StuG IIIG rebuild

[Wapping]

My father, a pretty good engineer, always said that if somebody had built something, somebody should be able to take it apart and rebuild it.

This YouTube film of the restoration of a StuG IIIG shows it being done.

 

[L2RKE]

Sounds interesting..... Have to watch that later

 

[SBD]

I agree with your father.

The issue isn’t “can we rebuild it?”

The issue is “can we afford to rebuild it?”

 

[theoneandonly]

at the opposite end of the scale

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[Wapping]

at the opposite end of the scale

That’s interesting, too.

Thank you.

 

[Mzokk]

Currently dismantling the rear end of my wife's 2008 MX5 to rust treat it and replace a few parts. Every nut and bolt is fighting me......I hate rust and galvanic corrosion. Probably less on the 85 year old tank.

 

[Wapping]

What I liked about the video is the cross section between ‘heavy’ (as in lumps of steel plate) and the finer detail of some of the parts, right down to the roller bearings, all be it these were replaced by nylon bushes in the final rebuild. The aversion to castellated nuts amused me.

 

[Mzokk]

The explosions must have been unbelievably violent in that confined space.........at least the crew would have had no idea.

 

[Wapping]

The explosions must have been unbelievably violent in that confined space.........at least the crew would have had no idea.

They think the vehicle might have been blown up deliberately, as there was no obvious shell entry. That aside, anything blowing up is going to be very bad.

 

[Mzokk]

They think the vehicle might have been blown up deliberately, as there was no obvious shell entry. That aside, anything blowing up is going to be very bad.

Yip got to the end self destroyed.

 

[electric_monk]

I've been following Aus Armour for a couple of years. Great content and characters

 

[PapaHayd]

Check out Mr Hewes on YouTube. He does all the tank reconditioning for Bovington. Dream job comes to mind!