Inflatable dummy tanks were a critical tactic in battlefield deception

March 4, 2017 Posted By: Leave a comment
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c. 1939

Soldiers lift up an inflatable rubber dummy tank in England.

IMage: Roger Viollet/Getty Images

From their first use on the Western Front in 1916,  heavily armed and armored tanks could sway the outcome of a battle with their presence. As such, armies quickly developed...

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