In the late-war period a battery of the ill-fated 5cm FlaK 41 was directed by a remote controlled system, overcoming it`s manual traverse problems and testing what would be the Gerät 58 5,5cm control system. Does anyone know about this development?
Just found this, and thought I would share it:
https://alternathistory.com/teleupravlyaemye-krasnoarmejtsy-elektrotanketka-fantasta-kazantseva/
It seems to be a little-known Soviet equivalent to the German Goliath (and likewise French Kegress Machine).
In some sources, a Romanian remote-controlled demolition vehicle - supposedly, a version of Sd.Kfz 302/303 "Goliath" tracked mine - is mentioned. According to a few available data, though, this machine was much larger, about 2 tons, and supposedly radio-controlled. It was tested in 1944...
Thought we already had a thread on the Goliath robot demolition vehicle, aka tracked mine. Oh well.
A reasonably good though short overview (though it overlooks the reusable version):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
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