A caponier is a type of defensive structure in a fortification. Fire from this point could cover the ditch beyond the curtain wall to deter any attempt...

main body of the fort by a tunnel which passed under the ditch, or by a caponier, a gallery built across the floor of the ditch. Counterscarp: European...

approaches. The Caponier building in the ditch served as barrack accommodation for 24 men. With its iron window-shutters and rifle slots the Caponier also provided...

fort became very low indeed, surrounded outside the ditch covered by caponiers by a gently sloping open area so as to eliminate possible cover for enemy...

the fort. The north caponier is a full caponier because it points in two directions. The other five caponiers are demi-caponiers because they face in...

long south-east facing loop-holed wall for musketry fire, together with a caponier projecting northwards to flank the fort's northern face (see plan). Although...

which serves as a parapet with embrasures. The coffer is similar to the caponier. The difference is that the former may be made beyond the counterscarp...

facilities. Some of them played independent historical roles. The Kosyi Caponier ("Skew Caponier") became a prison for the political inmates in the 1900s–1920s...

necessary at the Heights, and the Drop Redoubt had its defences improved. Caponiers were added to four of the corners of the existing fort (each with a stone...

of the district were demolished in order to build a covered causeway, caponier, from the city walls to the fortress of Skansen Crown. [citation needed]...

for example in the mutually supporting bastions of star forts, and the caponiers of later fortifications. Fire is delivered so that the long axis of the...

these three sides. A caponier, a rare feature in US forts, projected into the ditch to defend it against attack. Two smaller caponiers enclosed the ends...

House (Delaware) British hardened field defences of World War II - Pillbox Caponier Casemate Chartaque Chardak Fort King George in Darien, Georgia Fort Pitt...

removed gun QF 12-pounder gun at the fort The caponier at the foot of the cliffs The stairs leading to the caponier Eastbourne Redoubt Pevensey Castle Newhaven...

remained dry. The ditch is ably protected by a grand caponier to the west with smaller demi-caponiers at the north, southwest and south salient angles. A...

Bernardine Gate Kościuszko monument Arms Gate Vasa Gate S. Borek House caponier caponier Wawel Cathedral St George's Chapel St Michael's Chapel Royal Kitchens...

modern Abwurfdach Arsenal Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device...

position; also commonly used as command centres for high-level officers. Caponier: a defensive firing position either projecting into, or traversing the...

Instead of the open bastions at the Littlehampton fort, Shoreham had a caponier with a brick roof at each of the three angles of the walls. This meant...

batteries and close range armament, mounted in one full and two demi-caponiers. Barracks accommodation was also provided for both officers and other...

SU-102. T-44 Stalin Line Museum, Zaslawye, Belarus. Rahachow, Belarus. Caponier Club Collection, Moscow, Russia. Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe...

systems on the casemate gun carriages were installed on the fort's caponiers and semi-caponier. More than 15,000 different caliber shells and 300,000 rounds...

fronted by ditches defended by covered firing galleries known as caponiers. One of the caponiers survives and is accessible from Guardhouse Square by a narrow...

Fort. It is six-sided with a deep ditch protected by three caponiers. Above each caponier is a well-protected emplacement for 13-inch mortars. It was...

modern Abwurfdach Arsenal Barricade Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Counterguard Couvreface Coupure Covertway Crownwork Device...

reinforced stone and concrete structure situated within a ditch, with caponiers at the corners for close range defence. Its symmetrical layout, with two...

entrance with a caponier, one of only three surviving in Scotland (the others being at Craignethan and Stirling Castle). The caponier, a passage within...

massif similar to a Brialmont fort, with an encircling ditch defended by caponiers and provided with a twin 120mm gun turret and four 53mm gun turrets for...

guard moved to the Citadel. In front of the gate stand two so-called caponiers from where it was possible to keep assaulting troops under fire. The Norway...

upwards of 20 guns. On the landward side, a ditch, ramparts, terreplein, caponier and flanking batteries defended the approaches. The casemated barracks...