Germany used dogs laden with explosives as well. They used mainly german sheppards.
I don’t deleive they used Dobermans but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. If you look on YouTube you will find videos of this tactic being deployed on the russians during the retreat of late 43 and 44. It’s a shame that such woundedful animals would be used in such a brutal way and this speaks volumes regarding the hard truth that there are no rules to war.

“I was enjoying reading about the use of dogs ( specifically dobermans ) in war time until I ran across misleading, and incomplete historical fact. What I found particularly disturbing was the following:

A testament to the cruelty, wastefulness and sadness of war, was the use of suicide dogs. These dog victims of war were packed with explosives that were remotely detonated once the dog was near an enemy tank.

While it is true, ONE COUNTRY did use dogs in this manner. It was ONLY one country ( The USSR ) and it was only for a period of approximately a year. Starting in late 1941/early 1942 and was discontinued by 1943 due to the fact that German troops countered this tactic by shooting every dog that crossed their sights. It is disingenuous to imply that Doberman’s were used for this terrible task. The Soviet Army used ANY & All dogs big enough to carry the required explosive charge. Given the historical origins of the breed, it would be unlikely to think they were used or even available in the Soviet Union. Doberman’s have such a noble history of military service it taints their contributions by suggesting this was a wide spread act and that Doberman’s were commonly used in this way.”