Véhicule Pommellet - One of the first robotic vehicle

The Pommellet torpedo car, developed by France before the Second World War. He's here on his transport trailer. This remotely controlled machine had the task of clearing a terrain covered with obstacles by the adversary. To do this, the Pommellet embeds a 300kg bomb. This is the camicaze vehicle. In order to guide it at night, it was surmounted by three lights. "As long as we can see the three fires, the torpedo goes straight!". The German invasion in France suspends development. It only resumed for a short time after the war.

Photo credit "Musée des Blindés"