Dummy tanks have been used since WWI and were used to great effect during WWII. One of their primary purposes is to get the opposing army to waste money and ammunition on a decoy. High-tech equipment ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Vikram Mittal is a contributor who covers aerospace and defense. Ukrainian decoy of a Leopard 2A4 tank deployed in the Donetsk ...

Russia is using inflatable tanks as decoys in Ukraine. An expert told Insider that they can be effective, but not in the way Russia uses them. The Russian decoys are too obvious and unlikely to trick ...

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Sep 25, 2023, 05:33pm EDT The 45th Separate Camouflage Engineer Regiment erects a decoy tank in 2018. The Russian army’s 45th Separate ...

New footage circulating online appears to show a Kyiv drone operator zoning in on a Russian decoy T-72 tank as inflatable military equipment makes a reappearance in the grinding war in Ukraine. A clip ...

In June 2023, a video started spreading on pro-war Russian social media channels, apparently showing a drone destroying a Ukrainian tank in a massive explosion. But not everything is what it seems in ...

DECIN, Czech Republic, March 6 (Reuters) - Losing a tank or valued U.S.-made high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) can hurt an army less if the weapon is a cheap inflatable decoy placed on ...

Enter the Dummy Tank Forbes contributor Vikram Mittal reported that Moscow and Kyiv have been "deploying increasing advanced decoy tanks." This isn't the first time that decoys have been employed in a ...

Since World War II, militaries have used “dummy” tanks to trick the enemy in many ways, and the deceptive technology has only become more advanced. The ongoing fighting in Ukraine has seen some of the ...