Gregor Sailer - Potemkin Village
Gregor Sailer01Car manufacturers test vehicle safety at Carson City in Vårgårda, Sweden.
Gregor Sailer02Officials in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia masked forlorn buildings for a BRICS summit in 2015.
Gregor Sailer03The town of Suzdal, Russia, camouflaged dilapidated buildings ahead of a 2013 visit by Vladimir Putin.
Gregor Sailer04Anting New Town outside Shanghai, China resembles a modern German city.
Gregor Sailer05Fake buildings form a Middle Eastern town at Junction City, Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert.
leutner06US troops train at Junction City, Fort Irwin ahead of deployment abroad.
Gregor Sailer07Luodian New Town outside Shanghai, China recalls the urban landscape of Sweden.
Gregor Sailer08Tiefort City is a fake town at Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert.
Gregor Sailer09Buildings rise in the Mojave desert at Alligator Junction, a fake town for simulating urban warefare at Fort Irwin.
Gregor Sailer10New York delis, beauty salons and other shops line the streets of the AstaZero proving ground in Sandhult, Sweden.
Gregor Sailer11Beauséjour is an urban warfare training site at Camp de Sissonne in France.
Gregor Sailer12The French Army conducts urban warfare training at the Complexe de Tir en Zone UrBaine at Camp de Sissonne, France.
Gregor Sailer13The French Army trains its military for urban warfare at the Complexe de Tir en Zone UrBaine.
Gregor Sailer14Jeoffrécourt is an urban combat training site at Camp de Sissonne.
Gregor Sailer15A building facade at Schnöggersburg, an urban warfare training site in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
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