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11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/3/2013 9:43:58 PM   
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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/3/2013 10:27:25 PM   
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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/3/2013 11:05:12 PM   
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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/3/2013 11:09:03 PM   
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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/4/2013 12:51:27 AM   
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What I read about the Soviet dog bombs was that the dogs dig not distinguish between Soviet or German tanks. So the program was stopped pretty quick.

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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/4/2013 4:19:19 AM   
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Or the balloon bombs japan tried to use against the US.


That would have been a good inclusion, since they were responsible for the only WWII war fatalities within the United States proper. (Alaska and Hawaii were not states at the time.)

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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/4/2013 1:04:59 PM   
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... What I read about the Soviet dog bombs was that the dogs dig not distinguish between Soviet or German tanks. So the program was stopped pretty quick.


Actually it was stopped because the dogs were trained on Soviet tanks, which used a different fuel than those of the Germans; the dogs would naturally follow the smell of the tanks they were trained on: the Russians!

And yes, that program was stopped pronto.

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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/4/2013 1:08:21 PM   
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RE: 11 "unusual" WW2 weapons - 6/4/2013 3:05:50 PM   
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