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To make the vehicle capable of carrying a bigger payload without the motorcycle-style front fork of the original, two pairs of overlapping and interleaved road wheels were added to the aft end of the running gear on each side; giving three outer and three inner running wheels. It was powered by the
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The Springer showed the same problems as other remote-controlled demolition vehicles: They were expensive and not very reliable. As the explosive charge was an integral part of the vehicle, it could only be used once.
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A driver, sitting in the back of the Springer, drove the vehicle close to the target before dismounting. The final approach and the detonation of the charge was controlled by a wired or wireless remote control device.
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The Springer was a demolition vehicle. Its task was to carry a charge of 330 kg (730 lb) high explosives under armor protection towards a target and detonate it there.
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developed and built around 50 Springer demolition vehicles in the final year of World War II.
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Springers were operated by "Radio Control Armoured Companies", a company made up of three
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armoured control vehicles, each controlling three Springers and a
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German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II
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Demolition vehicle
Nazi Germany
Armor
Opel Olympia
Sd.Kfz.
Wehrmacht
World War II
NSU
Sd.Kfz. 2
Neckarsulm
Opel Olympia

The Tank Museum
Goliath tracked mine
Borgward IV
Mobile Land Mine
Teletank
Sd Kfz 304 Mittlerer Ladungsträger (E1951.48)
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German armoured fighting vehicles of World War II
Tanks
Panzer I

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