Another ASL counter - the "flying turkey"

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During the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), Nationalist pilots attached fragile supplies to live turkeys, which descended flapping their wings, thus serving as parachutes which could also be eaten by the defenders of the monastery of Santa Maria de la Cabeza.[31]

Which was from here:


Operation Kitty was fun to read about as well (same source):

The Acoustic Kitty was a CIA project to use surgically modified cats to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies in the 1960s. Despite expenditure of around $10 million, the project failed to produce practical results and was cancelled in 1967. Documents about the project were declassified in 2001.[20][21]
 

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All you East Front tankers (circa 1941), beware: Mine Dogs!
 

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All you East Front tankers (circa 1941), beware: Mine Dogs!
As specified in a General article, like the Soviet flying tank, Pipers, Lightning strikes, and the Maus.
 
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