Goliath!

[Leon]

And finally, here's a quick one which has been requested several times here on the Forum.  A while ago, member barbarian had sculpted us a Goliath model (Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Sd.Kfz. 302/303a/303b)), so we had one of the other sculptors do us a 2-man team to go with it.  The Goliaths were demolition vehicles, usually controlled by wired remote control, although I believe there were some wireless ones used as well.  The wire for the control would be 650m long, giving it a considerable range.  Despite producing over 7500 of them, it wasn't the most successful piece of kit, but it looks pretty cool.



There are some nice images of it in use as well, including some Americans riding around on it.

[jchaos79]

Cool !

[Techno]

Definitely !!
Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

My 1944 German Engineers have been waiting for this!

Rules for the use of a Goliath? Hmmm... How fast were they ...?

To the books!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1csDqNO8FY
Dunno about you, but I'd be a long way away from where the Goliath breaks cover!

EDIT: YouTube vid embedded.

[Fenton]

I am sure they were some of the things General Jumbo used to control

[getagrip]

Cracking little mini

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good work all!

[Luddite]

They're excellent!

I can think of a good few sci fi or AVBCW uses for those little fellows.

[Ithoriel]

Whoo-hoo!!!

They could potentially have an Sdkfz 251, a StuG III or a Tiger I as "mothership." I feel some little dioramas coming on

BKCII has rules for them.

This little chap is about to get some stablemates!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Be doing doggy mines next, one to one with Phil's Labs.

IanS

[Ithoriel]

Pendraken already do ian.

If I ever get them painted my Soviet engineers will have a stand of them and I'll use rules similar to those for the German Goliath, but with the possibility the dogs will "attack" friendly tanks if they are close by.

[getagrip]

They're excellent!

I can think of a good few sci fi or AVBCW uses for those little fellows.

Not sure of the scale precisely but you could also use it as a Spacey Marhine tank in 3mm?

[Rob]

My 1944 German Engineers have been waiting for this!

Rules for the use of a Goliath? Hmmm... How fast were they ...?

To the books!




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1csDqNO8FY
Dunno about you, but I'd be a long way away from where the Goliath breaks cover!

Treat them as low quality guided weapoms FSN with a 500m range. I think mine clearinf was their main function but at Kursk a T34 rammed one with unfotunate results which showed its other potential uses. Not armoured though so enemy should get a chance to destroy it in "flight" so to speak.

Cheers, Rob 

[Ithoriel]

5mm armour and a small target so protection probably around the same as an M3 Half-track.

6mm top speed so speedwise they are infantry.

Useful against dragons teeth, pillboxes, fortified buildings and slow moving or unsuspecting tanks.

Expensive to build for the effect they had. Definitely a we-cannot-afford-many-more-such-successes type of weapon.

[Kiwidave]

Cool - I'll have to come up with an excuse top buy some, like my German engineer units really, really need them