In 1945 the British Army experimented with the idea of parachuting mules into Burma. The mules were sedated and strapped to a padded wooden platform fitted with statichutes to keep it level - all survived but the scheme never became operational. #MuleMonday 📷 Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
The gruesome thing I read was that vets removed the vocal chords of mules used in Chindit raids so they couldn't alert the enemy by braying (I think in The Road Past Mandalay by John Masters).
This is true. Whilst gruesome in its requirement the actual procedure was super quick, which is something I suppose.
Would love to know what operational concept this was supposed to serve. Also, wtf?!
from what I’ve read so far, it was to help keep LRP/efforts behind enemy lines moving as quickly as possible when their mules popped their clogs, but the number of people and resources involved in actually getting the mules prepped and deployed was always going to be huge so seems mad to me.