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May 29th, 2009, 01:40 AM
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Goliath Picture Thread
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May 29th, 2009, 11:16 AM
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Re: Goliath Picture Thread
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May 29th, 2009, 12:10 PM
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Re: Goliath Picture Thread
Very nice. That sure is a lot of Goliaths.
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May 29th, 2009, 01:43 PM
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Re: Goliath Picture Thread
To me, the Goliath (while technically impressive), was kind of ridiculous weapon. It's the type of desperate project that an Allied armament board would simply pass over.
Each unit cost 3,000 Reichsmarks (compared to IE, a MG42, which was around 250 RM) and could be easily destroyed by small arms fire.
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May 29th, 2009, 01:48 PM
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But what if it really had worked?
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May 29th, 2009, 02:06 PM
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Re: Goliath Picture Thread
I believe this is from the warsaw uprising. Quite a few goliaths got their cables cut by resistance fighters and had their explosives content taken to make hand grenades.
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May 29th, 2009, 09:50 PM
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Thanks for the rep folk generously dished out on this. Suggest interested parties download these as I've no idea how long they'll be available. I'll go and have a butchers to see if there's owt else of interest.
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