Sabot sucker

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Army term meaning to use someone else to draw fire or draw the enemys attention. [Sabot] is the main gun round on a tank. Using someone as a [sabot sucker] means youre intentionally sending them to do something that will cause them to get shot (usually by a tank).
So if you were in a training exercise and wanted to know where the enemy was hiding you might send one vehicle into the open. Once theyre [fired on] you now know where the enemy is. That vehicle would be a [Sabot Sucker]. You might also use a sabot sucker to draw attention in a different direction so you can sneak around another way, etc.
Many times at the National Training Center at Ft. Irwin, CA active duty Army units are assigned a [National Guard] unit to go through the rotation with them. Its common practice to send the useless National Guard units first as [sabot] suckers. NOTE = Anyone to be used as a sabot sucker will be decieved into thinking their role is critical when really its a diversion.