During the entire period of the siege of Leningrad, after the siege and after the end of the war, the battalion carried out
The difficult and dangerous work of clearing the Leningrad region of enemy mines.
«Experience has shown that the dog, with its unusually keen sense of smell and innate desire to search, has become a valuable, and in some cases, irreplaceable assistant to the sapper» (from the report of Lieutenant Colonel P.A. Zavodchikov)
Sappers and mine-detection dogs of the 34th separate mine-detection dog battalion discovered and defused more than 700,000 mines, land mines, and unexploded ordnance.
Mine-detection dogs of the 34th separate mine-detection battalion (from left to right) Dick, Jack, Beetle, Deika, Inga, Mig.
The difficult and dangerous work of clearing the Leningrad region of enemy mines.
«Experience has shown that the dog, with its unusually keen sense of smell and innate desire to search, has become a valuable, and in some cases, irreplaceable assistant to the sapper» (from the report of Lieutenant Colonel P.A. Zavodchikov)
Sappers and mine-detection dogs of the 34th separate mine-detection dog battalion discovered and defused more than 700,000 mines, land mines, and unexploded ordnance.
Mine-detection dogs of the 34th separate mine-detection battalion (from left to right) Dick, Jack, Beetle, Deika, Inga, Mig.
