Combat Rabbits?

[ebb]

The home page that I can't seem to get rid of has a bunch of news stories and one this morning had a spot about Russians get killed by snipers with the help of combat rabbits. What in world is a combat rabbit? We have a bumper crop of squirrels this year and they hate my wife's mini–Australian Shepards so bad that they chew off pinecones and drop them on the dogs. But I am clueless on a combat rabbit.

 

[whatsupdoc]

 

[Conaso]

They're Eastern European Pointers - rabbits trained to sneak up on Russians, pointing out their positions. Instead of raising their tail like a dog they're also trained to use their ears like semaphore flags, tricky little bastards.

 

[Fuj]

A dogs nose is the most sensitive of all. Train to sniff out vodka.....

 

[wedgy]

Russian soldiers killed after being lured out by "combat rabbits"—Ukraine

"Combat rabbits, trained in the secret laboratories of the Ukrainian special services, lured a group of Russians," said a video posted by Ukraine's intelligence agency.

www.newsweek.com

I'm still not sure what a combat rabbit is....

 

[divingin]

From what I glean after a bit of searching, Ukraine is putting rabbits (literally rabbits) in the field that offer an IR target for Russian forces to investigate. That draws the Russians into the open.

 

[3Sigma]

From what I glean after a bit of searching, Ukraine is putting rabbits (literally rabbits) in the field that offer an IR target for Russian forces to investigate. That draws the Russians into the open.

So, they are bait.

 

[divingin]

Pretty much. Maybe more like decoys, I guess.

 

[sqrlgtr]

We used to keep magizines with bunnies in the tree house when I was growing up....what was we talking about???

 

[dfrosch]

If it's on the internet, it has to be true.

 

[joshb]

I think something was lost in translation. The Ukrainian words for “strippers” and “bunnies” are almost interchangeable!

 

[jelenko]

I think something was lost in translation. The Ukrainian words for “strippers” and “bunnies” are almost interchangeable!

Well, putting strippers into the field would probably catch some attention!

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Putin must have got a deal on thermal from Xi.

 

[KMart]

If some enterprising officer in the US military tried the rabbit trick today, he would most likely be facing a court martial.

 

[markT]

Maybe this is what they were talking about? Bunny snow at 1.30

 

[joshb]

 

[ebb]

Now thats just silly, everyone knows he is going to get rabbit kicked when he pulls the trigger.

 

[Wolfdog91]

Mabye similar to a barracks bunny ? In that case....never mind