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Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands....48 KB (6,292 words) - 17:19, 3 October 2024
military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. They are designed to disrupt...8 KB (1,012 words) - 04:08, 26 October 2023
Barbed tape or razor wire is a mesh of metal strips with sharp edges whose purpose is to prevent trespassing by humans. The term "razor wire", through...11 KB (1,368 words) - 01:23, 17 June 2024- War a mantlet type of device was used by the French to attack barbed wire entanglements. In military use from pre-WW2 onward, a mantlet is the thick,...4 KB (404 words) - 08:20, 24 September 2024
light howitzers, Maxim machine guns, bolt-action magazine rifles, barbed wire entanglements, electric fences, arc lamp, searchlights, tactical radio signalling...34 KB (4,332 words) - 22:05, 23 October 2024
Concertina wire or Dannert wire is a type of barbed wire or razor wire that is formed in large coils which can be expanded like a concertina. In conjunction...10 KB (1,143 words) - 01:23, 22 July 2024
Agricultural fencing (redirect from Hog wire)introduction of barbed wire contributed to the range wars of that century, as various ranch interests attempted to use barbed wire fences to claim exclusive...23 KB (3,370 words) - 17:58, 29 August 2024
shells against Germany's barbed wire entanglements in the 1915 Battle of Neuve Chapelle, but the Germans thickened their barbed wire strands after that battle...33 KB (4,582 words) - 14:25, 22 October 2024- Ministry of Love building has no windows and is surrounded by barbed wire entanglements, steel doors, hidden machine-gun nests, and guards armed with...20 KB (2,516 words) - 12:05, 8 November 2024
bridge's cables. After the incident Riga City Council ordered for barbed wire entanglements to be installed on the cables. In 2013 a beach with a playground...4 KB (326 words) - 12:21, 22 October 2024
roadblocks were set up a mile inland in a zigzag pattern, covered by barbed wire entanglements on either side. Nine radio outposts were erected along the German...3 KB (287 words) - 03:03, 27 October 2024
satchel charges as well as Bangalore torpedoes to blast through barbed wire entanglements, minefields, structures, and other fortifications. The later U...3 KB (294 words) - 06:15, 9 November 2023
Way!" The 5th Battalion Rangers broke across the seawall and barbed wire entanglements, and up the pillbox-rimmed heights under intense enemy machine...7 KB (669 words) - 21:40, 11 August 2024
both dimensions. They were also surrounded by a thick layer of barbed wire entanglements. Each fort had 2–4 batteries, equipped with hydraulic rotating...7 KB (861 words) - 20:57, 25 September 2023
(9.1 m) and 5 or 6 ft (1.5 or 1.8 m) tall By spring of 1915, barbed wire entanglements were an unavoidable element in trench warfare, and posed a serious...9 KB (1,282 words) - 10:51, 29 July 2022
from World War I were used to construct beach obstacles such as barbed wire entanglements and to build concrete pillboxes. Eastern Beach had such pillboxes...4 KB (475 words) - 20:30, 18 November 2024
barrier to make them impassable to most vehicles, and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 km (97 mi) around the three western sectors...27 KB (3,319 words) - 23:23, 10 November 2024
1943. BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS AND FENCES AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE COMPOUNDS OF ..." www.awm.gov.au. "TATURA, VIC. 1943. BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS, BOUNDARY...25 KB (2,375 words) - 12:11, 11 November 2024
admirals and generals diving for cover behind the pebble ridge into barbed-wire entanglements. Panjandrum was now heading back to the sea but crashed on to...11 KB (1,486 words) - 10:06, 14 August 2024
border to make them impassable to most vehicles and to install barbed wire entanglements and fences along the 156 km (97 mi) around the three western sectors...146 KB (16,071 words) - 20:22, 20 November 2024
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 Barbed Wire 3349901911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3 — Barbed Wire BARBED WIRE, a protective variety of fencing
- official business, and then only by penetrating through a maze of barbed-wire entanglements, steel doors, and hidden machine-gun nests. Even the streets leading
- Unfortunately the ground to the front was strongly guarded by barbed wire entanglements that had been hidden by the abundant growth of standing corn.