Was that a recreation of something? It bears a resemblance to that German robot that they used to clear mines, what was its name? Can't remember. Would this have been similarly robotic or not?
That's the name I was wracking my brains trying to think of. It and the Goliath certainly bear a resemblance don't you think? It definitely looks like a German Robot and if it is a total fake, then it is a very convincing fake don't you think?
I was referring to the lookalike that was carrying the rockets. I knew about the tank-destroyer packed with explosives but not about the Goliath rocket-launcher...
I was referring to the lookalike that was carrying the rockets. I knew about the tank-destroyer packed with explosives but not about the Goliath rocket-launcher...
Can you specify in wich post is the "lookalike" so we can be more accurate in our discussion ? thanks.
Gepanzerter-Munitions Zugkraftwagen MCG
Armored munition carrier. A tipical german rebuild vehicle, based on the trusty Somua 5 ton halftrack. The chassis and cabin were fully covered with 8mm chrome-moly steel plate. A total of 48 build in 1943 and used to support the 75 mm pak self propelled tank-hunters of the panzer-sturmbrigade 200 operating in the defensive front of the Atlantic Wall, north of France.
I don't recall ever hearing of a Goliath based rocket launcher. The Goliaths were all (both gas and electric) remote controlled machines used as mobile mines for anti-armor or bunker busting...
Not saying there was never any made, just that I haven't seen mention of a rocket launcher version in any documents.
They would have pretty useless.
The real rocket carriers could carry the rockets a number of miles before firing them.
The Goliaths had to transported themselves to where they would be used. That and they would have a capacity of about one rocket. The Germans might as well have loaded a single rocket launcher on a hand cart and moved them that way.