Sturmgeschütz Stug III in action in ww2 [Colorized & Enhanced]

Sturmgeschütz Stug III in action in ww2.
The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's and wehrmacht most-produced fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle during World War II, and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track. It was built on a slightly modified Panzer III chassis, replacing the turret with an armored, fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful gun. Initially intended as a mobile assault gun for direct-fire support for infantry, the StuG III was continually modified, and much like the later Jagdpanzer vehicles, was employed as a tank destroyer.
Colorized, digitalized, stabilized, AI enhanced.
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[@ChefEarthenware]

Thanks for not ruining this footage with fake sound effects.

[@matthewcragg3607]

As another said, thank you for not putting in stupid fake sound effects. Also, thank you for adding music that wasn't too bad. I prefer no music. But low key stuff like in this video is okay. I hate the chugging heavy metal chords and the epic majestic "march" music that increases in intensity throughout the video so many tasteless content "creators" put in.

[@smidermann]

I agree.

[@DerSchleier]

At 60 FPS... the historic footage is given new life. Well done.

[@alanjamesh.zamorano1677]

Would this be the accurate speed? Those StuGs definitely look very mobile.

[@andrewallason4530]

@@alanjamesh.zamorano1677judging by the movement of people in shot, I would say it’s a very accurate portrayal of the movement and manoeuvring speed and capabilities of the vehicle.

[@janreznak881]

Excellent footage of early Stug's! Thanks and well done.

[@chadmysliviec8449]

Even some footage of the Stug III in Italy near the end of the video. Rare to see. Very cool.

[@kotperdun8010]

3:30

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this.. a colourised video is worth a thousand pictures 👍

[@tomstamford6837]

It was worth watching just to see the gun barrel traverse at 0:34. I don't think I have ever seen footage of that prior to this. ✌ 👍👍👍 And that's out of 3 thumbs.

[@BelloBudo007]

Yes I see what you mean, thanks. Actually I have often wondered just what kind of adjustments the gunner has with regard to left & right and up & down. For example, will the barrel drop below horizontal or does that requires moving the Stug to point it's nose down, thereby exposing it to enemy fire?

[@EmileysSmile]

@@BelloBudo007 I think the Stug III with the L24 gun hat 20 degrees of total traverse (left to right), 5 degrees depression (down) and 20 degrees elevation (up).

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Did not know it could rotate at all

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

​@@psychiatry-is-eugenicsI was surprised the stubby 75 had a rifled barrel.

[@tomstamford6837]

@@psychiatry-is-eugenics It was limited, but the gun had some movement. Without a turret as a tank had, space for the main gun didn't have much 'wiggle' room, but there was enough room to reposition their aim somewhat depending on where they were waiting for the enemy to come into range. If there were other targets, or if they were coming from an unexpected direction, they would just have to move the entire vehicle to face the enemy.

[@egonzinc]

Wow! Beautiful images!

[@Schlachtkreutzer]

A wonderful video, excellent, thank you very much.🫵👍👏👏👏👏🫵

[@albertourrutia5090]

El Stug, el mejor blindado alemán...pequeño, barato y muy poderoso.

[@michaelcodelmar9547]

The most number of tanks killed during WW2...Wow! The Stug III

[@Kojak0]

As it was said: StuG crews tended to live short but exciting lives... An interesting note is that these didn't belong to the tank corps, but artillery, but replaced tanks at the end of the war, being cheaper to produce. That's the way the cookie crumbles I guess. Nice footage though, even if I suspect much of the older footage shows the guns in a too light color - German Grey was as close to black you can get without actually getting there, but then, tracked vehicles attract dust and dirt as if they were small children.

[@AKUJIVALDO]

Didn't "replaced tanks", Germany used what was available, and that includes StuGs. Also, StuGs crews weren't short lived. They actually had more survivability than tank crews as StuGs were usually employed from ambush positions mid-late war.

[@Kojak0]

@@AKUJIVALDO for a time, up until the end of the war, tanks and assault guns were produced parallel to each other being from different branches, but towards the end of the war, more emphasis was made to build those assault guns since yes, they were cheaper and faster to build than tanks, which also meant they took positions in tank units that were originally meant for tanks. Regarding survivability, I'm well aware; just saying what the Germans said.

[@JuergenGDB]

@ 1:32 is an early production Stug. IIIb of the 243rd Stug.Abt "Blondie"

[@engie809]

If I’m correct I’m pretty sure that’s that StuG III A variant at the beginning at the video. But correct me if I’m wrong

[@jurekogorek3293]

The shape and style of the stug 3 is one of a kind. In winter camo it freezes blood in veins.. .

[@slowery43]

do you always just randomly make shit up thinking you're cool?

[@sergiovazquez5593]

Very neat

[@dantemariano402]

0:14 Stürmgeschutze in Bereitstellung **BANG**

[@Stripedbottom]

Nice to see so many of the original version with the short 75mm (useless against anything but very light tanks) doing what this SPG was originally intended to do, which was basically a mobile infantry gun for direct support of infantry assaults and able to take a frontal hit at combat range from most enemy anti-tank guns deployed at the time. It's often overshadowed by the much more prolific later models with the long 75mm which by that stage were almost exclusively employed as mobile anti-tank guns, desperately trying to fight off the vastly outnumbering enemy tanks on all fronts. Did you know that originally these were in organisation part of the German artillery, and thus crewed not by tankers nor by infantry, but by men hand-picked from the artillery?

[@ReaperRestorations]

you can see the gray artillery uniforms(as opposed to the black panzertruppen uniforms) in one of the early shots. pretty cool!

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

A lot of pictures show the crew with Stahl helm, which you never see with panzers.

[@BelloBudo007]

I've really grown to like and appreciate the Stug. I first took notice of the Stug in what I believe was a Norwegian or Finnish movie, either about WW2 or perhaps post WW2 and taking on the Russians. Since then I have watched a few military armour vids and can see why it was so well liked by those who fought with it.

[@boaone1000]

It was finns that used it against soviets. It has the Best kill ratio of any tank killer in ww2..awesome machine!

[@BelloBudo007]

@@boaone1000 Thank you. Yes I remember know. Great machine, that's for sure. Also was surprised that the Finns have what looks like a Nazi Swastika. A Finnish person did explain its history but I can no longer recall just what that was.

[@Lars89221]

You like war?? Fool

[@timoterava7108]

​@@BelloBudo007 The Finnish older "Swastika" (hakaristi) doesn't have anything to do with a younger Nazi Swastika.

[@BelloBudo007]

@@timoterava7108 Thanks, I am fully aware of that.

[@tlt3921]

Wonder how many lived to see germany again.

[@MahmoudAwwad-ry1du]

سلاح الدبابات الألمانية خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية سابقا لعصره ومتطور

[@suprotwin]

2:28 What are the tiny tanks in the foreground? You can see the StuG behind it is much larger. Thats too small to be a panzer I right? Is it an armored ammo carrier?

[@stephenking27]

They are Borgward IV vehicles for placing heavy demolition charges against obstacles and fortifications en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgward_IV

[@davidfisher12865]

Interesting fact; which German armoured vehicle destroyed the most T 72s . Not the tiger or the panther or the panzer 3. It was the lowly stug! an excellent tank destroyer and fighting vehicle. I've heard rumors they are bringing back an improved version.

[@ojjoooooo]

You mean T 32?

[@rainerfantasie9573]

@@ojjooooooYou mean T 29?

[@vladivanov9082]

Что у тебя в голове??!!! Ты болен!!! Причём здесь "Т-72"??? Ты о чём вообще???

[@Pratt_]

You mean T-34 I think, the T-72 was definitely not around in WWII lol

[@eduardoflores30]

Estranho e fascinante ver esses vídeos, todos homens e animais que aparecem, já estão mortos, somente as arvores que aparecem é que podem estar vivas até hoje....

[@Wooargh]

Why would you ruin this video by putting a watermark right in the centre?

[@Military_Clips_Restored]

They keep stealing the videos Wooargh and they don't even put a link at least to my little channel.... Nowadays I don't use it anymore though.... But truly, it sucks to see people just re using and without any reference

[@Lars89221]

Thats sad your small ego

[@1975CATCHME]

Amazing to See Story in Color and to know , That all this solider are dead right now! Möge Gott ihrer Seele gnädig sein

[@dgerdi]

Who ever had the idea for this fighting vehicle was a genius. It was developed as infantry support artillery. That’s why it had the 75mm short barrel for anti-personal high explosive shells. But these things were as low profiled as possible and that proved to be high effective in an anti tank role for what these vehicles were never intended. The low profile was used for camouflage reasons in the first place.

[@thunderdan33]

It´s the same with the A-10 Thunderbolt II. This one was also created to support the infantry, was rejected by the air force, the StuG III was rejected by the tanker units at first. No support for the infantry was needed

[@wawaweewa9159]

If gemrnay eecided to forget the tigers and panther gerdinand etc, how many additional could they have built

[@PD55_]

I've never seen Stug described as unreliable, like the more massive overengineered Geman tanks. Low and maneuverable, outgunned by "real" tanks, I wonder if anyone can comment on crew survivability after taking a hit. I suspect this may have been better than most.

[@Stripedbottom]

Also great for economy which was something that Germany desperately needed, much more than over-engineered Konigstigers or crazy projects like the Maus, being able to use both the existing tried and trusted Pz-III chassis and the whole production line/history/spare parts for them, which otherwise would have been useless as the Pz-III itself could not take a bigger turret than what could fit the 50mm gun.

[@Ganiscol]

@@Stripedbottom I for one am glad their system was geared towards failure like that with competing branches and Hitler constantly pitching his lackeys against each other because he thought that would breed success - ultimately, good for everybody who fought the nazis. This also didnt start with Tigers and Panthers or any of the other megalomanic projects but by abandoning Plan Z in order to build a fleet that could challenge Britain for sea supremacy and thus secure the routes for needed resources. Instead they wasted resources on just a couple capital ships like Bismarck and Tirpitz, which werent enough to achieve anything but could have been used to build tens of thousands of tanks. And again, these failures can be traced back to ole Adolf who didnt understand the importance of naval warfare nor had the wisdom to listen to those who did. Instead, he subsequently even ordered the completion of two battleships for prestige reasons... Nazis hubris, ignorance and infighting were our greatest allies in defeating them.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

​@@GaniscolThink of all the wasted steel in the Graf Zeppelin alone!

[@connarcomstock161]

I didn't choose the StuG Life, the StuG Life chose me

[@brits9050]

Stolen comment Lmao

[@quelquun7786]

@@brits9050 shut up

[@nicktozie6685]

Stubby stuggz

[@renatogasperin9285]

Belle immagini rare

[@kampfkater8503]

Wie konnte diese Fehlkonstruktion mit der Kurzrohrkanone (Stummel) wohl in die Produktion gehen?

[@haraldtreber7710]

Sie haben es ja selbst gemerkt und mit der 75mm lang richtig gute Ergebnisse erzielt 😊

[@kampfkater8503]

@@haraldtreber7710 Ja, aber eben erst, nachdem es wegen unfähigen oder korrupten Beamten (vermeidbare) Menschen- und Materialverluste gab!

[@haraldtreber7710]

@@kampfkater8503 ja so ist es heute noch

[@kimmathis1945]

Da hat ja jemand wirklich gar keine Ahnung! Das StuG III war ursprünglich als Waffe zur Infanterieunterstützung konzipiert worden und verwendete daher im Prinzip die gleiche Waffe wie der Panzer IV, welche in Funktion und Wirkung einer Haubitze gleichkam. Als sich im Lauf des Krieges ein Mangel an panzerbrechenden Waffen ergab, wurden beide Fahrzeuge umgerüstet.

[@kampfkater8503]

@@kimmathis1945 Was du sagst, stimmt und kann man nachlesen. Das ändert nichts an der Tatsache, dass das (Anfangs)-Konzept des Panzer IV und des Stug III falsch war! Dabei spielte Nichtwissen und Ignoranz von s.g. militär. "Fachleuten" und Interessen der Industrie eine Rolle. Erst die Praxis bewies, nach vielen unnötigen Niederlagen bei Konfrontation mit gepanzerten und weichen Zielen, dass beide Waffenträger UNIVERSELL eingesetzt werden müssen - und dafür langt eine Mündungsgeschwindigkeit von ca. 450 m/sec. nicht aus!

[@txalapartakatugorri2012]

Por qué no salen algunos destruidos?

[@valentinb-hh2kl]

👍

[@marceletiennou5182]

Petit très bas mobile canon de 75 long 1 tueur de chars

[@tpaul802]

That is some sweet stug footage. Stug life

[@user-bs8tn3xu6c]

Sin duda el carro más efectivo de Alemania 🇩🇪 debió ser mejorado y no abre gastado tanto en los carros pesados

[@tomhorn6679]

Wittmans stug had the two huge access holes in the front plate.

[@davgames4911]

Hmm the stug on the beginning has the simplyfied version of the wehrmacht emblem which was used since 1944 and they didnt use the stugs with short cannons at that time anymore

[@Yaban62]

beauty...

[@sherlock72]

StuG life in colour, lovely what more can you ask. 😊

[@JensGloe-sp9yl]

Stug III has the most enemy tanks desdroied 33000 tanks

[@DanielMorales-zq1xn]

Majestuosp❤❤

[@volkregjaku2295]

🖤🏐❤️

[@normvw4053]

Talk about a lethal turtle...this is it.

[@slowery43]

nobody talks about a lethal turtle but you cupcake

[@normvw4053]

@@slowery43 Thanks for the observation, Twinky the Kid.

[@prateepchodchoi2199]

ถ้าเยอรมันมีเจ้านี่เยอะพอๆกับเชอร์แมน ที34 ผลของสงครามอาจต่างออกไป

[@Trupp42]

I think you meant to say: Sherman's and T-34's or Russian T-34's.

[@prateepchodchoi2199]

@@Trupp42 both of them

[@mrjipper]

I always think of those soldiers walking all day long across the Russian steppes. One day after another till the reached their destination.

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Or didn't 😮

[@slimslamfl]

Interesting seeing the hay camo (Russia I assume) Great idea for model builders like me

[@kenth151]

The stock gun always seems so small to me.

[@tadiuxx]

such a cool tank, it was privilage to operate it in combat.

[@ernesthill4017]

I'm conflicted about videos like this. My higher brain tells me these machines were built to kill people and break things. They are war machines, with all the terrible implications that come with the horrors of war. ......my inner kid says "WHAT A KEWL TOY!!"

[@markbaker1128]

StuG III and IV in there

[@jamesellis2784]

Stug or mini mog or hummer or ural side car ,

[@user-ox7xr8nu4t]

Quite annoying underlaid "music". Else nicely enhanced images.

[@slowery43]

an adult with half a mind has already figured how to turn down music and sounds they don't care for... then there is you

[@user-ox7xr8nu4t]

@@slowery43 Yep, that's how you've been using YT ever since you first got here, eh? Cut the audio and just watch the cute cat videos.

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

2:01something broke ?

[@yuppy1967]

I love the old films of the war, this was the last time Germany was a country! It ceased to exist after the end of the war. RIP

[@lordhelmchen3453]

Was für ein dummes Zeug quatschen sie denn?

[@DeadHeart]

😂. Two Nazis among themselves.

[@Daniel_QWERTZ]

Schwachsinn

[@user-ox7xr8nu4t]

​@@Daniel_QWERTZNein, leider die Wahrheit. Wir sind nur noch ein Marionettenstaat der Amerikaner und der Briten.

[@yuppy1967]

@@Daniel_QWERTZ dummer kopf

[@user-ff5mo9xf7h]

🤗

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Huge mistake having a politician in charge of strategy . Ukraine / Zelensky is making the same mistakes

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Putler is worse by far....did the classic Adolph move of assuming he will roll it over in a few days or weeks at most.

[@Nellis202]

And they all died

[@boaone1000]

That is the nature of life and war..

[@timoterava7108]

The Finns used c. 24 Stu-40 (StuG III) assault guns against the ussr. They achieved 87 knock-outs with 8 own losses. Some of the Finnish losses were not caused directly by the soviets, but by e.g. getting stuck or hitting own minefield. On the other hand a couple of damaged and recovered vehicles were later written of in the repair factory. AFAIK the Finnish StuG crews suffered total losses of 5 KIA/MIA and 7 WIA. The losses of the lost StuGs were 2 KIA/MIA and 5 WIA. The losses of the other StuGs (not lost) were 3 KIA and 2 WIA. Conclusion: - the survivability in StuG III was reasonably good - if seriously hit/destroyed by the enemy, the losses on average out of the crew of 4 were c. 1 KIA and 1 WIA

[@gunthertoll1304]

And so will you and I one day, the difference is, that history will never remember you or me, but they will never be forgotten

[@slowery43]

and so did pretty much everyone else who was 20 years old in 1940... thank you Cpt Obvious

[@user-ox7xr8nu4t]

@@slowery43 Really? You sure? 😂

[@peppertrout]

I wonder if they ever got around to building roads in Russia?

[@harryballsacky]

AND GERMANY JUST ANNOUNCED THEY WANT NUCLEAR WEAPONS.....SERIOUSLY

[@muttersliebling8696]

And what is your Problem!

[@harryballsacky]

@@muttersliebling8696 MY ANCESTORS HAD TO RESCUE EUROPE.....TWICE....AND GUESS WHO IT WAS BOTH TIMES....VFW...VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS IS ON THE TOMBSTONES...

[@muttersliebling8696]

@@harryballsacky Oh Really, i love to hear this Words from a third World Country USA Citizen. And we all now that you saves the Earth plenty Times. Yeah, but only in your Minds. And how many Wars you have in the last 50 Years.

[@slowery43]

at least most Germans have figured out how to turn off their caps lock button and not be so annoying

[@anniew4105]

White people, you really need to listen to this.

[@billtate2835]

STUG III❤️

[@ihorkorotchenko9732]

+

[@user-rt8os5rl5h]

#дидыподыхали

[@Trupp42]

Translate please ??