Infantry Against Tanks 1941

[Combat Wombat]

[quote='captainkije' pid='330283' dateline='1285478898']
Anyone remember Carrell's description of Russian "mine dogs?" Trained to feed under tanks with engines running, the Russians would strap high explosives to them and the poor dogs would try to run under German tanks expecting to be fed. No, this wasn't very effective.

I remember them being pretty effective. When the Germans shot at them they ran back under the Soviet tanks and then the charges went off. It turned out to be a pretty good way to kill Soviet tanks.

Good Hunting.

he he . not too sure about that ? i'm pretty sure that Beevor in his book 'The Fall of Berlin' mentioned the mine dogs and that German snipers would routinely pick off any dog they could .. unfortunatley can't access my copy at the present time !