Craziest military tactic ever used

[Kaleem.61]

Soviet Anti-Tank Suicide Dogs

The concept seemed reasonable . In the 1930s, the USSR trained dogs to wear explosive vests and run under oncoming tanks. The dogs were small. Fast. And would be hard to hit with rifle fire.
In combat, the dogs would then be detonated while near the tank’s soft underbelly. It seems like a good idea. Right? Wrong. When it came time to use the dogs against Nazi tanks in World War II, the Soviets realized that training the dogs with Soviet tanks might have been a bad idea. The USSR’s tanks ran on diesel while the Wehrmacht’s ran on gasoline. Whoops!
Soviet tank dogs, attracted to the smell of Soviet diesel fuel, ran under Soviet tanks instead of German tanks when unleashed, creating an explosives hazard for the Red Army tanks crews.

What is the craziest military tactic ever used?

Brent Cooper's answer: Soviet Anti-Tank Suicide Dogs The concept seemed reasonable . In the 1930s, the USSR trained dogs to wear explosive vests and run under oncoming tanks. The dogs were small. Fast. And would be hard to hit with rifle fire. In combat, the dogs would then be detonated while n...

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[aziqbal]

Soviets killed more of themselves than the Germans did just as Chinese killed more of themselves than Japan did

and there is a story of the German Tiger II or the King Tiger at Monte Carlo which destroyed over 27 allied tanks before running out of shells

Panzer divisions were the best mechanised divisions in history

and the best Commandeer was Field Marshal Rommel aka the Desert Fox

had he has his way there would have been no USSR after 1945

 

[Titanium100]

 

[kankan326]

Soviets killed more of themselves than the Germans did just as Chinese killed more of themselves than Japan did

and there is a story of the German Tiger II or the King Tiger at Monte Carlo which destroyed over 27 allied tanks before running out of shells

Panzer divisions were the best mechanised divisions in history

and the best Commandeer was Field Marshal Rommel aka the Desert Fox

had he has his way there would have been no USSR after 1945

During revolution times, UK and France also killed themselves more than their enemies. It's just Russia and China's revolution times are several hundred years later than UK and France. So people have fresh memory. Your theory is absurd.

 

[Stranagor]

Soviets killed more of themselves than the Germans did just as Chinese killed more of themselves than Japan did

and there is a story of the German Tiger II or the King Tiger at Monte Carlo which destroyed over 27 allied tanks before running out of shells

Panzer divisions were the best mechanised divisions in history

and the best Commandeer was Field Marshal Rommel aka the Desert Fox

had he has his way there would have been no USSR after 1945

US people killed more of themselves than the British did.

 

[Nan Yang]

American civil war casualties.

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In total the war left between 620,000 and 750,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties.

 

[Oldman1]

US people killed more of themselves than the British did.

Russia and China did even better.

Doolittle Raid, surprise the Japanese as to where the bombers came from since they took all the islands within reach from Japanese mainland. This action led to Battle of Midway and shift the war to Allies side.

 

[El Sidd]

Poor dolphins.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

the Soviets realized that training the dogs with Soviet tanks might have been a bad idea. The USSR’s tanks ran on diesel while the Wehrmacht’s ran on gasoline. Whoops!
Soviet tank dogs, attracted to the smell of Soviet diesel fuel, ran under Soviet tanks instead of German tanks when unleashed, creating an explosives hazard for the Red Army tanks crews.

I thought it was because they'd accidentally used German Shepherds and they were just defending the motherland.

Anything for mein fuhrer!!!

 

[Azadkashmir]

well if you are starving and at same time you got stalin gulags to look forward to after doing service its better to die.

 

[Ich]

Soviet Anti-Tank Suicide Dogs

The concept seemed reasonable . In the 1930s, the USSR trained dogs to wear explosive vests and run under oncoming tanks. The dogs were small. Fast. And would be hard to hit with rifle fire.
In combat, the dogs would then be detonated while near the tank’s soft underbelly. It seems like a good idea. Right? Wrong. When it came time to use the dogs against Nazi tanks in World War II, the Soviets realized that training the dogs with Soviet tanks might have been a bad idea. The USSR’s tanks ran on diesel while the Wehrmacht’s ran on gasoline. Whoops!
Soviet tank dogs, attracted to the smell of Soviet diesel fuel, ran under Soviet tanks instead of German tanks when unleashed, creating an explosives hazard for the Red Army tanks crews.

What is the craziest military tactic ever used?

Brent Cooper's answer: Soviet Anti-Tank Suicide Dogs The concept seemed reasonable . In the 1930s, the USSR trained dogs to wear explosive vests and run under oncoming tanks. The dogs were small. Fast. And would be hard to hit with rifle fire. In combat, the dogs would then be detonated while n...

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I cant see any crazy thing there.