After spotting a rather strange vehicle being sunk by French soldiers in the Seine river, Nazi soldiers took it upon themselves to retrieve the machine.
Upon a thorough inspection, the Germans were amazed by the vehicle’s structure and immediately saw its impressive potential to hinder the long enemy Allied trenches.
There was no time to waste, and soon the Germans ordered a private contractor to build a similar vehicle of their own.
The result was the mighty Goliath tracked mine, a series of two unmanned ground vehicles that stood at a mere 1 foot 4 inches but could carry up to 220 pounds of high explosives.
The Goliaths were built with high expectations, and as they were put into service in early 1942, Hitler himself was confident that they had the potential to change the course of the war…
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Weren’t some of later ones radio controlled instead of wire?
Not to be a grammar nazi or something, but every version of "Chassis" I looked up is pronounced "Cha-SEE". Good video, though. No hate.
Ironic to think how similar they are to the remote controlled one now
Hi Never heard, or seen, these things before. oh, i had to SLOW DOWN the speed of video, to 0.85 Seems, most 'tubers'…..speed up their videos', to gain more of their 15 minutes of fame……thanks for the real historical education. !!!
Chassis is pronounced cha see. Love your work!
Please stop saying Chass-iss. Chassis rhymes with classy.
Chassis is pronounced as chass-ee
Also don't forget the Kittering Bug an aerial torpedo.
Bosch is pronounced as baash
chassis is pronounced as chass-ee
These are in the book ..d-day from the German perspective
warsaw fight against goliath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFBSHrFWtg0
To me, this is what war booty looks like.
Imagine a kid controlling one of these speedings toward you…
Battle Bot — think of the potential
Same one in COD vanguard?
Chassis is pronounced chah-see
Booosh motors! lol.
There was a larger version, I think – the “Springer” (Exploder!)
Very well done…Loved the American medic riding around in it…lol
The fleeting mention of the landings at Anzio in WWII made me think that that is a subject to be pursued since I have read conflicting reports about maybe strategic mistakes. Maybe you have already done it.
⭐⭐Unsubscribed too many commercials ⭐⭐ too long!!!
Robot Wars been going a long time then….cool
"Preserved for eternity" places rather a burden upon museums…! Maybe we should confine ourselves to "posterity"…
When our armed forces were in Afghanistan and constantly getting ambushed by Taliban, it did seem to me that something like this might have mileage. Not as a vehicle of self-destruction, but as an ultra low profile fast-attack vehicle armed with video-cameras, multiple AP grenade launchers and maybe other weapons too. It's low ground-hugging profile matched with a suitable speed – say 20mph – would make it extremely difficult to hit with RPG. or even armour-piecing small arms such as a typical Kalashnikov. It could of course have some frontal armour. The idea being that it could be driven by someone with a PC and sent to interdict ambushers, launching air-burst shot-cannister grenades, so that even those hiding in ditches or behind walls would have no defence. But maybe flying drones have rendered such a machine obsolete…
Now we know where all the remote control toys came from . Good stuff D Ds thank you !
also it sounds like another Nazi waste of money, engineering, and time and workers. they built a LOT, and used a lot of material that was needed for things such as aircraft and ammo. There were enough of these side track weapons, that kept the Luftwaffe from being able to replace planes as they were lost. Technically a dud in WWII, but a good thing for the Allies, who could later gain much from the technology. But Nazi inability to figure out, make one thing, make a lot and don't worry about perfect (I was told the Luftwaffe planes had the most beautifully crafted interiors and seats, meticulously made like a sport car, which was why it took so much longer to make perfection rather than "Good enough").
Chassis is pronounce “chass-y”
Amazing to see the feats that men will go to kill each other.
Better then the Russians using dogs to blow up ,
One of these Goliaths saved my grandpas life in the war
I wonder why, with all the technology in radio controlled vehicles, the ukrainian fighters are not using some form or this vehicle. Even drones that are bought for children as toys can be flown into the path of Russian jets. Thinking out of the realms of the current sphere of activity (soldiers fighting soldiers) and demanding of themselves what small thing can I use to make an impact on an aggressive army.
Meanwhile in Russia
"Hey! Vladimir! Get the dog and put 5kilos of TNT on it. The german tanks are comming."
"DAH comrade"
Throws a stick towards the enemies. And the dog runs after it
"Comrade we have a problem."
"What it is?"
"The dog is running back to us with the stick on his mouth while wagging its tail."
"Blya-"
BOOOOOMMM!!!
well it did its job IF it worked long enough and could reach its target. but i bet we could make them allot better today. especially with sound recognition and other software upgrades. thou i'd bet we would make the explosives it carried modular, so it could get to a target and drop the munition down as to get out of dodge before it goes, IF the mission didn't require or need for it to blow itself up in the operation. why do i want to add hydrolics to the the tracks thou? i mean not for suspension directly but to control tension and allow it to have a larger footprint from front to back… to crossover larger obstacles?… they might have gotten away with using fewer wheels and such if the track and suspension could handle the weight and such, if that helps.
Hanz is it me or is this French tank happy to see us?
Been good if they had the US sprinkle magic and were able to rigged them to work and zip around to carry ammo or medical equipment they would've been heavily funded and researched quicker.
Wait — so the German Goliath tracked drone was originally a FRENCH invention?
RCXD’s grandparents
I see this narrator is still mispronouncing chassis
"oh look at da baby tank! its so cutee!" (fucking explodes)
silent s
I'd drop a small diesel engine in it and drive it around town as a daily driver. Why Not ?
When war weapons look cute….you gotta worry.
Chass-eeeeeeeeee
The first atgm hahaha
Interesting idea years ahead of its time…..
I’m surprised they used a wired remote to operate it. Being hi tech geniuses I’m surprised they didn’t figure out how operate it with radio waves, I.e. a wireless remote….
Another wonder weapon for the aliens to steal and analyze.