WWII RC history
WWII RC history
With a DUKW in the background, a member of the U.S. Navy's 2nd Beach Battalion tinkers with a captured German Goliath tracked mine, or "beetle," on Utah Beach on June 11, 1944. The Goliath was a radio controlled mini tank that let the user remain under cover while sending explosives into enemy lines to detonate them. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the US National Archives 80-G-252752
http://gizmodo.com/12-pieces-of-tech-that-turned-the-tide-at-normandy-1577142011/+matthardigree
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- cobalta70
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Re: WWII RC history
Thanks for sharing, I never knew such a device existed back then.
There is more info about it here on a wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
There is more info about it here on a wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine
Re: WWII RC history
They had rc boats used for target practice too, Rc is over 110 years old. Hard to imagine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_control
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_control
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Re: WWII RC history
Not RC related, but interesting none-the-less, did you know that there were submarines in the civil war? They were small, man-powered vehicles, used similarly, to plant explosives onto the bottom of boats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_%28submarine%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Hunley_%28submarine%29
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