A defensive fighting position is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier...
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All round defence (category Defensive tactics)
defensive fighting position intended to give military units the ability to repel attacks from any direction. The positioning of the outer defensive fighting...
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trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall. Palisades can form a stockade. Palisade derives from pale, from...
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In military tactics, a strongpoint is a key point in a defensive fighting position which anchors the overall defense line. This may include redoubts,...
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A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple...
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defensive fighting position from minimal personal cover, and he received multiple wounds. His engagement and destruction of the first enemy position and...
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the qasaba. It is in ruins now, but was once a dwelling and is strongly defensive." One account says about a traditional village in Al-Bahah, Saudi Arabia:...
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station. They were named, likely by the press, for the foxhole, a defensive fighting position used during the war. There are also accounts of prisoners of...
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of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a defensive wall. Stockade is derived from the French word estocade. The French word...
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which defenders could target attackers who had reached the base of the defensive wall. A smaller related structure that only protects key points of a fortification...
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List of military tactics (section Defensive)
(entrenchments) Over head protection Revetting Shell scrapes Defensive fighting position Use and improvement of terrain Use of the High ground Protection...
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soldier can take shelter from weapons fire. While similar to a defensive fighting position in that the purpose is to shield a single soldier from artillery...
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Fortified tower (redirect from Defensive tower)
A fortified tower (also defensive tower or castle tower or, in context, just tower) is one of the defensive structures used in fortifications, such as...
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This makes it easier to hit enemy soldiers behind a wall, in a defensive fighting position, or in a confined space or room. It is used on many guns, from...
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"little city", because it is a smaller part of the city of which it is the defensive core. In a fortification with bastions, the citadel is the strongest part...
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foundations of) the fortification's walls. Coupure Covertway Defensive fighting position; for example, a rifle pit, sangar or fox hole. Demi-lune Ditch:...
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(historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, although...
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time this changed, and firebases evolved into small forts with all the defensive measures those required. Many fire support bases evolved into more permanent...
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September 30, 2010. A First Balkan War Bulgarian foxhole A defensive fighting position made with sandbags Sandbagged aircraft revetment World War II...
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defensive fighting position in warfare Slit Woods, a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England Arrowslit or loophole, a defensive...
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massive army of 16,000 British and Colonial troops by fronting their defensive positions with an extremely dense abatis. The British found the defences almost...
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Rampart (fortification) (redirect from Defensive rampart)
architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site. It...
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castle, or any tower situated over a gate or bridge which was used for defensive purposes. In the Middle Ages, barbicans were typically situated outside...
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the free dictionary. Foxhole may refer to: Foxhole, a type of defensive fighting position Foxholes, Hertford, an eastern suburb of Hertford Foxholes, North...
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Here it was used by them to prevent enemy siege engines from weakening defensive walls. Hillforts in Britain started to incorporate glacis around 350 BC...
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A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town. Evidence for curtain walls or a series of walls...
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formula in mathematical optimization Decimal floating point Defensive fighting position, a military term Department of Finance and Personnel VESA Digital...
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best-known examples appear on medieval buildings, where battlements, though defensive, could be attractively formed, thus having a secondary decorative purpose...
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the inner enceinte. Surrounding fortresses or towns with a series of defensive walls where the outer walls are lower than the inner walls is something...
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infantry forces are generally much less effective against fortified defensive positions than mechanized units. The author of the Czechoslovak invention is...
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