Ground compacting machine with a vibration damping assembly

A ground compacting machine, comprising:

• a tamping assembly including a tamping foot configured to oscillate in a vertical direction for compacting soil;
• a drive assembly including a motor connected to the tamping assembly for driving the oscillating movement of the tamping foot;
• a control assembly including a controller for controlling operation of the drive assembly;
• a lower frame connected to the tamping assembly;
• an upper frame connected to the lower frame and supporting the control assembly;
• and
• a vibration damping assembly between the control assembly and the tamping assembly for damping vibrations to the control assembly from the tamping foot during movement of the tamping foot, the vibration damping assembly including at least one vertical damper oriented generally in the vertical direction for damping vibrations in the vertical direction and at least one horizontal damper oriented generally in a horizontal direction being perpendicular to the vertical direction for damping vibrations in the horizontal direction, wherein the at least one vertical damper is located between the lower and upper frames for damping vibrations between the lower and upper frames.