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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Goliath tracked mine, German anti-tank weapon (1944)



WW2 footage.

German Wartime Newsreel.

The Goliath tracked mine was an unmanned German-engineered demolition vehicle. Employed by the Wehrmacht during World War Two, this caterpillar-tracked vehicle was approximately four feet long, two wide, and one tall. It carried 75--100 kg (165--220 lb) of high explosives and was intended to be used for multiple purposes, such as destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and demolition of buildings.

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