24 - Stug Revisited and the Plasch Palatka
The WW2 Podcast
Angus Wallace
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2016
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
I've a bit of a different episode for you.
In our look at the Stug I talked to Jon Phillips who was close to completing his two year restoration of his Stug III. The deadline for getting the engine in and running was the Yorkshire Wartime Experience where he'd committed to bringing the Stug along.
Knowing Jon was going to be there I took myself down to see how he'd got on.
After speaking to Jon I bumped into an old friend Paul Fricker. Paul re-enacts the Russian 13th Guards Rifle Division, Poltavaskaya.
On the Facebook page recently a question had been asked about what the blanket/canvas sausage you see Russian troops wearing draped over their shoulder was? So I took the opportunity to ask him.
Its a bit of a short episode as I messed up recording a piece of Russian transport, I will revisit that. But in the process I was introduced to a chap who owns a Russian T34, so expect an episode on that in the near future.
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| 0:35.0 | I have a bit of a different episode for you. |
| 0:38.0 | In our look at the Stug I talked to John Phillips who was close to completing his two-year restoration of his Stug 3. |
| 0:44.0 | It had been a mammoth task with parts sourced from all over Europe, |
| 0:48.0 | his lively Facebook page providing many leads for the things that were missing. The deadline for getting the engine in and running |
| 0:57.2 | was the Yorkshire wartime experience where he committed to bringing the Stug along. |
| 1:07.0 | Knowing John was going to be there, I took myself down to see how he'd got on. As soon as the gates were opened, it was with eager anticipation I sought him out. Once I'd found him John graciously invited me up for a look and we had a |
| 1:16.2 | quick chat. Last time we spoke to you you haven't got an engine in so where have we come from from there we're fully working |
| 1:24.4 | sat on top of it I have to say it looks absolutely fabulous how was the process of |
| 1:29.1 | getting the engine in difficult we had to build a platform to clear the torsion bars and Pete here has helped me and has |
| 1:39.2 | joined in with it and done a lot to help me out and between us we used to lift the engine up didn't we |
| 1:44.6 | with a three-ton forklift with a like a hoist and drop it in the back but Pete |
| 1:48.7 | used to guide it in and I sort of operate the forklift but we got it in there, didn't we? |
| 1:53.4 | We wedged her in and yeah, fitted quite nicely. |
| 1:56.0 | So... |
| 1:57.0 | No, the only problem we found really was it was the prop shaft coming from the drive on the 432 transmission |
| 2:04.7 | under the original engine mount and then back up to the 432 steering box and |
| 2:10.5 | we had to put what they called a lazy shaft so we had one prop shaft the short |
| 2:14.9 | lazy shaft under the engine the gun mount and then back up so yeah that's the only |
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