Willyslancs Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Never seen one :wow: caption:- “Synthetic JEEPS – Here’s a jeep you simply blow up like you do a tire. It doesn’t go anywhere, of course, but it is designed to deceive at distances up to 500 feet. Pneumatic jeep, high fidelity model, is one of many used as decoys during the war. Tanks and guns were also made of rubber for purposes of subterfuge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 seems quite detailed for a decoy, i have heard of these but i never knew they made them with so much detail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I've often wondered what happened to the hundreds of rubber inflatable Shermans that were littered around South England during the months leading up to D-Day..........did any survive ?? anyone know of any??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I've often wondered what happened to the hundreds of rubber inflatable Shermans that were littered around South England during the months leading up to D-Day..........did any survive ?? anyone know of any??? I would expect that they re-used the rubber or just let them rot away in a warehouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Just found this pic of an inflatable bedford mw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 I've often wondered what happened to the hundreds of rubber inflatable Shermans that were littered around South England during the months leading up to D-Day..........did any survive ?? anyone know of any??? I heard from a reliable source they were stolen by inflatable rubber dolls... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Inflatable plane!!..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 take a look at this, sort of a modern equivalent http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017058/What-let-Russia-tricks-enemies-inflatable-army-tanks-planes.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickmow Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 We had them in Germany in the 1980's ! I was on the Brigade Air liason Officers det. We had a Spartan and would cabby a splendid RAF pilot type around BAOR. For training we had an inflatable BMP1 and a T72, we used to set them up so when we were training with Jets they had a "realistic" Warsaw Pact type target to pretend to attack. We even floated the BMP on a canal, I saw the photos taken by a Jaguar of us all sat on top of it on the water in our shorts :cool2:, I wonder why the Russians never came over the border. Sure Ive got a photo or two somwhere will have to dig them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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