stug III. This had me thinking...did (works on) this vehicle influence Swedish post-war tank design resulting in the Stridsvagn 103 ?

[@SonsOfLorgar]

No it didn't influence the Strv 103, it did influence a number of IKVs, SAVs and PvKvs on the Strv m/41 however iirc.

[@علاءالدينأبوعاصي]

@@SonsOfLorgar You may wish to review your comment...Strv m/41 is a contemporary of the Stug-III, and first were ordered in 1941. (Source: wikipedia.com)

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@علاءالدينأبوعاصي no, because my statement is based on the actual design history of the Strv 103 as written on the information sign by the 0-series pre production vehicle located at Ravlunda training field camp. A location I've visited yearly since during Swedish defence militia exercises... And also in the historical documents of Hässleholms military historical museum archives, a museum that's curated by the old retired mechanics and officers of the local tank regiment, and also home to one of the few still fully functional Strv 103C vehicles is located. So no. The one who needs to reconsidder his ignorant and erroneus speculations is you. The tanks mainly considdered in the development of the Strv 103 were the Brittish Centurion, the Soviet T-44 and the US m48 Patton. eg. The other tanks intended for the same role. NOT assault guns like the StuG.

[@علاءالدينأبوعاصي]

@@SonsOfLorgar no need to get bitter about the discussion! I did not accuse you of anything, just clarifying (?) I admit I am ignorant on the topic of Swedish tank development.

[@cliverockability3829]

The external air filters are most interesting. I wonder wif it was intended for North Africa but never got there and went to Russia instead? TThat did happen apparently.

[@Wernerrrrr]

Nice intro

[@hansmalmgren7188]

Informativt och intressant hoppas att få tid att besöka er en heldag!

It would be interesting to know how this "smuggling" operation happened. I think there is a story to be told there.

[@kenjohnston8173]

Built this bronco model, looks just like it

[@minimax9452]

Your German is quite good!

[@gitfoad8032]

Nice tank: terrible paint job. *Would love to see Mr. Karlsson & David Fletcher tag-teaming a dead-pan tank anecdote comedy show.

[@conceptalfa]

👍👍👍

[@TallDude73]

StuGs were loved by the infantry they supported. There was an order against all the StuGs leaving the field at once to go refuel and re-arm, lest they demoralize the German infantry.

[@nickraschke4737]

Is this an operable vehicle? Amazing condition.

[@smartiepancake]

At what point does a thing like this turn from being something you never want to see again to something you want to put in a museum?

[@k2superlative72]

Mercedes Benz goes to war, brutal machine.

[@thurin84]

sweet! thanks for the video! sweden secretly importing armor at the end of a world war...hhhhhmmmmmm...i think im strating to see a pattern lol.

[@JH-lo9ut]

Man, there must be so many crazy stories from those days at the end of the war when no-one really trusted each other, no-one knew what the geopolitical landscape was going to be. Millions of people displaced, millions of soldiers marching around Europe and untold amounts of equipment and weapons scattered all over the place. We should never forget the humanitarian disaster at the center of it all, but there are a lot of really interesting things going on in the periphery.

[@thurin84]

@@JH-lo9ut i mean, lets be honest, as terrible as war is, interesting things tend to happen all the time during them.

[@pepperman2385]

But how do you tension the tracks?

[@wolfganggugelweith8760]

😎👍🇦🇹🐺

[@dick8193]

One of my favorite WW2 vehicles. Thanks for the tour.

[@scaleartsg]

repaint it panzer grey!

[@eibolsoe]

Inside looks in surprisingly good condition!

[@cpawp]

Hope to see this vehicule running again, and maybe, but a long shot, on a range ...

[@peterallen4605]

Great to see a historic vehicle stabilized but not restored. All of those quirky repairs are part of the vehicle history too.

[@clockmonkey]

Hard to say what to do about the paint work. There must be sensible arguments for both the original paint job and the one given when in Swedish Service. Its your tank so I'll mind my own business.