WW2 German Robot Bomb

erco

Looks a bit like an iRobot Packbot, but with more nefarious intent. Stole this from a Powerpoint about the D-Day landing in Normandy.

Per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine : A few Goliaths were also seen on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day, though most were rendered inoperative due to artillery blasts severing their command cables.

NWCCTV

The pic heading says "Soldiers". They are Sailors as denoted by the USN on their helmets!!!

kwinn

Interesting! Thank you for posting that erco.

ajward

One of my favorite "strange" weapons of World War 2 was the Panjandrum developed by the British to storm up the invasion beaches and open pathways for armored vehicles. What could go wrong? ;-)

A short video of the beast can be found here.

ElectricAye

ajward wrote: »

One of my favorite "strange" weapons of World War 2 was the Panjandrum developed by the British....

By jove, it's brilliant!

ElectricAye

Just remember: the only way to stop a bad guy with a Panjandrum, is a good guy with a Panjandrum...

erco

ElectricAye wrote: »

By jove, it's brilliant!

I love Terry Thomas in TMMiTFM. A must-have classic from 1965. Get the DVD! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TO7-_fGqGTg&feature=player_detailpage#t=48s