The schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper is probably one of the most boring German vehicles of the Second World War, yet, its history provides us with interesting insights and a better understanding of the German Armed Forces during the Second World War and also the German industry. Disclaimer I: I was invited by Militärhistorische Museum der Bundeswehr Dresden in 2019 & 2021. http://www.mhmbw.de/ Various footage recorded at Militracks 2019 at the Overloon War Museum: https://www.militracks.nl - https://www.oorlogsmuseum.nl/en/home/ »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized »» SOURCES «« Hettler, Nicolaus: Nuts & Bolts: Vol. 41: Büssing’s schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (sWS), armoured and unarmoured variants. Nuts & Bolts Verlag GbR: Neumünster, Germany, 2018. Generalstab des Heeres, Org.-Abt. (IIIa): Studie über Rüstung 1944, 26. Januar 1944. BArch, RH 2/948: Verschiedene Angelegenheiten der Gruppe III. Bd. 2. Abel, Friehelm: Kleines Kettenkraftrad Sd. Kfz. 2- Typ HK-101. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag GmbH: Dorheim, 1984. Schwarzmann, Peter: Panzerketten: Die Gleisketten der deutschen Kettenfahrzeuge des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus: Königswinter, Germany, 2013. Datenblätter für Heeres-Waffen, -Fahrzeuge und -Gerät. Pawlas: Nürnberg, Germany, 1976. https://truck-encyclopedia.com/ww2/germany/Sd.Kfz.8.php http://www.kettenkrad.de 00:00 Intro 00:28 Channel & Patreon 00:56 Just another Half-Track? 01:20 1st Generation Half-Tracks 01:52 2nd Generation Half-Tracks 02:43 3rd Generation Half-Tracks 03:44 Studie Rüstung 1944 05:31 Main Differences to the regular Half-Tracks 8:13 Jens Wehner on the Object History 11:09 Armored Variant 11:52 Production Numbers 13:25 Summary #Wehrmachtschlepper,#halftrack,#GermanArmy