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WOW! My son showed me some stuff on this when he was a SEAL. Not promising.

They have come a long way and made a stunning product.

There were plans to arm it, too. Think of a running dog with a gyro-stabilized SAW on it.

This gives new meaning to Shakespeare's "Let Slip the Dogs of War" in Julius Caesar.

In the early sixties, we had the Army Mechanical Mule. It was a 4WD low flatbed ATV-like thing that had controls that allowed the driver to crawl on the ground beside it if under fire. It also could carry more than its own weight, a first at the time. It was quite effective with quad fifties mounted low. You could crawl up front, then fire kneeling from behind, protected by sandbags. I think it was under-utilized, but it couldn't do narrow track work like this dog.

In the Korean War, the Chinese starved dogs, and fed them with food underneath a tank. They were then turned loose on the battlefield wearing satchel charges or mines with magnetic detonators. Guess where they went looking for food. I'm sure Pavlov spun in his grave over that one.

That sucker is scary.

how cool is this....cant wait untill they manufacture these things more affordably. I predict they would be very handy at a tailgate.

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Originally posted by olroy:
That sucker is scary.

You know, sometimes real things is scarier than the wildest fantasy.

We are movie buffs, and Susan watches bad movies, particularly science fiction, so I get to see all manner of robots, aliens, terminator thingies, etc. The full gamut, from Ed Wood through Harry Harryhousen to ILM and other CG stuff.

The only two visuals that have ever frightened and fascinated me were Harry Harryhousen's dragon's teeth and this thing. One was not real, of course, but they were real skeletons, so almost real.

BTW, the British The Descent had some pretty scary monsters.

I can see a whole bunch of police departments rushing to form a swat team so they can buy one of these with federal funds.

In keeping with the title of this thread, There are "Dogs" and there are "Big Dogs", this picture is worth a look.

That sucker is even scarier.

Looks like a bull mastiff - they're really sweethearts (especially if you like a LOT of dog slobber...)

You want to see dog slobber, watch the early Tom Hanks movie, "Turner & Hooch." If "Hooch," wasn't a bull mastiff, he'll do until the real thing comes along.