Quaker gun

US idiomatic

(chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.

Japanese Meaning

敵に実際の火力以上に見せかけるための、作動しない模造銃・大砲。たいていは木製で、戦略的な欺瞞（デコイ）として用いられる / 実際の戦闘能力を持たない、見せかけのみの銃器または砲兵装備

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

膠着状態の間、守備側は接近してくる部隊に砲兵を保有していると信じ込ませるため、丘に木製の模造大砲を据えた。

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"At all events, your honour, I will carry the quaker in," said Joyce, tossing the stuffed figure on a shoulder. "He do to man the quaker gun at least, and may be of use in frightening some one of the other side."

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Quaker guns

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