Anti-tank dog

[4 Scale]

Originally Posted by Mark1

That the German Army of the Nazi era was so dependent on draught animals was a surprise to me.

I was also surprised to learn this. I've learned that 80% of German Army transport during WWII was by horse.

I was further surprised when I learned that German pistol production was on allocation to their service branches from the beginning of re-armament in 1933 to the end of the war.

The reason this information surprised me was, I had been taught in school that one of the reasons the U.S. entered WWII was to prevent the Germans from taking over the world. Reliance on horses and a shortage of pistols seemed odd for an adversary with such ambitions.