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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.
1:23 video:
US Navy, 2nd Beach Battalion, Utah Beach. June 11th, 1944:
Pile of captured beetles:
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
Previously:
WWII Churchill tank converted into mine clearer
International Harvester automatic towed mine planter
steam-powered tanks
Panzer tank hull being quenched
tank silencer
Tankenstein rat rod
Big Wind firefighting jet tank
WWII Churchill tank converted into mine clearer
Tank bridge - GIF
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