Winter Warfare Rides: SdKfz 251, SdKfz 9 FAMO, HMMWV, M151 Military Vehicles in Snow

[@freddenapoli3591]

I believe the FAMO is in the heavy carrier carrier. Moving the 88 PAK field guns/AA required more heft, and this provided it.

[@lanceschaerer6875]

I build scale models and this video is absolute gold for the way fresh snow sticks to the equipment!

[@alinalexandru2466]

I'm always amazed to see how large the FAMO actually is.

[@VRichardsn]

That thing is huge. At first the size is not obvious, because the general shape of it is similar to, say, a Sd.Kfz. 10... but it weighs 18 t! That is the kind of prime mover you use for the heaviest of artillery pieces or tanks.

[@anthonystark3959]

@@VRichardsn not only artilery. Famo can tow panzer IV easily

[@VRichardsn]

@@anthonystark3959 That is why I said "artillery pieces or tanks" :)

[@calessel3139]

The WW2 era jeep pulling the Humvee out of the snow, then having the Humvee unable to tow the Jeep out is hilarious!

[@Aikaramba12]

On chains tho

[@jasonsmith1143]

German Engineering 💪still looks good in 2018

[@majima1506]

This video is beautiful.

[@volkerwestphal3746]

I'm especially happy the Czechs are our neighbours! Love you people. And I love your beautiful capital. Fortunately it was spared during the last war. Greets from Germany!

[@dirtydave2691]

The irony of the M 151 pulling the HMMWV out of the snow!

[@xot80]

because M151 has chains on wheels

[@hugopepe1722]

because in WW2 you had to build a good vehicle, in present day you just have to win a government contract

[@xot80]

@@hugopepe1722 what? german vehicle during WWII were biggest shit on earth. Truste me. there were no two vehicles that had the same spare parts. Each company was pushing its project, there was no unification, including that is why the Germans lost the war because the damaged equipment could not be repaired, because there were no spare parts for this model. Even caterpillars had more than a dozen designs. That's why Germany so often abandoned its vehicle hehe even the Russians were not willing to use German equipment. More problems than benefits. In addition, these gasoline engines ... too little power, and the mass of the vehicle kept growing. Besides, Hitler too relied on idiots like Ferdinand Porsche, who first built his Tiger, unfortunately terrible shit that was rebuilt on Ferdinand, which was also a terrible shit. How many Ferdinand Germans lost on the first day at Kursk? How much did they lose because they broke? That idiot Porsche did not even foresee that the vehicle had to defend itself against infantry, so it had no defensive weaponry. I can criticize German vehicles endlessly. Germans fell victim to their megalomania, which resulted in sick vehicles. Look at the Russians, they had two tracked chassis, T-34 and KV then IS. They built everything based on these proven two chassis. Similarly, the Americans, they had Sherman, and they built everything on his chassis.

[@luvr381]

@@hugopepe1722 M151 MUTT is not a WW2 vehicle, it's from the 60s.

[@wwlb4970]

@@xot80 You're almost correct in your assumptions regarding German engineering - strange design though accurate, fanatic assembly. But I'd like to remind you, that USSR had more than 2 mass tracked platforms - 0. Vickers - T26. (Honorable mention) 1. Christie - BТ-2\5\7, T-34 - major platform, yes. 2. KV/IS - major influence on certain battlefields 3. Light T40\60\70 - huge influence on early war 4. "126" - T50 - somewhat little influence on war, but helped KV project 5. Also multiple tractor-derived platforms, for half-tracks, artillery carriers, tractors, etc, hard to name them all.

[@ronaldroller7176]

You guys know how to have fun with a 100 thousand dollar vehicle.

[@9_19Ming]

I love sd.kfz.7,8,9 the most 💚💚💚

[@leosypher9993]

What beautiful machines, when you guys are driving these around you should take a moment to appreciate how fortunate your are to be doing so. Thanks for a awesome video!

[@axeman6560]

What a day out!! Very nice footage, those half tracks are huge!

[@alfredenisz4775]

German halftrack looks a hell of a lot better than the American one

[@johnmartin4639]

Alfred Enisz they were superior in all areas except the negative or es...lol

[@xot80]

@@johnmartin4639 It is possible, but one part of the caterpillar consists of 100 elements in sdkfz. no part from sdkfz 251 matches sdkfz 9. this is the hell of a mechanic

[@john-peterhundt5662]

Both half tracks are German.

[@mottthehoople693]

@@john-peterhundt5662 yep both are boxhead

[@Reddsoldier]

The M3 and M5 were superior designs though since they were just as capable, but were WAY easier to produce since they were made out of easily replaceable panels bolted to a universal chassis design that shared a ton of parts, to the point that the front half is pretty much identical to the M3 scout car too! In my opinon they also look way cooler, with those adjustable louvres on the front and the option to have actual visibility out the front with the windscreen, and then the crazy variants like the M15 and M16. There's a reason Israel used them until the late 1980's and loved them, but the 251 in Czech postwar service was known as "Hitler's revenge" as it was that bad, and they had to sidestep the Soviet monopoly on wheeled armoured vehicles to produce the SKOT to get rid of them!

[@dennisberan7017]

To je nádhera vidět takový stroje na sněhu , za mě nejlepší video co jsem viděl s veterány .🙂👍

[@ДмитрийДмитриев-у1м]

Молодцы, братья-славяне. Снимаю шляпу😊

[@robertmarian8947]

sdkfz 9 ,a real beast!! awesome machine!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands!

[@fatman6061]

i dont have enuf thumbs for how freakin awesome this video is

[@simbee3634]

Ahh, so that's why the SdKfz 251 had that sloping front - not armour, it was a snow-plough!

[@SpartacusColo]

Looks like a very fun day!

[@nicomeier8098]

Great vid with awesome halftracks. You guys must have had a lot of fun!!

[@MyFred35]

One of the best video about the Famo than I have ever seen!!! It is great to see this Famo and this 251 run in the snow. I am going to Overloon for militracks in may, from France, and I really hope this vehicle will be here!!!!! This is largely the reason why I want go to Militracks ...

[@sum12see]

I'm jealous...I wanna ride in the armoured vehicles!!

[@leosypher9993]

Dont take your humvee anywhere without your Willie's jeep, and dont bring your Willie's jeep anywhere without your half track

[@JSharap]

In other words, Germany makes better vehicles than America.

[@mbr5742]

In the german Bundeswehr the saying was "If you get the 2to stuck - call in the Berge-Leo". The Unimog 1300 could go places.

[@leosypher9993]

@@JSharap I said half track, not specifically a German one, just half tracks, I really like half tracks in general

[@fmitterb]

That looks like a whole lot of fun out in the snow :-)

[@garyrice5234]

i got too get one of those halftracks for the long cold snowy Winters up here in MAINE there awesome thanks .

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

Fun stuff in the snow. I'd rather see them joy ridding than used in war. 😁

[@paveleliseyev4017]

Порадовало видео меня, спасибо и за музыку

[@giuseppesciarra1199]

bellissimo video, grandi mezzi, gente simpatica

[@Carstuff111]

Love the machines, however, I found it funny that the horses were trotting through like: "Hey, we haven't been stuck!!" :P And the Jeep pulling the Humvee was awesome too lol, wow, nicely done!

[@BerniesBastelBude]

MUTT towing Humvee, and SdKfz 9 towing MUTT - so great!

[@Emtbtoday]

Great video! Great to see some real life conditions they were near enough always in and no collector today who has a toy from the war would dare take it out in the snow of being to scared incase it broke haha! I don't think People realise these vehicles are can handle just about any conditions I just love this and packing the snow in rhe radiator n keeping the engine hatches open to cool the engine down it's so real if you know what I mean; it gives that sence of how hard it must have been! Love to see more! And for the jeep towing the Humvee out the shit lol 😆

[@AnthropoidOne]

The half tracks are awesome!

[@wbwilhite]

The horses seemed to doing fine.

[@bwbethel]

Looks like a helluva lot of FUN!!!

[@owenboarman5259]

Love the Half-Tracks .

[@bobyoung241]

Gota Love the Willy . Great music!

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

No Willy's in this video.

[@freikorps6070]

Deutsche Qualität

[@W0DAN88]

In der tat

[@piotrsyczak]

Excellent !

[@PetrAbelCurda83]

Moc pěkné video, lidi. Musela to být zábava.

[@pavelpecha6042]

Byla,byla

[@lupeguerrero8739]

👌 👌 👌 excelente video . 👍 👋 saludosss

[@MOTA_KRAMPUS]

LOOOOL, awesome video! :D Famo is VERY impressive!

[@michaelluisi1708]

Good look at some classic German equipment. Thanks.

[@KB4QAA]

Super video! Love the music. Thanks!

[@kennztube]

Cool video, cheers lads. Great Irving with some fantastic vehicles .

[@allgood6760]

Awesome.. I saw a Hanomag here in NZ once on display🇳🇿

[@jungothemal7201]

Gonna love this "Hey, let's go snow drift on ww2 military vehicles" 🤣

[@mpc007]

SdKfz is such a good design. Still looks awesome.

[@JDSFLA]

Except those overlapping wheels would freeze up with mud and snow, and repair and maintenance on them required removing fives wheels to work on one. On the positive side they gave smooth travel over rough ground. Same issue for the Tiger and Panther tanks.

[@MrGeanfilms]

Fenomenal!

[@__chevytrucks__]

That lil M151 Looks fun to drive around in

[@M0oseTacular]

i like how the most modern vehicle seems to get stuck the most

[@mbr5742]

We saw this more than once in germany during REFORGER. It looked good but the Wolf (Mercedes G) outperformed it always and the VW Iltis often. As for the U1300 "2to" Unimog - that thing outperformed everything including some tracked vehicles

[@ScoutPL]

would have been fun to have included a WWII GI half track in the fun.

[@steviesteve5198]

Now this seems like a fun way to spend a snow day.

[@owilliams1031]

Snow days wouldn’t exist if school buses had this off-road capability.

[@charlestemm4870]

LOL, just grand! Watching that little quarter ion hauling the Humvee was funny! I did wonder how well the half tracks would work in the snow, surprised it does so poorly

[@johnmartin4639]

that's cause the tracks were packed with soft snow.....

[@MrGartenbahner]

Hammer geil 👍👍👍

[@majorhladik]

vzpomínám na OT 810 a Doupov. Velmi dobré video.

[@blackchakra10]

I know this music. The song is called "Maybe Tomorrow" and was the theme song of a Canadian TV show called "The Littlest Hobo." The star of the show was a German shepherd. Unlike this video whose star is a German half-track.

[@PanzerChicken69]

When in need off prove German halftracks are still THE best offroad vehicles in the world; look no furder!

[@simonrooney7942]

Love that snow

[@wesleybickel2869]

These people look fun, need to book a flight lol

[@nikolaifth4042]

SdKfz 9 впечатляет даже сегодня.

[@ЕкатеринаКамнева-о7э]

Клёвые по катушки!!!!

[@cornknight]

Chci opět přijet do Česka! Stroje - super!

[@bourdon845]

Joli !

[@jagdpanther2224]

They should make the canvas for that Famo(Sd.kfz9), in winter without the canvas is chilling!

[@tnbspotter5360]

That #4 half track is a behemoth !

[@johnmartin4639]

Tnb Spotter it's an 18 ton FAMO...they were the primary heavy "wrecker" of the good guys in www

[@yank-tc8bz]

Ah, memories of training in winter in Germany.

[@tekis0]

I clicked on this expecting old films… I am in AWE.

[@eue073]

U got to love Sdkfz 251 and Krauss-Maffei KM :)

[@Braeden123698745]

That looks like an unholy amount of fun.

[@pavelpecha6042]

Yeah, its big Fun

[@gazjiji]

Hoši, to je paráda!!! :))))

[@adrianotero7963]

Looks like the smaller halftrack was having overheating issues.....since its radiator is coverd up with armor.....unlike the bigger one that is exposed.....another drawback of these halftracks are that the front axles dont have traction.....an advantage that the American version had.....they also had flap armor in front of the radiator that allowed them not to overheat.

[@TankerBankerESU]

that SDK.FZ 251 unit number signature was used in place of a Pakwagon SDK.FZ

[@treaty92]

Looks like fun

[@dotty1549]

Fantastic!

[@jamesroughanjr4598]

Good video just turn the music off so we can hear the engines run

[@DilophoMS]

Why? The vehicles use Czech Tatra engines, not the original German ones.

[@chuckvan1568]

Agreed. Even if the engines aren't original, the music adds nothing to the video.

[@СлаваМуравьев-щ6т]

DilophoMS - Сzech Tatra used to be Austro - Hungerian Empire...

[@DilophoMS]

Слава Муравьев Don't understand your comment. The engines in the Sdkfz 9 and 251 are from Tatra and not the original German Maybach petrol engines. Therefore the sound is irrelevant.

[@СлаваМуравьев-щ6т]

DilophoMS - before World War I , Tatra were Austro - Hungarian , not Czech....

[@Tanksandmore]

Awesome video!

[@anatolib.suvarov6621]

Generally, the M-151 series did not use the M-2 .50 BMG, as the body floor, and supports were not strong enough to withstand the punishment of the .50 cal. The M-1919, and M-60 7.62 mm GPMG were the far more common weapon. There were some strengthening kits for allowing the .50 to be used, but the are fairly rare, and not overly successful. The M-4 pedestal for mounting the MG wasn't designed for the higher recoil of the .50, and so even with the floor support strengthening kit, the pedestal would eventually crack, and break. Oh to have such toys...

[@DaBoogie049]

This is unbelievable!!😂

[@tomparatube6506]

Love the music!

[@ЮрийДерюгин-е4и]

Super!

[@99panzers]

Отличная техника, и такой пробег

[@seagriffon1016]

Interesting music, great video.

[@mzimm460]

It awesome you are using them and they aren’t collecting dust

[@NapoleonsTriumph]

Okay, that looks like serious fun. Wish I was there.

[@concernedshrimp7816]

And remember that you need at least 2 Sdkfz 9 to pull a tiger tank.

[@tamer1773]

Neither tracks nor wheels are perfect in every situation. South Africa developed some of the best wheeled armored vehicles in the world because they were cheaper and could cover ninety percent of the terrain covered by tracked vehicles. During WWII German half tracks were better armored than American M2 and M3 half tracks, but the American tracks were faster. Just as German tanks were much better armed and armored than American tanks until very late in the war. The American M3 and M4 tanks much faster, however the lack of armor took a terrible toll in men and tanks. We never really learned this lesson until the advent of the M1 Abrams tank over thirty years later.

[@wolf310ii]

M3 and M4 much faster? No, Pz II, Pz III Pz IV, Tiger I, M4 Sherman and M3 Lee/Grant are all around 40km/h

[@Slaktrax]

Unsure what speed has to do with battle tanks or even half-tracks. The M1 was developed by the Germans.

[@KrisKringle2]

ODSS - Err....the 120mm gun in the newer revs of the M1 is a German-designed (Rheinmetall?) but American-produced one, but the tank design is all American. The preceding attempt, the MBT-70, was a joint US/German effort that got too expensive and the two countries couldn't/wouldn't compromise their different design priorities. The US tried to make a cheaper MBT-70 called the XM-803, but that went nowhere too.

[@caturlifelive]

awesome

[@wessel2009]

Shows that old technology sometimes can be better then new

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

Wessel200 Tire chains made all the difference for the 151

[@TheBanditBren]

Except, not at all. Its apples and toilets, or bananas and pine tar.

[@ravener96]

my BV206 would run circles around all of these.

[@DeZug]

US ground force is suck since WW2. Their thinking of armor force design and technology is conservative

[@DeZug]

+AquaticBoardwalkEngineer If you read the history of WW2. Only halftrack can using on muddy and heavy snow battlefield. When Germany invade Soviet at 1941. So many wheel truck trapped in muddy and snow. So Germany product many model of halftrack in mid and late war.

[@saschameier4192]

Cooles hobby..😊

[@chuckvan1568]

Great comparison of the capability of tracks vs tires in off road conditions. Off road, tracks rule. On road...not so much.

[@pilotmiami1]

bravo.go ahead

[@hackyhacky1201]

Museum munsterlager germany Lüneburg Heide! ! Top

[@miroslavkonecny6396]

Bud moc snehu nebo spatny gumy Jinak super

[@tplus3017]

LOL. willy's jeep pulling out a hummer...classic.

[@bigchonk1918]

Reject modernity: 4x4s trucks Embrace tradition: half tracks

[@LEGOBubuS]

Oh yeah! WWII offroad fun!

[@Spitsz01]

Did I see Nebraska licence plates on "Untouchable"? At 3:06

[@geraldbostock9858]

Love the Hanomag!!

[@peckelhaze6934]

Good old trusty Jeep. Go anywhere ad do anything.