Sd.Kfz. 9 Famo heads out for a spin @ Overlord Museum

[@paoloviti6156]

Nothing to do: the Famo has always been my favourite half-track due to it's massive size and very good off road capability. Without any doubt it required intensive maintaining such as requiring grease for each single track and must have been a real gas hog! Nevertheless I wouldn't mind at all to have one in my garage!!

[@buijs1967]

Looks great! Why did you stop filming just when it was going full speed!

[@richardcore]

I know, epic fail ;)

[@g2macs]

just about everyone who's into modelling has made the Tamiya kit of this brute........good god it's a lot bigger than I thought!

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Not done the Tamia one but probably half a dozen Airfix and a coyple of Hasegawa ones. Still got a built Airfix one on my shelf that I put on an old Matchbox base. That one was at the Telford show a couple of years ago.

[@fastfreddy3103]

Yes, been working on mine since 1987...not sure if I should add the figures...

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Definitely a monster. I knew it was big but... WOW!!! 👍🏾🇺🇸

[@fleuger99]

What a beautiful piece of kit. I'd sell my wife to own one of those :)

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

That is a beauty. I wonder how many gallobs to the mile it gets.

[@carlnapp8673]

It is still the Maybach engine, isn't it?

[@franciszekburackiii9215]

Yeas

[@ekoharimurti2436]

No, they use Dongfeng or yanmar

[@claudyfocan731]

I would LOVE going to the Bio supermarket in one of these 😂 preferable with Hells bells from AC/DC on a homemade stereo

[@dougbrowne9890]

Supernaut, by Black Sabbath, if I had one.

[@kaifriedrich1763]

ZZ Top- Legs Because it has so many

[@wyyrdojim]

It needs an 88mm to tow. Now I need to watch “The Dirty Dozen” again.😎

[@paoloviti6156]

The Sd.Kfz 9 Famo was rarely used to tow the 88mm cannon because it was almost exclusively used to recover disabled tanks due to it's limited production and cost, unless it was installed a crane and assigned to the maintenance units. Of course it was needed even 4 or even 5 Sd.Kfz 9 to tow an disabled beast like the Elefant weighing around 65 metric tons stuck in the mud. For your info "The Dirty Dozen" used the Sd.Kfz 8 that was correct to tow heavy cannons and the 88mm cannon...l

[@T-10M]

​@@paoloviti6156 The Sdkfz.9 was also the only vehicle specifically designated to tow the 12.8cm Flak 40.

[@paoloviti6156]

@@T-10M correct but it was also used as a recovery vehicle with its massive trailer. It was adequate during the Blitzkrieg but needed help with other Famo to recover the big "Cats". It is my favourite "half-track"....

[@gerbrand8132]

the museum is called overloon war museum. The event where you can see those vehicles driving is called militracks.

[@richardcore]

This is not in Overloon

[@JRCinKY]

Shifting Gears in that thing would be a challenge, as well as cranking on that big steering wheel. I sure would like to have it on my Farm here in the USA.

[@АнтонСавостьянов-п8ч]

Добрый день увидел ваше видео и решил написать есть задняя Откотная часть танкового трала непосредственно который и тягал данный тягач FAMO если интересно могу скинуть фото.

[@BLECHHAUS]

ya have to train your arms during the week to drive the Famo on weekend.

[@IRATEPROSTATE]

No power steering???

[@markfryer9880]

Power steering was very rare and expensive in those days, so a light ratio on the steering wheel and plenty of muscle was the order of the day.

[@zorngottes1778]

The man is the power steering.

[@agwhitaker]

Steering was typical complex German engineering - initially just the front tires would angle, but turning the steering wheel hard would cause the inside track to slip and slow down.

[@Joebunkyss1]

crazy man and not a nazi wannabe in sight....the armored varient is so cool. ive only seen the tamiya kit and 5 seconds in an old film (decision before dawn).

[@Родослав-ъ9щ]

Был одним из лучших трофеев Красной армии!

[@ВладимирК-с1ж]

Особо теплая машина для Русской зимы !

[@planetphotography8919]

how did the germans lose, when they had such cool stuff?

[@DarquosLeblack]

The factory workers didn't respond well to allied white phosphorous

[@ЮрийАфанасьев-г7х]

Интересно, как рулит это чудо юдо?

[@ninaakari5181]

Those thigs were almost as expencive to build as Panther tanks

[@gabrielcooper1248]

These were 3 times cheaper than a panther, but still expensive

[@philippejenvrin2741]

SonderKraftfahrzeuge ! ( Special's vehicle)

[@FloFloFlowable]

omg what a beast :o

[@sara-jg4fl]

Nice

[@joemiller1930]

My father drove one of these big things from 1941 to the end in kurland 1945. Unfortionetly he cannot see these pictures, he died in 1999.

[@fredferd965]

That thing could pop a wheelie like you wouldn't believe......

[@ALaughingWolf2188]

*ERIKA INTENSIFIES*

[@extra2ab]

Good to see the horse carriage running.

[@mrsunelectronics544]

Der Opa war Fahrer Halbkette ☝️

[@ce5181]

80 лет а ещё рычит 😋🤩

[@sigridertel8755]

Na das wäre doch mal was fürn Rentnerausflug

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

Mom you didnt told that I have a much older brother

[@АнтонСавостьянов-п8ч]

Добрый день у видел ваше видео и решил написать есть задняя Откотная тележка от танкового трала непосредственно который и тягал данный тягач. Если интересно могу скинуть фото.

[@melted_cheetah]

Hey ladies, wanna cruise in my convertible?

[@ekoharimurti2436]

Matalslug super vehicle, the road is crying..

[@lav25og83]

Look at the length of the track, almost to the front wheel

[@zorngottes1778]

Wow

[@samuelattas3864]

It’s a monster, and to think of it, it’s “only” a logistics vehicle...

[@mohammadchowdhury6729]

☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺