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the use of goliath tank in ww2 in poland


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danielc
  Aug 29, 07, 14:28  #1

hello. i know there is a part of a goliath german tank neer the old city in warsa. can anyone tell me what is the story? i know it is a tank full of t.n.t. that the germans use with a remote-controll, but where and when?
thanks!
(found this, but i think it is in german: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_(tank))

Goliath tank

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isthatu
Edited by: isthatu  Aug 30, 07, 14:11  #2

Hi daneil c
If the part Goliath you are talking about is the Tracks embeded in a wall in the old town that was actually used during the suppresion of the Warsaw Uprising (1staug-2oct 44) by german forces.
For more on this subject simply enter "warsaw uprising 1944"on any search engine and you will find many good sites
all the best
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isthatu
  Aug 30, 07, 14:14  #3

The germans used the Goliath on all fronts during the war. It was a small ,unmanned tracked vehicle,lighty armoured that was controlled by remote cable and operated from a safe distance by german combat engineers. The goliath could,aswell as an explosive charge , be fitted with a camera for reconasince but i dont think this was a feature widley used(as a new recruit was cheaper to replace.....).
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danielc
  Aug 30, 07, 16:13  #4

If the part Goliath you are talking about is the Tracks embeded in a wall in the old town that was actually used during the suppresion of the Warsaw Uprising (1staug-2oct 44) by german forces.
yes, that is the one i'm talking about. but i ment, is there a spesific resone why it is there? was a building destroyed by it neer by? the catedral that is neer, maybe?
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isthatu
Edited by: isthatu  Aug 30, 07, 16:43  #5

As far as i know daniel a small section of St John's cathedral was destroyed by this particular Goliath that the tracks come from. This seems to be the case from the photo i have of the track section and memorial plaque,no specific date is given though but Im sure with the exstensive research on the uprising more can be found out.

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danielc
  Sep 1, 07, 02:10  #6

thanks!
found 2 good sites:
wiezowcewarszawy.w.interia.pl/katedra_en.htm
um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/perelki/index_en.php?mi_id=41&dz_id=2

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