MANNEQUINS IN MILITARY

 BATTLE OF YONGQIU

Military use of mannequins is recorded amongst the ancient Chinese, such as at the Battle of Yongqiu.There, the Tang army (which was under attack) tied scarecrows to rope and lowered them down the walls of the castles. They were instantly targeted by archers. This served two purposes. The first was to lure the fire away from the Tang soldiers, and the second was to replenish the supply of arrows. 

Once the scarecrows were full of arrows, they would be pulled back up to the top, and the arrows would be reused by the archers. 

WORLD WAR I

Mannequins were also used in World War I, which was fought in many places with trench warfare, where each side had dug a large trench to stage attacks from. Typically, these battles were ongoing stalemates. 

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.

SimMan 3G: THE MILITARY MANNEQUIN

This area of mannequin production for military and other forces for training, has elevated the quality of high-tech dummies that now serve as first-aid crash-test simulators that breathe, blink, cough, bleed, secrete liquids from the eyes, nose and mouth and even urinate as real persons.

SimMan 3G, is wireless, battery-operated and remote-controlled mannequin made to simulate a wide range of realistic combat medicine-scenarios.  If medics don’t stop the bleeding, SimMan 3G will die.  Computers monitor how medics react to simulations and the debriefing data helps them improve their performance.

A whole new level for dummies!!!