1942 Goliath/Beetle tank tracked mines - GIF, video, and photos
Goliath tracked mines, also known as beetle tanks, doodlebugs, or midget demolition tanks.
A couple of versions of these made by the Germans in WWII. Many were captured, and they were copied by various militaries, but with little success - they were high cost, low speed, too heavy, insufficiently armored, and they had vulnerable control cables. These days they are primarily interesting exhibits at tank museums. In retrospect, these are reasonable candidates for precursors to drone warfare.
US soldier rides a captured tank. They were usually unmanned, and controlled remotely.
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1:23 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhK8L0PgPdA
US Navy, 2nd Beach Battalion, Utah Beach. June 11th, 1944:
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...utah_beach.jpg
Pile of captured beetles:
https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...tank_mines.jpg
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...9694#post89851
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2367#post76229
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...ed-tanks-51854
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2504#post96473
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/tank-silencer-51317
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...-rat-rod-56081
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...jet-tank-57085
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...-clearer-59694
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...250#post116082
