Zvezda 3611 1/35 Dogs Fighting Against Tanks - Soviet Soldiers (3pcs) & Dogs (3pcs) w/Anti-tank Bombs

In 1941 and 1942, a sever shortage of anti-tank weapons forced the Soviet army to take drastic measures to blunt the German advance. The army ordered the training of more than 60,000 dogs in a special program, and equipped them with back bags filled with 2-4 kgs of explosives and an antenna detonator.
The dogs were trained to run under enemy tanks from a short distance away, quickly reaching the dead zone of the tank??s machine guns. Tank crews would not have enough time to target such small targets moving quickly. The antenna detonator merely had to brush the metal of the tank before the bomb exploded.
The first battalion of anti-tank dogs reached the front in July, 1941. Over the course of the war, they would be credited with destroying more than 300 Germ