Mannequins
Day 1,703, 03:09
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by TooTall
Apparently those shop window dummies have fought in wars too. Their first recorded use (and probably the most clever) was in ancient China.
Military use of mannequins is recorded amongst the ancient Chinese, such as at the Battle of Yongqiu. The besieged Tang army lowered scarecrows down the walls of their castles to lure the fire of the enemy arrows. In this way, they renewed their supplies of arrows. Dummies were also used in the trenches in World War I to lure enemy snipers away from the soldiers...
The area between the trenches was called no man’s land, because running into it would be a guaranteed death. Mannequins were then employed to draw sniper fire so that enemy snipers could be targeted or allied units could move more safely.
Military use of mannequins is recorded amongst the ancient Chinese, such as at the Battle of Yongqiu. The besieged Tang army lowered scarecrows down the walls of their castles to lure the fire of the enemy arrows. In this way, they renewed their supplies of arrows. Dummies were also used in the trenches in World War I to lure enemy snipers away from the soldiers...
The area between the trenches was called no man’s land, because running into it would be a guaranteed death. Mannequins were then employed to draw sniper fire so that enemy snipers could be targeted or allied units could move more safely.
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