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Poster fun - antitank dogs v. incendiary pigs.

Unknown author.

Can't help thinking that whoever composed this poster was having a little historical in-joke here. The Soviet anti-tank dog was, for various reasons already discussed In Here, not a very successful weapon (to put it mildly). The same cannot be said for the "incendiary pig". Incendiary pigs were a weapon of considerable importance in warfare in the 12th-14th century period, in particular, in the art of undermining castle and town walls. The basic recipe for undermining a castle wall might read as follows: 1. Dig a mine under a likely section of the castle wall, using the usual ingredients (shovels, picks, wooden pit props, Welshmen, etc.). Watch out for countermining by castle's defenders. 2. Steal as many fat pigs as possible from local peasants. Bear in mind that most medieval "domestic" pigs were not particularly fat. Also bear in mind that these semi-wild pigs are dangerous while herding them to the castle location. 3. Slaughter pigs. 4. Pack pigs, along with firewood, pitch and other flammables, into chamber at the end of your mine, under the castle wall. 5. Set fire to pigs, etc. 6. Pigs, assisted by firewood, pitch etc., create a violent fire, burning away pit props that are all there is supporting the castle wall section above. 7. Wall collapses in an explosion of smoke, flames, falling blocks, pork scratchings etc. 8. Attackers swarm through the gap in the wall, and slaughter defenders. Eating scratchings, chittlings etc. from the debris optional. No kidding. The incendiary pig was the real deal. Yours from the Dungeons, JR.