I saw this browsing strangemilitary.com... Ive never seen anything like this!
Anyone know the story behind this pic?
http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/129073.html
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| Author: | Elroy13 [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | German Anti-tank donkey??? |
I saw this browsing strangemilitary.com... Ive never seen anything like this! Anyone know the story behind this pic?
http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/129073.html |
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| Author: | muddyboots [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:21 pm ] |
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well, that's a panzerfaust mounted on a donkey. The legs and frame are seriously rube glodberg, but it looks like a serious atempt to make a remote control pzfaust launcher. They lost a lot of troops getting lcose enough to tanks to kill them, so... |
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| Author: | bugazon [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:33 pm ] |
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My question is if the badmitton raquet is an antenne or a bug deflector for high speed intercepts? 
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| Author: | muddyboots [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:01 pm ] |
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um...that's a diamond shaped frame mounted on top of a pole in front of the house behind the donkey... |
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| Author: | Elroy13 [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:05 pm ] |
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muddyboots wrote: um...that's a diamond shaped frame mounted on top of a pole in front of the house behind the donkey...
I think its a Nazi "dream catcher"! 
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| Author: | muddyboots [ Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:31 pm ] |
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It was a German airborne soldier in Italy. They were goofing around with the idea of a "mountain Tank" |
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| Author: | Junkyard36 [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:28 pm ] |
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Interesting site - thanks for posting Elroy! Mike |
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| Author: | Jack Cook [ Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | ???? |
Actually this was encountered in Iraq. A friend wrote about it in his book "The Devil's Sandbox". M-1 vs donkey towing cart with mounted RPG. 'Gunner target right uparmored donkey & cart' 'identifed!' 'Up!' 'Fire!' 'On the way!' Ka-boom and splat! |
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| Author: | Ztex [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:49 pm ] |
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Didn't the Afghans have a Mule mounted (or transported) anti aircraft gun in the war with the Soviets? |
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| Author: | muddyboots [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: ???? |
Jack Cook wrote: Actually this was encountered in Iraq. A friend wrote about it in his book
"The Devil's Sandbox". M-1 vs donkey towing cart with mounted RPG. 'Gunner target right uparmored donkey & cart' 'identifed!' 'Up!' 'Fire!' 'On the way!' Ka-boom and splat! I can't help but think what a waste of an HE round. That's way overkill 
But makes a heck of a war story, eh? |
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| Author: | 308WK Crew Member [ Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:52 pm ] |
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Ztex wrote: Didn't the Afghans have a Mule mounted (or transported) anti aircraft gun in the war with the Soviets?
That actually seems like it would make a lot of sense. Mountainous terrain, plus the desire to have something that would blend in a bit better, or at least look like it could be non combatants. |
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| Author: | Elroy13 [ Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:44 pm ] |
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ok,...  Now who's side is this little donkey on???
http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/121804.html I guess when he gets tired, they carry him!? |
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