Balloon German Panther Tank

[Torplexed]

Possibly a last ditch attempt by the Third Reich at reactive armor plating? :D Actually, I was thinking it looks a bit more like the long-barreled Panzerkampfwagen IV than a Panther, but it's still fun.

Certainly a must for any junior Panzer General's birthday.

The photos were taken by German artist Hans Hemert and they prove that design, creativity and art go hand in hand. And last but not least, there’s no telling what you can do with a bunch of seemingly “normal” balloons.
http://ingesidee.de/dateien/grafiken/de/_german_panther_2007_luftballon_luft_kleber_balloo n_air_glou_960_x370_x_300cm-l.jpg

http://ingesidee.de/dateien/grafiken/de/_german_panther_1b-l.jpg

Here's the original link...
http://ingesidee.de/page.php?pgid=63&lang=en&subpage=1

[Stealth Hunter]

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW, I SAY UNTO THE CIRCUS FOLKS!?:stare:

[Jimbuna]

Plenty of 'BANG' for a small price. :DL

[Platapus]

Inflatable decoys are becoming more common and are of high fidelity.


But if you go with the lowest bidder.........


:D

[Oberon]

Nice! :up:

Reminds me of these:

http://nbnl.globalwhelming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/inflatable-tank-400x316.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/3248545550_a3f195c55c.jpg

Shame that inflatable tank warfare never really caught on...

[SgtPotato]

Shame that inflatable tank warfare never really caught on...

Actually, it did. Inflatable objects, like tanks and planes, were used by the british magician, Jasper Maskelyne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne

[NeonSamurai]

nah thats a panther, look at how the balloons slope at the front to help deflect spitballs

[Oberon]

Actually, it did. Inflatable objects, like tanks and planes, were used by the british magician, Jasper Maskelyne.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Maskelyne)

I meant more like inflatable tanks engaging inflatable tanks ;) I knew about the decoys, hence the pics. The whole of Southern England was littered with them in the run up to D-Day :03:

[Platapus]

Now if we can only get the military's of the world to fight with inflatable bullets and shells, we might be on to something. :shucks:

[Torplexed]

Nice! :up:

Shame that inflatable tank warfare never really caught on...

Looks like it's still around in some quarters. :cool: I may have to trade in my RPG for a pin.

http://www.hemmy.net/images/interesting/militaryballoon02.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interesting/militaryballoon03.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interesting/militaryballoon04.jpg
http://www.hemmy.net/images/interesting/militaryballoon05.jpg

[Letum]

Just out of interest...
Do the modern bouncy tanks have heat signatures?

[Oberon]

I'd imagine for them to be proper decoys they'd have a heater in the area of the engine or some kind of hot water tank or something. Otherwise it'd fail as soon as someone switched on Thermal. :hmmm:

Great pics though Torp, I honestly didn't realise that that kind of decoy was still going! :o Chinese I take it?

And Platapus, I hear you mate, wouldn't that be something? :yeah:

[Jimbuna]

Non of them have any chance when pitted against the modern infantrymans latest portable anti-tank missile :smug:

http://blogs.omniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/plastic_dart.jpg

[Oberon]

I thought you'd be using a Javelin?

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb273/toshiromifunesletteropener/RIMSHOT.jpg

...I'll get my coat...

[bookworm_020]

Is it hydrogen powered????:hmmm:

[Platapus]

Just out of interest...
Do the modern bouncy tanks have heat signatures?

Depends on the fidelity of the decoy. Higher fidelity decoys cost more and are more difficult to deploy.

I have seen some of the Chinese inflatable military decoys and some of them are very high fidelity :salute:

Optical, Radar, Thermal, Spectral All depends on how much you want to spend.