War Dogs

[razorboy]

"War Dog" History :

War Dog in action

War Dog stands guard while his "Buddy" sleeps

rb

[cyberia]

Clinging to scent of his footlockers, Gen. George Patton's dog mourns the loss of his master

[razorboy]

Originally Posted by cyberia

Clinging to scent of his footlockers, Gen. George Patton's dog mourns the loss of his master

Poor Willie,
That breaks my heart, really.
rb

[cyberia]

A Russian anti-tank dog with its handler
The dog is outfitted with an explosive pack and detonator and trained to crawl under tanks

[Pylon1357]

Originally Posted by cyberia

A Russian anti-tank dog with its handler
The dog is outfitted with an explosive pack and detonator and trained to crawl under tanks

Interesting concept that I have never thought about before. Now I have to wonder if these dogs were used very often, and if so were they effective?
Do you or anyone else have any further information about this? In the meantime, off to g=do a google search.

[cyberia]

Here's what I know about the anti-tank dogs program.

As an extension of the Pavlovian Theory, these dogs were starved and then trained to find food hidden under Russian training tanks. Once this had been achieved the dogs would be fitted with an explosive charge and set loose to run toward German tanks. When the dog went underneath the tank a device would be triggered detonating the explosives below the the weakest point of the tank's armor thus destroying it.

The German's called these Hundeminen, and Russian sources claim as many as three hundred German tanks were destroyed in such manner.

German sources however claim these dogs were as much a threat to Soviet tanks as German due to the dogs often heading toward the more familiar Russian tanks as they had been trained to do.

In a German field report filed in 1942 these dogs were said to had fled from flame throwing tanks back into Russian lines causing enough of a threat to force the retreat of a Russian division.

Which ever version you care to believe, Panzer grenadiers were issued orders to shoot any dogs approaching panzer columns, and the Soviets did suspend the use of anti-tank dog units in 1942.

[razorboy]

German sources however claim these dogs were as much a threat to Soviet tanks as German due to the dogs often heading toward the more familiar Russian tanks as they had been trained to do.

Serves them right, the heartless bastards!

rb

[cyberia]

American Rangers on patrol with search dogs in the Philippines

[cyberia]

Swedish solider and patrol dog

[Commander Waffle]

Originally Posted by razorboy

German sources however claim these dogs were as much a threat to Soviet tanks as German due to the dogs often heading toward the more familiar Russian tanks as they had been trained to do.

Serves them right, the heartless bastards!

rb

Hey, ya gotta do , what ya gotta do. Not like I think this was right either, I understand where the Russians were comin' from.