I've tried about everywhere in vehicle circles to find this item and thought perhaps the gatherers of German radios and electronics might be able to help.
I am looking for the remote control unit for an Sd.Kfz.302 Goliath demolition carrier. It is roughly the size of a German field phone and, in fact, might have been built using the bakelite body of the field phone as the case. It had studs on the ends to use a leather neck strap. These are the best images I have been able to find in more than two years of searching and have never found any private collector or musuem with an original remote unit to inspect or photograph. I'm sure some have survived somewhere but they don't seem to be residing with the various Goliaths out there in museum collections. But considering some of the absolutely goofy things some GIs brought home as souvenirs, including oddball electronics and optics, someone must have one of these.
I know there are some marvelous collections of German radios and electronics in Europe and America and it seems logical one of these devices might have found its way to one. By itself, without a Goliath, it sure fits better in an electronics collection than with ordnance or vehicles. Of course, I'd like to buy one, but at minimum would like to find a genuine example for additional photographs and measurements. Have any of our Forum members seen one? By the way, the third image shows a relay module in the Goliath's center compartment.....need one of those, too. Thanks.
I am looking for the remote control unit for an Sd.Kfz.302 Goliath demolition carrier. It is roughly the size of a German field phone and, in fact, might have been built using the bakelite body of the field phone as the case. It had studs on the ends to use a leather neck strap. These are the best images I have been able to find in more than two years of searching and have never found any private collector or musuem with an original remote unit to inspect or photograph. I'm sure some have survived somewhere but they don't seem to be residing with the various Goliaths out there in museum collections. But considering some of the absolutely goofy things some GIs brought home as souvenirs, including oddball electronics and optics, someone must have one of these.
I know there are some marvelous collections of German radios and electronics in Europe and America and it seems logical one of these devices might have found its way to one. By itself, without a Goliath, it sure fits better in an electronics collection than with ordnance or vehicles. Of course, I'd like to buy one, but at minimum would like to find a genuine example for additional photographs and measurements. Have any of our Forum members seen one? By the way, the third image shows a relay module in the Goliath's center compartment.....need one of those, too. Thanks.
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