1940 Goliath Bombs - Wheatcroft Collection - Donington Grand Prix Museum, Leicestershire
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SdKfz 302 / SdKfz 303 leichte Ladungstrager Goliath Tethered Remote-Controlled Tracked Demolition Carriers. Part of the Wheatcroft Collection located in the Donington Grand Prix museum.
Waymark Code: WMXR0M
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/17/2018
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"In late 1940, after recovering the prototype of a miniature tracked vehicle developed by the French vehicle designer Adolphe Kegresse near the Seine, the Wehrmacht's ordnance office directed the Carl F>W Borgward automotive company of Bremen, Germany to develop a similar vehicle for the purpose of carrying a minimum of 50 kg of explosives. The result was the SdKfz. 302 (Sonderkraftfahrzeug, "special-purpose vehicle"), called the Leichter Ladungstrager ("light charge carrier"), or Goliath, which carried 60 kilograms (130 ib) of explosives. The vehicle was steered remotely via a joystick control box. The control box was attached to the Goliath by a triple-strand cable connected to the rear of the vehicle, for transmitting power to the electric driven version. Two of the strands were used to move and steer the Goliath, while the third was used for detonation. The Goliath had 650 metres (2,130 ft) of cable. Each Goliath was disposable, being intended to be blown up with its target. Early model Goliaths used an electric motor but, as these were costly to make (3000 Reichsmarks) and difficult to repair in a combat environment, later models (known as the SdKfz. 303) used a simpler, more reliable gasoline engine."
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