Vehicles · Germany · 1942-1945
Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303)
remote-controlled demolition vehicle
The Goliath, officially the Leichter Ladungsträger (light charge carrier), was a small tracked, remote-controlled demolition vehicle steered by a joystick control box over a 650-metre cable. Built by Borgward and Zündapp from 1942, it came in an electric version (Sd.Kfz. 302, 60kg charge) and later a more capable petrol-engined version (Sd.Kfz. 303, 100kg charge), with over 7,500 built in total. It was intended to destroy tanks, break up infantry formations, and demolish buildings or bridges, and saw use on most German fronts including Anzio, Normandy, and the Warsaw Uprising. Its high cost and vulnerability to the control cable being cut, disabling it before it reached its target, limited its overall effectiveness.
| armament | 60-100kg explosive charge |
|---|---|
| crew | unmanned (remote control) |
| weight | 370-430 kg |
| produced | ~7,564 |
Western Europe, Eastern Front, Mediterranean and North Africa
