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Originally Posted by FramerT
The picture " Borgward 'ENTE'" that VonPoop posted looked simple enough.
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Except for the fact it's an amphibious version of the 300, presumably with the same concrete superstructure
... Don't know how it was intended for use against mines (maybe sea-mines!
), or if it was seen as a more mobile demolition carrier, don't believe it passed prototype stage.
For an illustration of the Minenraumer's scale, consider that that's a Panzer I turret balanced on top, refound an excellent page on it with more pictures:
ALKETT VsKfz 617 MINENRÄUMER
Good stuff on other German anti-mine vehicles there too, including the other behemoth made by Krupp, which had slipped my mind, and a brief mention of Goliaths being used extensively during Kursk to attack minefields (?).
Cheers,
Adam.