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Bamboo Bombers and Stone Tanks—Japanese Decoys Used in World War II (11 photos)

Armies have used decoys and lures for as long as people have been fighting wars. In World War II, all sides made use of deceptive techniques, (for example The Inflatable Tanks That Fooled Hitler.)  While researching photographs from that era at the U.S. National Archives, I came across several images I had not seen before. They featured Japanese dummy aircraft made of bamboo and wood planking. I later found several other photos of Japanese decoys from World War II—and images of a pair of mystery military vehicles (last two photos), that maybe you can help identify.

A dummy four-engine bomber aircraft made of wood, with propellers and wheels made from planks and bamboo struts to support the wings. The illusion is enhanced by the use of plants and netting, as if a real aircraft were being camouflaged. This image, and several others below were taken by U.S. military photographers in captured Japanese territory near the end of World War II, ca. 1945. From the U.S. National Archives, Records of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey, (U.S. National Archives)
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/04/bamboo-bombers-and-stone-tanksjapanese-decoys-used-in-world-war-ii/480186/