The vehicle with 3 headlights is a Tatra, also known as the General Killer as it had terrible handling at high speeds.

Schwimmwagen... in my opinion, the "coolest" and most unique ww2 vehicle.

Every episode of Dr. Mark's is like an historical barn find. Imagine being the only guy on the block with your own Kettenkrad!

The best barn find story I read was a collector out in Eastern Europe. He was following rumours of vehicles in storage, and went to a farm, expecting a lorry, or maybe a Kubo. Sitting in the barn was an intact Panzer 4 Ausf H, intact, complete with the crews' personal kit, just the way it had been parked to get out of the weather. Clearly, the crew had been unable to reach it when they pulled back, and it had sat there for forty years.

in NZ hundreds of universal carriers were used on the hill country farms stripped down to a flat bed utility, while Sherman tanks were used into the 1990s as winch cable platforms on forestry.

sigh, discovering a barn-find STUG would be awesome

My neighbor here in SW Ireland is a French man from Normandy . He told me stories of his childhood adventures back home . Small arms , hand grenades , explosives were often used in a disused quarry . Old farmers had stored lots of munitions from the War .

I am 62 years old and had several motorcycles from the war period and after it. Thus, the oldest was a DKW from the war period and a BMW from 1948. We loved those motorcycles from the war and post-war period. We also had a Norton 500cc from which a tree grew 😃. When we opened the machine, it was like new. Days of polishing and brushing and the engine like lightning. We made the engine frame out of pipes and when we put it together it was like new, almost. I also had a Hercules (Hamburg motor werke) of 350 cc. But it was big, I don't know if bigger engines are made now. Yes I enjoyed restoring those antiques on two wheels. Then I lived in Yugoslavia, today I am in Croatia, for which I fought as a volunteer in 91-95. When we came to the defense line of the city, it used to be the Italian border. Super solid bunkers with a 2.5 m thick concrete dome. They served us well in the first year of the war. And we used to jump around those bunkers as teenagers, and many from the city had never been there, and I and some of them knew every inch of what used to be the Italian border. Many greetings from Zadar to the 3000-year-old city on the Adriatic sea coast. Yes, an old town with an old tradition.

I have not thought much of the clean up process after a battle but now that I think about it, I am glad that these once war machines were used to help the people get their lives back on track after the war. Thank you Dr. Felton for another great video!

Thank you Dr Felton. As someone who’s owned, repaired and restored 3 VWs (1960s models) this was both fascinating and entertaining.

My uncle had a friend who at age 16 after the battle of Halbe encirclement, simply drove many abandoned vehicles home to his farmstead. He had a kübelwagen, kettenkrad and some motorcycles. In the 60s he would drive these himself in several east German movie productions costumed as a Wehrmacht soldier. He never let anyone else drive these on set.

Mark, go find a man who used to live in Bitburg, Germany who restores Germany military vehicles, he moved to Hungary about 10 years ago and is active with production studios and supplies German vehicles, you saw him and his vehicles if you watched the movie “Valkyrie” in 2007.

Mark Felton is a superb war historian.

beautiful to see these machines restored ,relics and pieces of history.

A German WW2 Mercedes staff car past by me yesterday in the SW of France. Incredibly well kept.

On a road march northwest of Kaiserslautern in the summer 1989 I spotted a tubular built hay cart sitting near a fence line with Sd.Kfz. 251 roadwheels. They still had their war colors and the rubber tires read continental tire. Waiting for the rest of my platoon to catch up I stood by the cart wondering the history of the wheels. An SS armored column had been destroyed in the valley westward approaches of Kaiserslautern but that was too far away from this farm. As the platoon caught up to me waiting, they did not even notice the cart with the historical wheels and kept walking by to the rendezvous, I stayed as long as I could looking at the cart before moving on. It takes a trained eye to spot history.

As a German who loves History (especialy the one until 1945) I couldn't be more happy to See this German maschinery still existing and restorabel today! Again a Video that Shows History that is to often forgotten, Thanks for all your hard Work!

I live near the road to Nijmegen, famous from a bridge to far. I have the wheels of an Canadian Carrier, from a farmer. A jeep has been stored by a farmer in 1944, abandoned by the drivers. A German 251 was left without damage. It is now in a museum near Eindhoven.

Mark, in 1975 a friend found an add in a militaria magazine for still-in-the-box Kettenkrads which were still in "new" condition, selling for under $2,000 US and asked me if I wanted to go in with him to buy one. I didn't have the money.

That 1940 Mercedes 170VK is in impeccable condition. Even the original paint is mostly intact and the tires are still good. That could easily be restored.

The opel blitz was super common in Europe, after a short break to re build a new factory (the soviets had dismantled and stolen the old one brick-by-brick) it saw production all the way up until 1975 in west Germany, and in fact 1987 under license in the UK by Bedford. (Commonly used as everything from a Fire truck to a light city bus to an ice cream van

It's a good day when Mark Felton Productions issues a new video clip. His work is what the History Channel wishes it was.

My granfather built a body for his model T in New Zealand from shell casings but I only have a few pictures of it and never saw it in person. My father's boxing trophies are engraved shell casings which he modestly keeps packed away. I did get to see the two room house with a bomb shelter in the backyard my grandfather built from packing crates which is probably where I get my ability to see and use resources other's see as trash. Thanks again Dr Felton from New Hampshire USA Edit: I forgot the original subject which was the ride I got in a restored Kubewagen last summer at a busy gas station because I was the only person who knew exactly what it was from my time being an air-cooled Volkswagen fanatic.

just a few months ago I "found" a forgotten Ford GPW jeep in a garage in Norway, where it had been since 1974. I am currently restoring it to a road legal standard and I'm hoping to have it on the road this summer. There are a lot of ww2 treasure still out there to be found, mabye in your neigbourhood!

Also interested in that Straight Eight engine block sitting next to the KubelWagen at ~9:41. I thought only GM/Packard made a Straight Eight...

that half track at 5:08 looks stunning!

Funny story about a Kubelwagen. I know a guy in southern California who owns a restored Kubel. He was out driving it one time and while stopped at a light, an old guy on the street corner approached him (top down), and said, "I haven't seen one of these since I was shootin' at them!"

Wow, how cool! Once again, a lot of research shedding light on an obscure part of the Second World War. Thanks, Dr. Felton, that was fun to see and learn.

Wow!! The only thing I've ever found in the barns around me are old tractors!! 😅 Thanks Dr F!!

Great video as always. Grew up on a farm in Hampshire that owned two WW2 jeeps, a generator on trailer which had a jeep go devil engine, a Sherman with turret removed for forestry use and a Scammell Artillery tractor also for forestry work. There was nothing that Scammell could not pull including the Sherman. All were purchased by the country estate post war at a large government auction in Amersham. Circa 1947. The military equipment auction was advertised in national newspapers and i'm told many young single women factory workers & farm hands purchased jeeps as a very cheap first car. The Jeeps on our estate costing £4 each! (About £50 today) Some at the Auction were still packed in the kit form crates as they had arrived from the states. Brand new. Listed at a higher price of £7 reserve.. Most of the farm equipment survived on the farm into the early 1980's, the Sherman was scrapped in the late 70's due to engine failure. One jeep was cannibalised for parts for the other which was restored by the farm estate mechanic and attended steam fair shows and military vehicle events until he died in the late 1990's. The jeep engined towed generator is still going today i'm told. The last time i saw it in 1990 it only had 48 hours total running time on the service dial. It was only used in power cuts to run a milking parlour. A local VW club has an attendee with a Schwimmwagen complete in original unit insignia purchased from France. Possibly the most heartbreaking story i heard as a boy by several OAPs in our area involved a local airfield used by the USAAF during WW2. Upon leaving in December 1945, they dug huge pits and buried many jeeps, Aircraft engines, some still wax wrapped and crated also trucks and dozens of Harley Davidson motorcycles used by the pilots who were billeted with locals around the nearby villages. No one is sure exactly where the pits are on the old airfield today. It was retained by the MOD as a radio telescope site until the 1960's with security by which time most locals had pasted away who had helped the US forces with dismantling the camp and knew the precise location. My older brother a biker in the early 90's hatched a plan to find the Harley Davidsons with a metal detector but gave up after a few days of turning up nothing but a few boot strap buckles and some nails.

While not a "barn find," it is worth noting that the Mercedes-Benz W31 convertible touring car used by General Burkhalter (played by Leon Askin) in the American TV show "Hogan's Heroes" (1965-1971) was one of only four of the 72 known to have been made between 1933 and 1939 that survived the war. The show featured a bunch of vintage vehicles, but they must have been hard to come by, because many had the steering wheels on the right, meaning they were actually English!

Not a lot of WWII German stuff here in the USA but a friend of mine is restoring a WWII American Jeep. It was painted yellow at some point but the OD green paint is beneath that. It has what looks like battle damage too, a hole (bullet?) and something that looks like shrapnel pattern. Under the hood is mind-blowingly simple; I think there's a total of two wires. Anyway, cool video about some classic vehicles!

I never imagined post war vehicles used on farms. Amazing what a person can learn when you open the treasure chest of Mark Felton Productions. Thanks again Dr Felton!

Some guy in East Point, Ga had a good shape Kubelvagen in the 60’s. Local paper did a story on its origins I cannot recall but that he occasionally rented it out for WWII movies and tv.

Yes, my father told me the story several times when he came out of captivity in the late summer of '45. The parental home was very battered. The mother lived with the uncle. The uncle had a ride with a horse-drawn carriage. On the field were 2 Wehrmacht trucks with empty tanks. They built their own batteries from tarred wood, so weak of course that they had to be cranked. Then they could carry heavier loads further. Everything depended on bartering until the DM was introduced.

I am always astonished at the variety of Axis vehicles that show up at Overloon every year. It seems there are just more of these vehicles tucked away in barns and garages than I ever imagined.

An old guy I knew found a Kübelwagen in a barn of a house he bought whilst living abroad in Spain, restored her and drove it round a lot, not just to militarily shows

It’s incredible that all these years later, vehicles are still being discovered. Even more so that the original camouflage was still intact.

It would be so cool to find one but gosh it would be hard to find one over here in the U.S. but this video showed me its not impossible. These cars are a piece of history with a story and come from a dark place and time.

8:00 you didn't name the Tatra 87 one of the officer killers due to lift off while cornering spinning the car.

Remember the Volkswagen Thing? They looked a lot like some of these vehicles.

80 years ago! It's surprising that so many are still in one piece and in restorable condition. Good video, well researched Dr Felton!

I love good stories of salvaging/scrapping/picking.

It’s ashamed that a lot of these classic vehicles are lying in waste 😢

It gives you a great feeling of knowing that many of those vehicles are being saved from rotting away.

I think it was at the Harley Davidsons in Corpus Christi, Texas, where I saw a pristine Nazi motorcycle with sidecar. I was told that at wars's end, the motorcycle was taken to a country barn and buried in a mountain of hay and never disturbed for sixty years. It was built to take a beating and keep on going. Mark, please consider the Admiral Nimitz museum in Fredericksburg Texas on your next America adventure. You'll need to prepare to stay for days, as there is much to see there. They even have a bulkhead door from a destroyed Pearl Harbor ship and a Japanese mini sub. Also, Fredericksburg is a town stuck in time, with many of its original buildings and lots and lots of handcrafted wines, candies and wares. You'll feel the German ancestry everywhere there and a desire to experience it all.

The Schwimmwagen looks very handy for floods. It should be resuscitated.

Seeing the photos from Greece reminds me of my relatives and friends who suffered the German occupation. As a youngster, I didn't really understand my uncle's antipathy to all German products, and how he would never even think to purchase a VW. As an adult who's studied history, watched so many of Dr. Felton's videos, and heard so many horror stories from Greeks who lived through the war, I get it, as much as a person who's never known war can. I lived in Thessaloniki for a few years, and have a small idea of the suffering of the Jews of that predominantly Jewish city.

Kettenkrad production by Opal lasted post war for several years. Used as an ATV on farms and in forests.

I love the passion and commitment of those who restore these vehicles back to running order so they are not lost to history.

It hurts my heart to see those damaged Kubelwagens & Schwimmwagens. I love those two vehicles.

As the owner of a 1972 "Thing" made in Germany, It made my skin crawl to see the Kubelwagens laying in ruin. I can only imagine what the cost of restoring one of those would be. Fantastic video, thanks Mark.

I grew up in a town in North Florida and I remember seeing a schwinwagen for sale on the side of the road a couple of times. This would have been in the mid 70s and even then I knew what it was, but NOT how rare they were, especially in that place and time. To this day I wonder how it got there and whatever happened to it

Very unique, Mark, the extended period where you let the images speak for themselves. 👍 Well done.

At 2.30 the German motorcycle is actually a British BSA WM20 . Many were left behind at Dunkirk.

Fascinating, it is incredible the amount of vehicles used in the war . Imagine the back stories to each vehicle. Great content 👍🙂thank you.

Another good day with Mark Felton story.

I’d absolutely LOVE to have one of the old Kettenkrads. Really awesome vehicles.

As always Dr. Felton, top notch production value on your channel. Your subject matter is always engaging and I think I can speak for all of us when I say we all learn something each time, along with taking away that feeling of 'wow I did not know about that'. Thank you for all you do for history sir. 🙂

There will still be many vehicles to discover, they must be saved, a huge piece of history that cannot be left behind. Vehicles like this will never be made again. Great vídeo

Came into a 1943 Willys GP back in the 90s that had been in a ranch barn in new mexico since the POW camp days. Restored it to 80% but had to sell. Miss that one...

Nice to see me in my own '45 kübel struggling in the Ardennes snow! Must be at least 10 years old. The kübel was indeed a barnfind, and this is how he looks after restauration. Keep up the good work Mark!

I know a guy who has a willys in his garage and the giant plane search lights and helmets and a-lot of stuff, the guy doesn’t even like them he was using a luger as a hammer. He used to work in the British army’s armory In Malta and stole everything

Thanks Dr. Felton!! Appreciate your hard work and knowledge!

That Tatra 87 at the 8:00 mark was the ultimate assassin of German officers. With its heavy understeer, rear engine design, the germans were not taught how to operate such a beast. the rest is history of course when the Germans copied the designs and turned them into rear engine designs of their own known as the Beetle and Porsche.

The owner of my parents house had a Electric Shop here in the Dutch Village Oostwold. After he passed away, the family started to clean up his old warehouse and found, behind a wall of boxes and tools, two BMW motors with sidecars and machineguns mounted on it. This was back in the 70s/80s. No one knows what happened to it, unfortunately, but it is so fascinating to think about. Great video

The vehicle with the 3 headlights is indeed a Tatra 87 , with almost 160km/h top speed from an air-cooled 2.9 litre v8 engine . It was well ahead of its time. I'm always looking forward to the next episode. Thanks Mark

AMAZING ! I'd love to own a real and restored Kubelwagen or Schwimmvagen !

Found a ww2 scout car (wheeled half track) at a ranch in San Jose ca. it was used to feed the horses. My dad and I restored it and is now in a museum

My father liberated a fast, yellow BMW roadster of some type. He had it for about a month or two after V.E. Day. When his commanding officer saw it, it wasn't his anymore.

It never fails to impress me how he can make even the more seemingly mundane aspects of history so interesting. People salvaging old military equipment for agricultural and civilian use makes total sense, but it's not the kind of thing that most people would put too much thought towards.

So cool! I would love to see these running again. They must have contracted a machine shop to make parts. Thanks Mark!

5:20 This Kubel was sitting in a field outside the village of Ermione on the Peloponnese of Greece. I was in contact with a guy who took a different photo of this car, and in May 2011, I went to find it. The photo I had was taken only 10 months prior, and by the time I got there, the car was gone. I also had the same photo seen here, but it wasn't cropped as tightly, so you could see the houses in the background. When I was walking the country roads, I found the right road with the houses in the photo, so I knew I was in the right place.

Beautiful music, enhancing the images of these forgotten gems.

Crazy how these vehicles still run after 80 years. Now people are expected to get a car every 5 years or so

Another stellar episode from Mark. The amount of research and verification that must be done is staggering. His channel could actually be used to teach class. Well done Mark and many thanks!

Great tally of historical machines. Always heartened by the fact that you can leave the weapons of war behind near a bunch of farmers and they’ll quite literally figure out how to turn swords into plowshares. I still hope to see one of the half track trikes up close and maybe make my own using modern technology.

The folks at restore these vehicles a lot of us really appreciated.

I always find myself shocked at the amount of new material you come up with on a daily basis ,well done👍💯❤️

Mark Felton has to be the best war historian ever. I have wondered about many of the obscure aspects of wartime history and then there they are, just like that. Thanks for your hard work and dedication. Your work will live on for many generations to come.

The staff cars are especially cool to me though I can only imagine the nefarious uses to which they were put. Great job, Dr. Felton.

keep on finding and restoring these classics....!

I am sure that many of these old, forgotten and now silent vehicles could tell some interesting stories

Kudos to those who have the skill, endurance and nerves to restore such vehicles. The Kettenkrad is very popular in Germany.

An amazing collection great to see soft skins as historian's very rarely talk about them great to see trucks being restored and the beautiful Benz 170 I'm amazed that so many still turn up today

Mouth watering. Kettenkrads were popular with hunting lodges and lumber operations after the war.

I couldn't help but think of 'Top Gear' and the holy trinity of Clarkson, Hammond and May watching this. Thanks for sending me on another Top Gear bender, Dr. Felton!

Equipment of all sorts was produced on such a massive scale for the war effort, it will be turning up in homes and barns for many decades to come.

I love that Schwimmwagen. I grew up in Alaska. In the summer, a guy from Anchorage would bring his Amphicar out to Kenai Lake and drive it into the water. As kids, we were fascinated by that and thought it was the coolest thing. His wife would be riding shotgun wearing a stylish outfit with a giant straw hat. It was all quite remarkable to a pack of feral Alaskan kids! I just googled the Amphicar and discovered it was also designed by a German.

Excellent and very informative. My own grandfather bought a 1938 DKW-SB500 that had been abandoned by the Germans as they fled from the region of Orléans (Boigny-sur-Bionne to be exact) when the Allied forces liberated the area. I think it was Adm. Patton's forces. He bought it from some random guys who pilfered all they could at that time. I still have the motorbike!

You can almost tell from the comments who has just found mark feltons channel, like all of us who landed here, we can’t help but to show the love, but I assure you, people here honestly already know how awesome he is. Lol

The little fishing village I used to live in on the Gulf Coast has a lot of golf cart parades and some of the locals drive their old restored WWII vehicles in the parades too. One of them is an old Army ambulance!

There was a WW2 jeep years ago in Gilboa, NY that was allegedly mailed home piece by piece during the war. It was reassembled by the vet after he returned home. Not sure whatever became of it, but it was a neat story...

Well done again, professor!

It is amazing that 75 years later vehicles are still being found. That would be a labor of real joy in restoring something like these. PJ

A British buddy of mine, living and working as I was in Tokyo, discovered a WWII Japanese tank, which was parked outside a provincial supermarket. He bought the tank, spent time and money renovating it, and then sold it to the Imperial War Museum. I do not gave a precise date of when this happened, but it was within the last twenty years.

I would love to own any type of German half-track from WWII. They are very cool and not talked about very often. Great video as always, much thanks to you Sir Felton.

Awesome to see the restored vehicles, they were actually rugged beauties.

This was a cool video. A friend of mine has a fully restored and decked-out Kubelwagon from The Netherlands; also a restored US WW2 Willys Jeep.

Stumbling across this channel would be something like a barn find. Great work again Dr. Felton. 5:52 was my favorite.