| Leichte Ladungstrssßger (light demolitions carrier) Goliath tracked mine is much smaller than this photo reveals, about four feet long, but larger than I imagined it to be. Controlled by a spool of wire behind it, this remote mine with a 60 kilogram charge would be guided to its target. This device, while a predecessor of today‘s wire guided TOW missiles, was a failure in combat. During the Warsaw Uprising, brave Poles ran up and cut its control wires with a shovel. It was also deployed during the Normandy invasion, but its only success was when a soldier attempted to blow open the Goliath with a grenade and the main charge went off, killing thirteen. This example was captured in Italy. | |
| Image Filename | wwii2379.jpg |
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| Image Dimensions | 640 x 480 |
| Photographer | Jason McDonald |
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| Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | January 01, 2006 |
| Location | IWM Duxford |
| City | Duxford |
| State or Province | Cambridgeshire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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