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Being a welder an fabricator for over 50 years I'm constantly amazed at the skill and vision these men have in restoring a part of history that would be lost if not for them. The only regret I have is age an my health will never allow me to see in person the amazing works they have brought back to life for future generations to see. Well done and thankyou for sharing this and all your videos with a very thankful old man. I wish my father who fought from D-day thru the battle of the bulge he fought in 5 major battles and was highly decorated never lived long enough to enjoy watching these amazing videos. Thankyou so much!!!
After two years of authoritarian rule culminating in death, maiming, massive loss in liberty and wealth. And given that today's events are born out of 1944. Are there people who still truly think that Germany was the true villains of ww2?
@@TheBelrick everyone who isn't a moron still knows Germany in WW2 was the aggressor and absolutely the worse side. The Nazis did a lot of the stuff you cry about in modern society just behind closed doors. Stop being edgy, the Germans started the war and they got stomped by everyone they attacked
@@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306 Who wrote the history that you use to judge villains of ww2? The people behind todays authoritarian crackdown , the disintegration of society and the release of the V and the real dangerous V. That is who. You really are a potato Let me wreck your potato claim, Germany started the war Two nations invaded poland, not one. One was declared war upon, the other allied with. And that ally went on to occupy poland for decades afterwards in pure conquest. Nice Your beliefs are clearly a lie.
@@TheBelrick lmao German accounts don't make themselves any better you muppet. Hitler's own words are plenty enough on their own to make me right. And Hitler is your savior of the world? He gave communists and capitalists a common enemy which prevented and reenforced communism as something that stayed around for a long time. Muh society wouldn't be saved by pagan homoerotic Nazis plunging Europe into civil war the second Hitler died. Not to mention also murdering millions of people including millions upon millions of Slavs for muh living space. Stalin got away with everything he did BECAUSE of Hitler. Grow some braincells. The Germans wrote more than enough down to get a full view of how evil the Nazis were
@@TheBelrick Two wrongs don't make a right mate. what we dealt with is small potatoes in comparison to the systematic extermination of what Nazi Germany deemed inferior to "their" master race, had they won, you and I wouldn't even EXIST so shut the fuck up, and be humble our grandfathers took those monsters out regardless of who took them out.
Thanks to you guys for bringing back this marvel of german engeneering. my granddad, who served on one of those machines has tears in his 95 year old eyes. Just for this, all your effort was worth it. I never saw this man in tears, til I showed him this video and translated it for him. he knew every part you were holding in your hands. I translated it for im simultaneously. Big hugs from an old and proud " Jagdpanther-Mann".
it's russian engineering?
@@alecjohnson5043 No, its german buildt and engeneered.
@@dervolkstribun6240 somehow I got this comment on a video for the ISU 152. Sorry about that
My grandfather was in the position to have to fight against these beasts in Normandy and true they are the enemy, he spoke of them with nothing but respect, glad your grandfather got to see this rebuilt and for serious top respect to the man, can't imagine what he had to go through
@@thatoneinasuit6404 Both our grandfathers went thru hell and back in this war.
You guys should cut up the original off cuts into small pieces, around 25mm x 25mm. Sell them online with a nice certificate showing vehicle and details of its location when recovered from the battlefield. Maybe epoxy them into a nice display box or glass bell. Could easily raise thousands for the museum.
Beautiful restoration! It's a pity it couldn't be restored as a runner. Well done, gentlemen!
Never thought I would sit through 1 1/2 hours of cutting, welding, grinding and hammering. Really interesting and well worth watching. What a privilege for these men to restore this piece of history.
this is the good stuff here, would kill to work on these and have 1/2 as much skill
Found them a few months ago. And was hooked.
I am amazed at your skill and dedication to recreate a tank from such incomplete, broken and rusted parts. Great job!
Truly incredible work
DITTO!
I was thinking the same thing. These guys are good at it.
It’s not a tank😢
*This was so mesmerizing to watch. Awesome craftsmanship. BRAVO!*
Vielen Dank, dass Sie dieses Zeugnis der Zeitgeschichte wieder aufgebaut haben! Grüße aus Eisenhüttenstadt/Brandenburg/Deutschland 🇩🇪
szkoda że nie służył w dobrej sprawiedliwej sprawie tylko dla narzucenia zbrodniczej ideologi
@@andrzejpacan1883 The german is thanking them. lol
Good job. I believe the Jagdpanther is the most beautiful tank fighter of WWII and you have faithfully restored it. Thank you for sharing your work and exposing it to visitors.
As a 73 yr old retired metal worker I love to watch you guys at work, obviously enjoying what you do, ("sigh" I wish I lived in Cairns)
It's a nice place in winter haha
@ Toker Then you are almost as old as the "Jagdpanther"😁
I'm am speechless, i am without Speech. Engineering Genius and a world-class completed WW2 project!
Kurt, i hope you have a monitor in front of these amazing builds with these videos on loop as many folk would not believe how they started out, the workmanship shown is outstanding and should be displayed alongside these incredible exhibits. Thanks for the journey guy's, loved it.
Do not forget to have professional advice to back up your precious data!
The Jagdpanther looks amazing, hope to see it running some day
and shooting
@@muhilm Won't shoot, barrel has a hole cut in it
@@muhilm Museums are generally against live firing their restorations (especially in cases where its original) as it causes wear and strain on the barrel. Same reason why when they have a running vehicle (like Bovington's Tiger 131), they don't put it up to speed. It'd be really cool to see (and hear) a Jagdpanther fire on a range, but for the purposes of restoration and preservation it likely won't happen. Not with this one anyhow.
@@Tyler-sy7jo not to mention potential safety hazards with misfires and such
Effectively it's a mock-up, no suspension, no engine, and internal bracing holding it together. Still a very impressive project, but it would need another project of equal or greater complexity to get it to drive.
As a US Army veteran who repaired Tanks and Bradley's and performed recovery missions for 15 yrs, and 3 tours in Iraq. I can't help but wonder how much of the stuff we used will become museum pieces in the future. I still have my helmet and my recovery crew helmet from my old M88a1. They are keep sakes now. But hey who knows about the future. Seeing these videos always brings that mindset out in me lol.
Watching the chieftains hatch video on the M1 when he says some of them were 30 years old but still in service makes you realise that some tanks outlasted being museum pieces by being great designs.
i sincerely THANK YOU for this video of the restoration of the historical vehicle & a piece of European History ! Leave it to the Aussies too figure out how to do things...My hat is off to ya !!
First, thank you for making a video of the restoration, it's an amazing amount of work for a wonderful turnout. You are true artists. Second, I love how you handled the social media dissenters regarding the backplate welding, polite, succinct, beautiful. If I ever make it to Australia, it will be to see this museum.
Jagdpanther and the Jagdtiger were the best tank destroyers of WW2.👊🏼👍🏻💯💥
The M18 was better tbh
@@andthenhedead6076 Negative.
I'd disagree. They were too few in total number. The Hellcat was the best TD.
The "Jagdpanther" is a piece of German engineering. It's like art. The design doesn't look 80 years old... Like the "Hetzer" I love this sexy Tank.. more than the Tiger I. Or Panther A. These 2 guys are the saviors of the last Jagdpanther in the world (I think..) Brilliant! When i visit my Aunt in July in Brisbane, i will also visit the Museum ! 👍🏻👍🏻
Superb engineering by two top class professional men. PETER LINDOP UK.
Have to praise the efforts of the film maker, as well as the guys building the tanks. Music and continuity of the scenes is very well done, and this makes it a joy to watch; with just the right amount of commentary too. 10/10 Kurt.
Totally seconded. Well said.
Iam just amazed - it seems like these technicians/mechanics were trained in the original factories. Their skill and knowledge to rebuild these vehicles of 80 years ago is just amazing.
They say do what you love every day and you will never work another day in your life....I'd love to do what these men do fixing up old tanks.....just bloodly awesome
mates , the panzerwaffe field workshops would be proud of you
Ob's stürmt oder schneit, ob die Sonne uns lacht.... Wunderbar gemacht Jungs...
As a modelbuilder I'm a bit jealous at you guys - working with the real stuff...- what a job !
same. they get to build the 1:1 model, that's so cool!!
Excellent work gentlemen, you've got something to be proud of, and for generations people will be admiring your craftsmanship. Now y'all need a condensed version of this video to play in an area of the museum setup for just such things as that where people can be comfortable, and even rest a bit while watching several videos on the different builds y'all have put together out in the shop that came in baskets of miscellaneous broken pieces. Once again very well done, and I think the crew behind the cameras, as well as the editing staff for their fine work as well. From Greenville, Texas USA
Und wieder ein stück deutsche Geschichte gerettet. Ihr seit Ehrenmänner. Danke das ich das sehen durfte. Jetzt fehlt nur noch das er wieder fahren kann.
Ehre ist in manchen Kulturen ein Zeichen für Rückwärtsdenken. Ehrenmorde zb
Das sind Schandmorde. Mit Ehre hat das nun wirklich nichts zu tun.@@timhabich3113
Could you please provide a 10 minute slow pan from every angle of the magnificent Jagpanther your museum heads resurrected the dead? Seriously. We would all love to see this. And every other tank in your collection.
Being German born in 63, I´m deeply impressed of the work you have done! I did a lot of restauration work on cars an bikes myself, but doing this on a tank is shurely a much more challenging task. Just the sheer massiveness of the components - especially when they are deeply rusted and bent by detonations - requires a completely different way of work. Not to mention the machinery that is decessary. I really apperciate your work bringing this rarity back to life. It can show the younger Australian generation what their great-grandfathers had to deal with fighting in WW II so far away from their homes. And what was the reason so many of them died fighting on the "right" side to bring the Nazi-craziness to an end. And to show us Germans, that we are defintly not the "Herrenrasse" but just a little part of mankind.
I'm looking forward to the AusArmor Kitshop offering this 1:1 scale Jagdpanther model kit!
I don't know any family that wouldn't want one of these parked in the front yard for Neighbourhood security! 😃😃
Being a pipefitter and welder for 50+ years I really appreciated seeing this. Seeing the armour keyed was interesting. I also liked the way the track was tension-ed, instead of using a grease gun. My hats off to the skilled crew that brought this back together.
Best hour and twenty-six minutes and thirty-nine seconds I have spent on KZhead. Imagine being a mechanic of one of these able to see this after all of the years. It would be a mind rush.
I am so so so thankful that you are reviving and preserving these parts of the great and engineered art of German history
ale ta inżynieria zadała wiele krzywd a nawet więcej służąc chorej ideologi
i kogo to obchodzi... to stara kawa i 80 lat temu... tutaj możesz dostać technuk... i nic więcej... a ci, którzy zawsze są wczoraj, którzy płaczą, to źle - to bla bla bla. ...rozumiem... to się nazywa historia ps następnym razem, gdy to zrobisz, miej na tyle przyzwoitości, aby przynajmniej skorzystać z Tłumacza Google, jeśli już do kogoś piszesz lub odpowiadasz@@andrzejpacan1883
@@andrzejpacan1883 Bla bla.......whatever
I’ve gone back and watched this again for a second or possibly a third time. What a cracking achievement. The envy of any armor museum the world over and the level of talent of the gents involved, is second to none. Well done gent’s!
The Australian National Peoples Liberation Army admires your work and would like to order 10000 units by Winter...
You folks never rest, well done.
Truly an amazing project. Please edit the part when Jessie painted the Jadgpanther and you put the track on,put that on KZhead so armor modelers can find it. I bet they won't gripe about individual track links again.
This has got to be my favorite restoration video ever. Its incredible work and to think the history and life the combined parts have seen is crazy. Incredible job. And not filling the pits makes is so much better.
A truly remarkable feat of engineering, fabrication, and passion. Watching this will forever change the way I look at any restored exhibit. Thank you Dez and Jesse for your commitment and skill in restoring this part of history for future generations to see.
I don’t know about y’all, but there was just something special about watching a Leopard tow the Jagdpanther. To see the evolution.
Kurt - you my friend are progressing with your overall talents, on par with the tank projects! Which is to say, keep up the great work, all of this truly matters!
I've contributed to the UK's repairs to the Bovingdon Tiger appeals over the years. But what pays for such an enormous reconstruction project like your JagdPanther? Great work guys!
Privately owned and funded, no help from gov or agencies. The owner is exceptional and wants his museum to be in the top 3 in the world afaik. And it is. Wait till you go visit, I've been, am returning this year for ausarmourfest, it takes days to get through it all, if you go avoid the Wermacht hall until you have seen all the allied tanks. The Tiger 1, the Panther ... it will blow your mind.
@@landm9446 Ok, it must have loads of wealthy contributors to have bought Crompton's Panther for 14 million GBP!!!!
@@denisdavidson5622 no idea mate, that's all I know, maybe look into it and let us know.
These guys never cease to amaze me with their ingenuity and fabrication skills. They buy blown up scrap from Russian tank graveyard and assemble them into a beautiful museum piece.
Jessie's non replaceable and very valuable for sure,I hope hes being pd accordingly cause hes worth it many times over ,as well as the other seasoned experienced men in this type of heavy guage steel reconstruction
Yall are the highlight of my week. LOVE yer show and just hope, someday, I can make it down under over yonder and come see yer place for myself. 🤠 greetings from TEXAS 🤠👊
The production value and high quality of the filming and editing really makes this one of the best tank museum channels on KZhead imo
Schönes Video. Tolle Leistung, diesen Panzer wieder originalgetreu hinzubekommen. Herzliche Grüße aus Bayern. Marco
History needs to be preserved, taught, and remembered. Not through the lens of modern values, but in its stark reality so the the mistakes of the past are not repeated. These gentlemen do important work. It was fascinating to watch them.
You guys are artists in the real meaning of the word. You brought this Jagdpanther back to life as if it drove out of the german production plant during the second world war. Outstanding job, congratulations and thanks for preserving all these tanks.❤💢💯👍🏻🤝🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I wish I could like this more than once 👍🏻👍🏻. Top notch content gentleman 👍🏻😊👍🏻
The time work and dedication to assemble this piece of lost history is incredible, these two men brought back something that would have been never been seen again except in pictures, they are truly the masters of their craft, their patience and precision in bringing this tank back to life is a testimony to the human spirit and the things we can achieve if we only believe that we can do it.!!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I THINK BEAU DESERVES MORE RECOGNITION ON THE INTRO SEGEMENT
Danke!
35:43 beautiful work on the lathe including the clip. I glad the battle damage is still there.
Love workshop wednesdays !
As a plastic modeller restoration projects really are a blessing on the level of detail you can achieve just by seeing the real vehicle being restored because so many kits are missing details and are not correct this is a joy to save history like this thank you for your good work.
Amazing work to everyone involved.Restoring not only a tank but history,thank you!
Incredible effort and result. This should be on free to air television - I found it truly riveting (no pun intended) to watch this engineering marvel. You should all be proud of your work. Well done. Thank you for returning a piece of history back to life.
Great work Kurt,cutting down the 6+hours into one 1.5 hour easy to watch doco, next task is to series all the footage together into a one play back to back so I can sit down on a rainy sunday with popcorn and a six pack and binge watch it all again! Sure there will be lots who just seen this for the first time or like me have followed it all the way who will join me! Jessie and Daryl have done great work, what a job! I will be up north winter next year, expect to see my name in visitors register, its a must see!
Nice to see 👀 Lotty doing her thing. Great driving. My compliments little lady, as always. How about an episode covering the back stories of each of the Aus Armour stars. How they came to work at the museum.
The work your craftsmen perform is nothing short of mechanical magic. All of you are amazing. I watched your Armourfest … there were some amazing vehicles there. I was greatly saddened when the Panzer was made unable to fire. I think it would have been absolutely magical to see it fully alive and roaring. That said, I understand. Governments do what they do. I’ve visited other museums where hand held weapons from previous wars had been rendered inoperable as well. Painful, but it is what it is. Keep up the amazing work! I’m eagerly awaiting the next project!.
Thank you so much for restoring this beautiful tank. Thanks to every person that worked on it. Greetings from Germany.
Another great video and much appreciated. As someone who began shooting video in 1980 I would like to offer one suggestion. 'When in doubt, widen out'. I personally would rather see what someone is working on, as opposed to their face. Or widen out and show both. Hopefully this doesn't offend you because you do a good job and are getting better.😎
Never thought I'd see a Leopard Recovery tank on Australian soil. I've only seen them in Europe so far. Nothing but respect for the craftsmanship working with what you have and ZERO funding. just WOW!
Fantastic work gentlemen! Thank you saving this important piece of history. The Jagdphanter is my favorite German WWII AFV. To call you master mechanics and fabricators would be an understatement, you are?artists!
I watched all the episodes of this build and watched it all over again with this video. Daz’s shorts will never get old 🤣. That guy is great!!!
Thank you . 🐺
So what do you do for work? Well, I wait 10 to 15 years finding old junk parts for tanks, then when I get enough parts gathered I build one!!!! Great work guys!! Even for a static display, the detail is great!!
I just binged the Grant restoration from start to finish over the past 3 days. Incredible work guys. Such knowledge and craftsmanship is sometimes overwhelming to my eyes and ears. One day I hope to get to the museum and see the result of the team's work with my own eyes. Congratulations guys. Job well done.
Lucky i live only 25 minutes away from this amazing collection!
What a great video. I love these armor/armour restorations, especially when it involves Tiger 1's, but my favorite is the Panther and it's variant, JagD's. What I was fascinated by, was that the sound of the pneumatic wrench, and the other tools sounded the same in Australia as it does here in the USA, plus they speak a derivative of English as well, ha ha.
😅yeah not too dissimilar mate 😅
I'm so glad you did a Jagdpanther, my favorite tank. The craftmanship is top notch and i sat glued infront of the screen. Well pleased with the paintjob!
Decent people know why you lot are interested in this tank. My grandfathers fought and killed Nazi Germans. I would do the same.
@@toi_technoAre you okay? 🤨
"Neglected pile of metal' may be an understatement, but there's no overstating the result. Beautiful work.
They know what there doing these chaps not just the cutting it's the knowledge of metallurgy needed the they posses great to watch plus being a heavy plant engineer it makes it more interesting for me anyway great vid
A deadly but beautiful piece of history.
This project has been a joy to watch. The dedication, enthusiasm, skill and damn hard graft has been truly inspirational ! I run a 1/6th r/c scale JP. Your series has been so useful for detail examination. Truly a superb job of which you should all be incredibly proud of providing future generations with a fabulous 'time piece'. 👏👏👏
Awesome, just beautiful work. I see alot of bosch bits :o reminds me of working on old mercedes.
if that tank could talk etc he would hug you🤩 glad to be back in his original shape and color🤠 amazing job guys😎😎
This fantastic hard work is something to be proud of and real craftsmanship, keep up the good work and preserve the result for the future generations. Commented from Germany.
Wow. Just…wow! Excellent documentary. Makes me appreciate my 1/35 model of the Jagdpanther just that much more!
Words can't describe how interesting your video is
Almost therapeutic watching this..... Well done, Guys...!
Awesome content and editing - cheers Kurt
Another stunning restoration You all should be proud Keeping history alive All the best from Ireland 🇮🇪
I don’t k ow if beautiful is the word I’m looking for, but this is absolutely beautiful! Amazing work! Someday I will come to the museum and see all these.
honors to these metal men. I thoroughly enjoyed watching them take scrap metal and bar stock and make a tank destroyer. These guys ruled in machine shop class back in high school. Honors to their shop teachers and fathers for showing them how to arc weld, bend steel and turn .0001 off.
What a fantastic fruit they've accomplished !. So happy to watch complete version of this amazing build of Jagdpanther. As one of long time collector of Panzer parts( mainly track links ), I can easily imagine how hard to obtain those extremely rare original parts. Mr.Doyle must be happy to know his book really helped your project !.😊 Looking forward to watch your ever stopping new projects !.👍
Thank you, an outstanding collection of all the steps to the restoration of the Jagdpanther.
EXCELLENT and CONGRATULATIONS. Not only you are paying tribute to these two individuals who spent thousand of hours rebuilding the Jadgepanther but also the historical even as well. Greetings from Mexico City.
Real history is not clean, pretty or nice. Humans are human and humans will almost always make messes out of things. That said? WOW, guys! The Jagdpanther was a rare beast in WWII, but a feared one. So cool to see the restoration process of such a magnificent monster. So much work to make them shine again. It is worth it for historians like myself. KEEP IT UP!
What a pleasure this was to watch your progress and skill. Thank you! Really impressive
That's an amazing collection you've built up! Could you please consider filming a speed tour of the museum at some stage?
The Chieftain did one at kzhead.info/sun/h6yqp92qanaQd5s/bejne.html
The only thing better than this would be restoring this tank to be able to run and drive, and possibly even restoring (at least cosmetically) the interior, weapon positions and all. For a museum piece, you wouldn't want functional guns, but being able to open the hatch and see the inside would be amazing.
I was just watching a video about a new electric Lotus Eleta, and fell asleep. I woke up 30 minutes into this video where you guys were welding panels together. Still groggy, my mind was racing trying to understand why a Lotus would need two inch armor plates. It took me a good 10 seconds before I realized my TV had auto skipped to another video while I was sleeping!
Having watched the series week by week I found this super cut just as satisfying to watch. Extremely well done. Thanks
I’ve asked before and I’ll ask until I get graced with an answer. Let’s say you receive the side of a tank hull that is to be used in a restoration and it has a metal projectile (non explosive) still lodged in the side. Do you remove it or restore around it? I remember specifically during this restoration where there was a hole that had been filled with “material” and always had the thought about what if there was a projectile still lodged in the plate
Jessy is really getting better! I am amazed at theses mates skill. Darryl is impressive. Always a big smile on his face. All these m'en love their Job and more... and thats show. Keep the great work mate!!!
These guys are genius at restoring this huge tank which in itself was a beautiful piece of German engineering. This is considering the purpose for which it was designed and constructed. This is an excellent piece of filming.
1:23:10 Important safety tip. Always lower a Jagdpanther off the jacks while you are under the tank.
That's amazing lads, I've seen the one that was in London years ago, the sides cut open so you could see inside, it's an impressive vehicle when you see it up close, the one in London had x3 holes shot through the back end and you could put your hand through and feel how thick the armour is. What struck me was that with all the armour the force of the shape charge warhead that punched through must of been massive quite sobering when you realise that there probably was men inside when it happened....
Wow, what a brilliant video, watching the tracks, track pins, tow hooks and final bits go on at the end of the built. Superb work by the team.