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this simple history episode Goliath the
SDK FC 3:02 and 3:03 demolition vehicle
World War 2 the Goliath was one of the
most interesting weapons the Germans
made during the Second World War it was
a remote-controlled vehicle with an
explosive charge that was used by
engineers for the demolition of Tanks
barricades bunkers and other fortified
positions the initial idea wasn't
originally German but French the French
had been developing the device ever
since the first world war once the
Germans conquered France in 1940 they
got their hands on a prototype
demolition vehicle designed by Adolf
chaos interested in the design the
German army ordered the Carl FW borg
borg company to build a similar vehicle
the requirements were quite simple the
ordered vehicle had to be remotely
operated and be able to carry at least
50 kilograms of explosives since there
was no haste over the project called
morg Ward presented his first prototype
at the beginning of 1942 it was accepted
and cereal production began in April
1942 the German army designated the
SdKfz 302 a light charge carrier or like
the laden Strega the heavy remotely
controlled vehicle weighed 370 kilograms
or eight hundred and 20 pounds and was
1.5 meters or 4.9 feet long
point eight five meters or 2.8 feet wide
at point five six meters or 1.8 feet
high it had two shafts with wheels and
tracks each of the two tracks was driven
by two bosch 2.5 kilowatt electric
motors these motors allowed a speed of
10 km/h and a range of 1.5 kilometers on
a flat road and 800 meters on terrain
the vehicle was equipped with 60
kilograms of explosive charge housed in
the front end with the electric motors
right behind it the rear end housed a
coil for up to 800 meters of cable with
three twisted wires two of these were
used to control the tracks and the third
was used to detonate the charge although
it had an official designation the
explosive charged SdKfz 302
vehicle was better known as get at 67 or
more famously the Goliath even though
they were satisfied with the vehicle the
army ordered a development of the
Goliath that would have had an internal
combustion engine which could make it
cheaper to produce and have a bigger
range in capacity the first such vehicle
was made in April 1943 and was
designated as the SdKfz 303 or got 671
it was driven by a 703 CC zoomed up sz7
engine with a total output of 12.5
horsepower although the speed remained
the same the new fuel tank of six litres
allowed a range of 12 kilometers on-road
and seven kilometers off-road the new
version of the Goliath was also a bit
bigger and 1.62 meters are 5.3 feet long
point eight four meters or 2.75 feet
wide and point six meters or 1.9 feet
high and it could carry 75 kilograms of
explosive another improved version from
November 1944 was developed known as the
SdKfz 303 B or ger at 670 - capable of
carrying 100 kilograms of explosive the
total weight of the vehicle was 470
kilograms
during the war the Germans produced 7560
for goliaths but not many of them saw
action this was probably due to their
vulnerability the armour that was 5
millimeters thick on the SdKfz 302 and
10 millimeters on the SdKfz 303 was
easily penetrated by infantry weapons
the control cable was however the
weakest factor as it was easily
destroyed in battle furthermore goliaths
were too heavy to carry around so their
immobility was another reason why they
were not used so frequently one of the
rare records of their use was during the
Warsaw Uprising in the summer of 1944
when Germans used Goliath to destroy
street barricades built by Polish
resistance the Goliath was replaced by
the end of the war with the development
of the more advanced Springer vehicle
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