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A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire...13 KB (1,309 words) - 20:19, 8 November 2024- flat crown, straight upright sides, and no brim Pillbox (military), concrete dug-in guard posts Pillbox affair, a 1939 British political and military controversy...332 bytes (80 words) - 01:27, 11 March 2022
was an improvised fighting vehicle frequently characterised as a mobile pillbox. Bisons were produced in Britain during the invasion crisis of 1940-1941...17 KB (1,682 words) - 04:54, 6 November 2023
British hardened field defences of World War II (redirect from Type 22 pillbox)from brick or concrete paving. Embrasures were frequently fitted with a steel or concrete-asbestos shutter. From March 1941, some pillbox embrasures were...88 KB (8,353 words) - 21:17, 25 August 2024
Norcon pillbox was made from a concrete pipe 6 feet (1.8 m) diameter and 4 feet (1.2 m) high; the walls were 4 inches (10 cm) of non-reinforced concrete with...10 KB (812 words) - 18:12, 4 May 2024
forces struggled to take a German heavy machine-gun, housed within a concrete pillbox, which blocked the route to the village. It had already claimed the...8 KB (714 words) - 02:30, 3 November 2024
Pasir Panjang Pillbox is a strengthened-concrete defensive structure from World War II, located in Pasir Panjang in the southwestern area of Singapore...4 KB (261 words) - 12:40, 27 December 2023
15 feet (4.6 m) deep, and was protected by one anti-tank gun in a concrete pillbox, six machine gun positions, and 50 rifle pits. The east tank barrier...25 KB (2,969 words) - 01:31, 1 November 2024
Standard construction elements such as large Regelbau bunkers, smaller concrete "pillboxes", and "dragon's teeth" anti-tank obstacles were built as part of...21 KB (2,557 words) - 05:21, 27 September 2024
pubs along the canal were fortified. There are still some remaining concrete pillboxes and brick built blockhouses. In August 2010, a 60-mile stretch of...30 KB (2,492 words) - 22:47, 11 November 2024
although one landed close to Battery Russell and another next to a concrete pillbox. One round damaged several large telephone cables, the only real damage...7 KB (623 words) - 18:46, 1 October 2024
Coquet Stop Line (section Other pillboxes in the area)Moor have gone. The remains of a sandbag pillbox on the north side of Amble Harbour lie opposite a large concrete block that was built for a harbour chain...7 KB (742 words) - 03:37, 12 November 2024
difficult to keep them under fire. Concrete bunkers were usually only shelters; just a few had crenels. Concrete pillboxes were side-firing in order to defend...20 KB (2,400 words) - 04:18, 30 October 2024
World War II pillbox can clearly be seen at the Southern end of the Southbound platform, overlooking Fulham Railway Bridge. The concrete pillbox was built...7 KB (732 words) - 12:24, 16 July 2024
(55 yd) in front of his position, which was set in a recess atop a concrete pillbox and firing directly at his men. Armed solely with a revolver, McGee...17 KB (1,905 words) - 02:41, 22 August 2024
anchors the overall defense line. This may include redoubts, bunkers, pillboxes, trenches or fortresses, alone or in combination; the primary requirement...1 KB (111 words) - 10:02, 1 May 2023
Gongna Beach defenses (redirect from Gonga Beach Mount Pillbox)to a badly damaged pillbox structure, also made of reinforced concrete. At the time of its National Register listing, the pillbox was partially collapsed...3 KB (346 words) - 17:01, 30 January 2022
Britain's anti-invasion preparations, although reinforced concrete structures such as pillboxes and anti-tank cubes can still be commonly found, particularly...114 KB (13,149 words) - 20:54, 26 September 2024
open a lane for the infantry, encountered a network of reinforced concrete pillboxes. Pinned down by machine-gun fire, his company commander asked one...32 KB (2,872 words) - 00:49, 10 November 2024
barbed wire, slit trenches and square weapons pits, reinforced by concrete pillboxes to the north and south of the castle, at least partially laid down...64 KB (7,683 words) - 13:54, 23 September 2024
- escort destroyer, guarding convoys of anti-aircraft, machine guns, concrete for pillboxes. Then, one night, suddenly, mysteriously, two ships were wiped out
- her chic, yet simple fashion sense. From boxy Chanel suits to Halston pillbox hats, she reshaped fashion’s view of conservative clothes and left a noteworthy
- lockbox, strongbox yupetnyem....rabbit cage zyunog nyem....pill box, pillbox, shell box The stub word yem is from nyem and means enclosed space. It