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Adolf Hitler (white suit I think) visit Napoleon's tomb in Paris, 1940.

I DONT SUPPORT NAZISM IN ANY WAY, THIS IS AN EDUCATIONAL POST

Erwin Rommel on a plane, year unknown.

Portrait of Adolf Hitler, 1915

Joseph Goebbels surrounded by German girls at the Nuremberg Rally of 1938

Hermann Göring reading a book

These are some facts and curiosities about the Goliath Tank Buster:

It was a remote controlled tank-shaped vehicle designed during the war by German scientists.

It was about four feet long, two feet wide and roughly a foot in height and was packed with 75 kg of high explosives, enough to blow up a tank or demolish a building.

They carried 60 or 100 kg (130 or 220 lb) of high explosives, depending on the model, and were intended to be used for multiple purposes, such as destroying tanks, disrupting dense infantry formations, and the demolition of buildings or bridges.

Once the unfortunate target was established, the vehicle was guided by an engineer, and once in the right position, for example under a tank, the explosives would be detonated and destroy the target.

They  were single-use vehicles that were destroyed by the detonation of their warhead.

They were used principally by specialized Panzer and combat engineer units. 

Although a total of 7,564 Goliaths were produced, the single-use weapon was not considered a success due to high unit cost, low speed, poor ground clearance, the vulnerable control cable, and thin armour which could not protect the vehicle from small-arms fire.

Sources:

Wikipedia: The Goliath Tank Buster

Illustrated history: The Goliath Tank Buster

Heinrich Himmler and Ernst Rohm at a SS rally in August 1933.

Adolf Hitler in front of a mountain, year unknown.

Young Reinhard Heydrich.