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Old 04-16-10, 08:26 PM   #1
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Default A Present for all Y'all Tank Heads



A German Stug found in the mud. The freakin tracks still turn!
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Old 04-16-10, 09:32 PM   #2
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That's incredible, thanks kdf

I noticed the tracks were snow tracks. It's possible that it broke through
the ice.

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Old 04-17-10, 05:07 AM   #3
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You notice they pulled it out upside-down, as I'm thinkin it got rolled by a bomb.Hope no-one is still in there.......
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Old 04-17-10, 12:23 PM   #4
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Well the way that it rolled on it's tracks is an indication that it was in
neutral maybe and to me that is a good sign.
But what a find that Stug is in fantastic condition. Even the fenders were
intact.

Amazing

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Old 04-17-10, 12:56 PM   #5
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I have owned BMWs for many years, and I tell you: I can understand that this STUG has lasted so long German quality is not a klichee, is really a true thing!

(Though later in the war when skilled workers were pushed as soldiers to the front and massive bombardment of german industry happened, quality went down quick)

Amazing video, hope they will restore it! Any idea where the STUG was found? Looks like Ucraine to me
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Old 04-17-10, 01:49 PM   #6
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Looked like an AP strike at 6:49?
Maybe that was what knocked the tank out?
As for it being upside down,maybe it was bombed later,mistaken for being operational.
Very interesting though,I love this sort of thing.
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Old 04-18-10, 01:46 AM   #7
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Default German quallity

No not the Ukraine but Russia,The title says " German Vehicle found in Russian Swamp"

Quality has always been strong point of mechanically inclined countries like Germany, Switzerland, Japan although ironically these nations produced junk at the beginning.The famous " Made In Germany " label for example was introduced by the British in the late XIX th century as cheap German imports /imitations of dubious quality were swamping the British Empire competing against superior British goods( How things have changed since...) and the Brits imposed that label to discourage them.Likewise Japan produced and flooded markets with cheap junk in the early sixities much like the Koreans and taiwanese did a bit later.Now these countries produced excellent quality stuff.

german steel ws excellent except in the last 6 months of the war. I remeber reading about Uboote crews praising the quality of their German steel when diving well below allowed limits 350 metres instead of the max specs of 250 metres to avoir being sunk by depth charges and despite creaking and groaning the steel hull would resist those extreme conditions.

But swamps also have special qualitites (tanin and other preservants)which delay decay and for example bodies form the iron age miraculously preserved and momified have been found in European bogs.Likewise for steel rust is impeded.
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Holy.. VERY well preserved for all these years!
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Old 04-19-10, 11:24 PM   #9
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to me this is amazing, I like watching tank overhaul and its unthinkable the condition this is in... I bet all you need is some fresh 75mm ammo, some petrol and oil and you'd be good to go



on another note the stug was the most fielded German armored vehicle of the war, i suppose it makes sense that the most immaculate tank ever recovered should be a stug, its got numbers on its side
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