Inflatable tanks and flat-pack guns

In June 2023, he began to spread to pro -war Russian social media channels, and apparently shows a drone that destroys the Ukrainian tank in a large explosion.

But it’s not everything he appears in the Russian-Ukraine War.

This video watched the images of Ukraine showing a smiling soldier who pointed to the burning wreck and screaming: “They hit my wooden tank!”

The tank seems to be a plywood trap used by the Ukrainian forces to deceive the Russians.

Both Ukraine and Russia are one of the thousands of full -scale military equipment models used to waste the enemy, valuable ammunition, time and effort.

Almost everything seen on the façade – from small radars and grenade launchers to jeeps, trucks, tanks and real soldiers – can be fake.

These imitations can come in flat packages, may be swelling, may be 2D, or can create a tank radar illusion by reflecting radio waves in a special way.

In the case of some types of weapons deployed in Ukraine, at least half of them are actually saliva imitations.

Among the most popular traps used by the Ukrainian army are models of British made of M77777. Western allies, Kiv’e Ukrainian soldiers nicknamed “Three Axes” nicknamed this extremely maneuver and more than 150 of the right artillery pieces.

As in many other types of equipment used by the Ukrainian army, volunteers play an important role in providing trap models.

Ruslan Klimenko said that the volunteer group Na Chasi made approximately 160 m777 model to the Ukrainian forces alone and provided. What makes them particularly popular is that they buy three minutes, two people and no vehicle to come together on the front. “No matter how many it is delivered, they will all be used well.”

Pavlo Narozhny, a other volunteer group called Reaktyvna Poshta, says that the 10-15 m7777 trap is in production at any time.

Reaktyvna Poshta’s traps come from plywood, smooth packages and about $ 500 – 600 dollars.

Russia targets them with Lancet Kamikaze drones, which usually cost $ 35,000. “You are doing math,” says Mr. Narozhny.

One of the M777 traps nicknamed Toya has spent on the front for more than a year and claims that he survived at least 14 launch.

The troops say, “Keep bringing together with a little sticky tapes and screws, and Mr. Narozhny says.

Most depends on how the traps are deployed. To successfully draw the enemy fire, it helps to recreate a real position completed with wheel ruts, ammunition crates and toilets. When done properly, this can deceive not only the enemy, but also the officers.

Ukraine’s 33rd Mechanized Brigade, “We had a example of a brigade where a guest commander was deceived by a trap: ‘Where did the M777s come from? Where did the M777s come from?” Says.

According to him, another tactic is to quickly remove real balls such as fees after use and replace them with traps.

“It is ideal for deceiving the enemy and wasting expensive resources for nothing. They work, we need more, or he says.

Russia’s trap arsenal is also rich and diverse.

The Ukrainian army says about half of the drones in any of Russia’s latest air strikes are actually cheap imitations.

Ukraine Air Force Spokesman Yuri Ihnat, “fifty fifty. Fifty -fifty. Fifty percent of the real shahed drone and fifty percent imitation unmanned aerial vehicles.

However, when he’s in the air, he looks the same as a deadly Shahli drone to Ukrainian radars, Col Ihnat says.

A Russian company Rusbal produces imitations containing 2D traps to mislead the intelligence meeting from Air or space, motors from soldiers’ radio or traps that mimic the heat of the radio traffic and the reflectors deceiving the enemy’s radars.

Real soldiers can also be imitated. Volunteers from the front movement of people supported by the Kremlin in Novosibirsk made models of military uniforms. To imitate the human temperature and thus to deceive Ukrainian thermal imaging cameras, the bodies are wrapped with heating wire at the bottom of the jacket.

But of course, the traps are not a new idea in war.

In preparation for D-DAY Landings, A completely fake army group was established in the UKIt is equipped with puppet tanks and trap planes.

They were all part of a detailed trick to hide the reality on the ground and give the surprise element they needed to start their attacks on the Allies.

Since the Second World War, military technology has developed to a great extent. For example, drones and unmanned systems on the battlefield are a great innovation in this war.

But whatever new destruction weapons do to the battlefield, even with something simple as a burst baby, subterfugge and cheating will always play a role in war.