paradummy
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thumb|right|150px|British "Rupert" at Merville Gun Battery Museum in France thumb|right|200px|British "Rupert" at Merville Bunker D-Day Museum in France thumb|right|150px|Film prop from the 1962 war film The Longest Day (film)|The Longest Day at Airborne Museum of [[Sainte-Mère-Église in France]]
A paradummy is a military deception device first used in World War II, intended to imitate a drop of paratroop attackers. This can cause the enemy to shift forces or fires unnecessarily, or lure enemy troops into staged ambushes.