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Hans · 07-25-2001, 02:34 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Polaris:
is it true that the russians strapped bombs to the backs of dogs and trained them to go and run under german tanks ? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yup, I have a book that talks about it. They put explosives with a wooden stick facing straight up on the dogs back, the dogs ran under the enemy tanks (that's how it was planned anyway) and the stick was pushed back, causing the bomb to explode and destroy the tank. However, most of the time during actual combat the dogs ran away, or ran under their OWN tanks (that they were fimiliar with from training). A very poor idea to say the least.

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Hans is Offline Senior Member Posts: 1,160 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada	07-25-2001, 02:34 AM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Polaris: is it true that the russians strapped bombs to the backs of dogs and trained them to go and run under german tanks ? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yup, I have a book that talks about it. They put explosives with a wooden stick facing straight up on the dogs back, the dogs ran under the enemy tanks (that's how it was planned anyway) and the stick was pushed back, causing the bomb to explode and destroy the tank. However, most of the time during actual combat the dogs ran away, or ran under their OWN tanks (that they were fimiliar with from training). A very poor idea to say the least.