Effectiveness of Soviet Anti-Tank Dogs

According to Soviet documents (Soviet General Staff Study) in the Battle of Kursk a mere 16 dogs destroyed (“blown up“) 12 German tanks. I found this quite “interesting“, so I took a closer look. So in this video we look closer at this effectiveness, for this we also look at German sources and other aspects as well of these “Minenhunde“ (mine dogs) as the Germans called them. Disclaimer: This video contains a product placement of my own merchandise on . Special Thanks to Dr. Roman Töppel for looking into his sources and notes. Cover design by vonKickass. Timestamps to related Content 00: 26- Operation Barbarossa – 01:44 – Defensive Tactics at Kursk – 02:31 – Prokhorovka – 03: 06 – How to Kill a Tiger – 04:52 – Tank Kill Claims – 05:15 – Effectiveness of the Flak 88 – 08:03 – German Perspective at Kursk – 08:55 – Panther: The most controversial Panzer – 09:36 – NATO Counter Guide - »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - » subscribe star - » paypal donation - »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - » SOURCES « Glantz, David M. (ed.); Orenstein, Harold S. (ed.): The Battle for Kursk 1943. The Soviet General Staff Study. Frank Cass: Portland, OR, USA: 1999 (1990). Zamulin, Valeriy: The Battle of Kursk. Controversial and neglected Aspects. Helion & Company: England, 2017. Jentz, Thomas L.: The Dreaded Threat. The 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37 in the Anti-Tank Role. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, USA, 2001. Steiger, Rudolf: Panzertaktik im Spiegel deutscher Kriegstagebücher 1939-1941. Verlag Rombach: Freiburg, Germany, 1973. Karl-Heinz Frieser, Klaus Schmider, Klaus Schönherr, Gerhard Schreiber, Krisztián Ungváry, Bernd Wegner: Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg, Band 8: Die Ostfront 1943/44 – Der Krieg im Osten und an den Nebenfronten. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, 2007. ENGLISH VERSION: Germany and the Second World War – Volume 8 – The Eastern Front 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts. #SovietAntiTankDogs #AntiTankDogs #Minenhunde