In the Battle of Kursk, the 27th separate battalion of mine-detection dogs and tank destroyers (commander Captain Shishov) fought as part of the 6th Guards Army of the Voronezh Front.
On July 6, 1943, on the second day of the Battle of Kursk, tank destroyers on the Voronezh Front blew up three enemy tanks. On July 8, 1943, tank destroyers destroyed 11 Nazi tanks.
At a distance of 50-100 m from each other, separate trenches up to 1.5 m deep were dug for each soldier and dog, which were connected to the general trench by communication passages.
After the Battle of Kursk, in October 1943, the Soviet command decided to disband the tank-destroying dog units, as new types of weapons capable of destroying enemy tanks had emerged. All surviving tank-destroying dogs were retrained as mine-detection dogs. This military profession for dogs was becoming increasingly in demand.
In the photo, handler I.P. Kulakov with a tank destroyer dog. Photo on the Archive of the Museum of the History of Military Dog Breeding.
On July 6, 1943, on the second day of the Battle of Kursk, tank destroyers on the Voronezh Front blew up three enemy tanks. On July 8, 1943, tank destroyers destroyed 11 Nazi tanks.
At a distance of 50-100 m from each other, separate trenches up to 1.5 m deep were dug for each soldier and dog, which were connected to the general trench by communication passages.
After the Battle of Kursk, in October 1943, the Soviet command decided to disband the tank-destroying dog units, as new types of weapons capable of destroying enemy tanks had emerged. All surviving tank-destroying dogs were retrained as mine-detection dogs. This military profession for dogs was becoming increasingly in demand.
In the photo, handler I.P. Kulakov with a tank destroyer dog. Photo on the Archive of the Museum of the History of Military Dog Breeding.
