Did dogs serve in world war 2?

Answer 1

In several roles:

Anti-tank warfare: Carrying explosives under a tank or armoured vehicle.

This Soviet program was abandoned because of poor perfomance.

Fighting: Unleashing thousands of dogs across invasion beaches in the Pacific, to keep Japanese forces from targeting U.S. soldiers following in the next wave of landing craft.

This U.S. program was abandoned before being put into practice because of poor performance.

Medical transport: Pulling sleds with wounded soldiers to aid stations.

Successful Soviet program.

Mine detection: Searching for buried explosive devices.

Somewhat successful, but the stress imposed on the dogs by their training, making them very nervous, meant they could only work for short periods at a time.

Scouts: Locating concealed enemies, such as snipers.

Successful program.

Sentries: Patrolling perimeters of high-value targets.

Successful program.

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