russian anti tank dogs!!!!!

[Steyr_amr]

Yeah who'd have thought Fido could tell the difference between a Panzer IV and a T-34?

I remember reading somewhere that in Medieval times if an army was fielding war elephants the opposing army would cover pigs in grease and set them on fire. Apparantly elephants were scared of pink fiery sqeauling things running around.

There's also been bat bombs, mine hunting dolphins and ninja cattle.

[House MD 221B]

yeah there was a little vertical trigger stick on the dogs backpack, and when the dog went under the tank it bent the switch and exploded. When they released them and they saw what they were doing, the troops were frantically shooting the dogs trying to save their tanks.

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[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Steyr_amr

Yeah who'd have thought Fido could tell the difference between a Panzer IV and a T-34?

I remember reading somewhere that in Medieval times if an army was fielding war elephants the opposing army would cover pigs in grease and set them on fire. Apparantly elephants were scared of pink fiery sqeauling things running around.

There's also been bat bombs, mine hunting dolphins and ninja cattle.

I believe it was pitch, actually. And like the dogs, the pigs could sometimes get going the wrong way, and then you have 200lbs of flaming panic crashing through your lines. Not good.

I used to live in an area where we had a feral pig problem. You had to be real careful driving in the country, because if you hit one of those things at freeway speeds, it'll flip the car. Pigs may be short, but they're built like little tanks.

[mattmanB182]

What a terrible thing to do. I know many nations used animals in the war, but still im glad it backfired on them.

[TRC Subaru]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

What a terrible thing to do. I know many nations used animals in the war, but still im glad it backfired on them.

I hope the people who thought this up and implemented this died a slow and horrible death…something like being eaten alive by the very dogs they tried to kill…now that would be poetic justice….

[fuzzychickens]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

What a terrible thing to do. I know many nations used animals in the war, but still im glad it backfired on them.

Still better than human suicide bombers.

Just like medicine advances made through experiments on animals is preferrable to those done on humans.

In life, you are many times forced to pick the lesser of two evils.

[mattmanB182]

Originally Posted by fuzzychickens

Still better than human suicide bombers.

Just like medicine advances made through experiments on animals is preferrable to those done on humans.

In life, you are many times forced to pick the lesser of two evils.

Well I think they got what they deserved when the dogs went after their own tanks. Hopefully it did some true damage to them.

The cowards should have strapped bombs to themselves and went under the German tanks, since they were so desperate to blow them up.

Well God/Karma taught them a lesson anyway when it backfired.

[Araqiel]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182

The cowards should have strapped bombs to themselves and went under the German tanks, since they were so desperate to blow them up.

You should check out some of the Japanese anti-tank weapons... >_>

[House MD 221B]

Originally Posted by mattmanB182 The cowards should have strapped bombs to themselves and went under the German tanks, since they were so desperate to blow them up.

Originally Posted by Araqiel

You should check out some of the Japanese anti-tank weapons... >_>

lol cowards... you wanna' run at a tank? douche bag.


and I'd love to see what your leading statement about Japanese AT methods are if you have any more information or pictures. In the words of G.I. Joe... knowing is half the battle!

Oh and on the animal front... they also have no symbolic memory, and therefore are not capable of attributing methods or logical reasoning towards actions, they very much live in the moment and do not ascribe any form of judgement to and action or event.

[House MD 221B]

I think no-one gets to judge war, or the acts within war unless they were there.

no one can comprehend or condemn any act of war unless they were the ones who had to act it or choose it.

Its a madness were unfortunately morals and rights get compromised. For example, you can't say that using dogs is wrong, but the government permitted murder of millions one soldier at a time is any more or less wrong.

its unfortunately all equal. Its madness, its unfortunate, its immoral, and its inconceivable. Which is why we don't get to pass judgement, it happened we have to accept it and learn from it. But we don't get to judge it.

Almost every nation has done something reprehensible throughout the course of history. I could list things but can't be bothered as it's not relevant. the point is, humans always have done horrific things to each other and things around them, and we always will.