Dummy kit

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  1. Owen

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    cant say I've seen this one before.
    Soldier of the 1st Company, 13th Battalion, 5th Wilno Brigade (5th Kresowa Division, 2nd Polish Corps) demonstrating a method of operating the 'George' or 'Polish V3' decoy dummy soldier. It was designed to divert enemy fire and, at the same time, to gauge the strength of the enemy fire power. Photograph taken at the company position at River Senio, 400 metres from the enemy line
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    THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945. © IWM (NA 23328)IWM Non Commercial Licence
     
    Owen, Jan 21, 2016
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  2. gaspirator

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    gaspirator, Jan 22, 2016
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  3. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Reading through the book "D- Day Fortitude South - Kents Wartime Deception" I came across this amusing picture which I thought would go well in this thread

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    Oooops sorry hit go before I had added the pic :(

    TD
     
    Tricky Dicky, Jan 22, 2016
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  4. von Poop

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  5. dbf

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    As per the same IWM images posted earlier in the thread
    From Illustrated London News 02 March 1946
    Illustrated London News 02 March 1946, 2.jpg
     

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  7. Owen

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  8. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    not a good idea on a windy day. Graham. tank1.jpg
     
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  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Grasshopper?
    And I think the fueller a tad dodgy too.
    plane.jpg
     
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    von Poop, Nov 1, 2020
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    von Poop, Feb 5, 2022
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  13. Quarterfinal

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    Supposed to be PzKpfw II ............?
    upload_2022-2-5_13-39-40.jpeg

    Apparently, Luchs can be deceiving.
     
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  14. von Poop

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    Is & IIs, I think.
    Seems to have been a common setup on the training grounds, doesn't it.
     
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  15. Owen

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    Makes me think of the leichttraktors .
     
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  16. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    These were simple dummy tanks, as used for "realistic" training when Germany was not officially allowed to have tanks.
    By the way, this is how the vehicles looked from the front:
    PzAt.jpg
     
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  17. von Poop

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    That's funny. really don't recall seeing many solid crisp shots of the front of 'em.
    Nice.
     
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  18. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    In the Wehrmacht, of course, the construction of dummies to deceive the enemy had to be meticulously regulated in a kind of service regulations:

    T78R621_Seite_0208.jpg T78R621_Seite_0202.jpg T78R621_Seite_0203.jpg T78R621_Seite_0204.jpg T78R621_Seite_0205.jpg

    Such hyperadministration is even today painfully known under the term "Bürokratiefaust/bureaucratic fist" (derived from Panzerfaust)

    see also: panzer attrappen Histomag90.pdf
     
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  19. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

    and why Luchs could be deceiving!
     
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  20. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

    And for the average German, such puns are despairing :confused::surr:
    It actually took a while for the penny to drop
    Oh, perfidious Albion!
    :lol:
     
    ltdan, Feb 5, 2022
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