Saint-Aubin-Sur-Mer, Nan Sector, Juno Beach. June 1944/May 2010. 

Saint-Aubin, Now 

The gun is now facing West, originaly it covered the beach to the East. A plaque on the spot reads the following: "It's crucial positioning protected the gun of any direct fire from the sea, and it could cope with collateral attacks from the beach, the boardwalk and adjacent streets. After having put out of combat the first allied tanks in the morning of June 6th 1944, it was reduced to silence following a heavily armed attack by 3 other tanks". I chose this photo because one can see part of the damage to the bunker, the barrel of the gun was also damaged but can not be seen from this angle.

50mm anti-tank gun, Saint-Aubin

The first method we devised did not involve the sacrifice of animal: the dog was carrying a bomb in a harness on his back with a timer, he loosened the dog, already trained, headed the German Panzer low, his mouth pulled a rope to drop the bomb, after the dog turned to the Russian positions, however, the move proved to be very difficult for dogs, often returning to their trenches without having left the pump with the danger that implies for the troops and their own coaches. 


So decided to simplify the idea. 


The bombs carried on the back now had a kind of fuse wood contact with the fuselage tank exploded taking with Panzer and dog. 


In August 1941 the first of the 30 dogs were ready to pump into combat, although the Soviets were going to buy dogs that his idea of suicide bombers was not as easy to implement. 


Once in combat, the dogs, who had been trained with Soviet tanks were parked, they're afraid of the tanks in motion, in addition to the Panzer worked with gasoline and they were accustomed to the smell of diesel of Russian tanks and so can you imagine that tanks were his favorites, of the 30 dogs, only four managed to detonate their bombs near the German tanks, six became frightened by the sight of their own lines, even with the bombs on his back, causing dozens of casualties themselves and remaining 20 were victims of the shooting Germans and Soviets. 
Saludos  Jorge