There is a fairly famous painting that one of the soldiers drew that depicted two French Cyclists that accidentally crossed into a restricted area. In that area there were four American soldiers lifting what the cyclists thought was a four ton Sherman tank. What they really saw was Americans lifting an inflatable tank that was about 90 lbs.(smithsoniamag.com) Rubber was the Ghost Armies main weapon. They used rubber for fake tanks, people, artillery launchers, and other armored vehicles and weaponry. Along with rubber the ghost army used real tanks and bulldozers to create fake tank tracks to make it look as if dozens of tanks were rolling around when really one vehicle made a bunch of tracks. Then they would surgically place the fake tank at the end of the tracks and it looked very convincing. The next main thing that the unit used was sound or sonic warfare. The unit would have these enormous speakers with a sound range of 15 miles that projected sounds like tanks moving and people working. The speakers would be attached to armored vehicles. When all their tricks and deception were synthesized together they would create an extremely convincing mirage. (The ghost
There is a fairly famous painting that one of the soldiers drew that depicted two French Cyclists that accidentally crossed into a restricted area. In that area there were four American soldiers lifting what the cyclists thought was a four ton Sherman tank. What they really saw was Americans lifting an inflatable tank that was about 90 lbs.(smithsoniamag.com) Rubber was the Ghost Armies main weapon. They used rubber for fake tanks, people, artillery launchers, and other armored vehicles and weaponry. Along with rubber the ghost army used real tanks and bulldozers to create fake tank tracks to make it look as if dozens of tanks were rolling around when really one vehicle made a bunch of tracks. Then they would surgically place the fake tank at the end of the tracks and it looked very convincing. The next main thing that the unit used was sound or sonic warfare. The unit would have these enormous speakers with a sound range of 15 miles that projected sounds like tanks moving and people working. The speakers would be attached to armored vehicles. When all their tricks and deception were synthesized together they would create an extremely convincing mirage. (The ghost