Explosive tank
Explosive tanks are, like the Goliath in World War II , remote-controlled tracked vehicles with an explosive charge that is remotely controlled via an electrical control cable or radio to the target to be destroyed and then detonated. It is driven by an internal combustion engine or an electric motor. Explosive tanks are lost devices that are destroyed during use.
Well-known explosive tanks
- Borgward IV
- Goliath
- Jumper
- Small tank E-5, project name: Wanze
literature
- Fritz Hahn: Weapons and secret weapons of the German army 1933 - 1945. 2. Armored and special vehicles, "Wunderwaffen", consumption and losses , Bernard U. Graefe Verlag, 1987, ISBN 978-3-7637-5832-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Hahn: Weapons and Secret Weapons of the German Army 1933-1945 , page 88