German Anti-tank donkey???

Tue Aug 28, 2007 4:26 pm

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

Tue Aug 28, 2007 5:21 pm

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...

Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:33 pm

My question is if the badmitton raquet is an antenne or a bug deflector for high speed intercepts?

Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:01 pm

um...that's a diamond shaped frame mounted on top of a pole in front of the house behind the donkey...

Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:05 pm

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"! :roll:

Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:31 pm

It was a German airborne soldier in Italy. They were goofing around with the idea of a "mountain Tank"

Website · Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:28 pm

Interesting site - thanks for posting Elroy!

Mike

Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:08 pm

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!

Tue Sep 04, 2007 4:49 pm

Didn't the Afghans have a Mule mounted (or transported) anti aircraft gun in the war with the Soviets?

Tue Sep 04, 2007 5:33 pm

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?

Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:52 pm

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.

Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:44 pm

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!?

German Anti-tank donkey???

German Anti-tank donkey???

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