Another unusual means of draught military transport - very usual, in fact, in places like India and South Africa, but not on the Russian Front, as here, where oxen are used to give a bit of impetus to a mud-swamped German vehicle. Best regards, JR.
A very nice photo gallery. My opinion: the animals, included the savage beast, are better of the man. Best regards, Victor Sierra
I once heard a story of how the Maquis once knocked out a Panther tank being drawn by oxen to save fuel. This was just prior to D-Day IIRC. The Resistance members ambushed the Germans and hit the flank with a Piat. A bunch of French farmers hurriedly ran out and drained the greenish motor oil into buckets as they couldn’t get lubricants for their machinery during the war…
That’s some amazing story Nick .I’m curious how many oxen one would need to move a 45 ton beast 