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    The Czech hedgehog (Czech: rozsocháč or ježek) is a static anti-tank obstacle defense made of metal angle beams or I-beams (that is, lengths with an L-...
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  • plant, Erinacea anthyllis Hedgehog (chess), a pawn formation in chess Hedgehog (weapon), an anti-submarine weapon Czech hedgehog (military), an anti-tank...
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    Anti-tank obstacles include, but are not limited to: The Czech hedgehog, dragon's teeth and cointet-element are the most famous types of World War II anti-tank...
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    caltrop-like defence during World War II was the massive steel, freestanding Czech hedgehog; the works were designed as anti-tank obstacles and could also damage...
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    Hedgehog in the Cage (in Czech: Ježek v kleci) is a mechanical puzzle popular in the Czech Republic which features prominently in the "Dobrodružství v...
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    dragon's teeth, according to the London Times of 14 February 2024. Caltrop Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth (mythology) Jersey barrier Spike strip Toblerone line...
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    was one of the more notable artworks, depicting two children using a Czech hedgehog as a seesaw. List of works by Banksy Hernández, Javier C. (3 January...
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  • three stakes might be roped together into a defence resembling the Czech hedgehog—a sort of giant caltrop. Defences of this type, employed en masse, can...
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    sign reading "Until we see each other again in the capital of the GDR" Czech hedgehog anti-tank obstacles and the Wall An exhibition dedicated to the 25th...
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    engineers would construct anti-tank obstacles such as dragon's teeth or czech hedgehog. Towed anti-tank guns were thought to be the primary means of defeating...
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    the entrance at one of the world's most treacherous harbor entrances Czech hedgehog – Static anti-tank obstacle defense Xbloc – Concrete breakwater element...
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    wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Entry control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout...
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  • being tied together loosely in threes to form a kind of caltrop or Czech hedgehog that could be placed on the rampart (agger) of the vallum. It is likely...
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    Holland Haven and Frinton-on-Sea, was named Chevaux de Frise Point. Czech hedgehog Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chevaux-de-Frise" . Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    teeth were also built. Another design of tank obstacle, known as the Czech hedgehog, was made by welding together several bars of steel in such a way that...
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    wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Entry control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout...
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    Curtain wall Dugout Drawbar Drawbridge Guthrie rolling bridge Talus Czech hedgehog Defensive fighting position Spider hole Ditch Moat Neck ditch Dragon's...
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    capabilities on swampy terrain, soft soils and area full of cut trees, Czech hedgehogs, antitank obstacles and the like. The tank was equipped with the powerful...
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    them in the last months of the war.[citation needed] Cheval de frise Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth "Cointet–Elements Antwerp". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved...
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    wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Entry control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout...
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    wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Entry control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout...
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    wall Concertina wire Defensive fighting position British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Entry control point (ECP) Electric fence Fallout...
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    standard. The most common types were Czech hedgehogs (Panzersperre) or cheval de frise (Stahligel or "steel hedgehogs"). These anti-vehicle devices were...
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    Swiss Fair (Landesausstellung) in Lausanne had the shape of a giant Czech hedgehog made of concrete.[citation needed] The Réduit features at the center...
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  • people with the surname Ježek Other: 27132 Ježek, a main belt asteroid Czech hedgehog, a static anti-tank obstacle defence This disambiguation page lists...
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    chevaux-de-frise barricades, known in German as Panzersperre or Stahligel ("steel hedgehogs"), were used to prevent vehicles being used to cross the border. Elsewhere...
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    Operation Anthropoid Memorial (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs))
    geometrical shapes composing the Czech flag, and was then, in a subsequent design, merged with the shape of a "Czech hedgehog" - an anti-tank obstacle most...
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    tusk-like assembly was created by welding steel scrap (from destroyed "Czech hedgehogs") to the front of a tank to create a hedge cutter. The teeth helped...
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    Czech hedgehogs deployed on the Atlantic Wall near Calais...
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    This section of the Wall's "death strip" featured Czech hedgehogs, a guard tower and a cleared area, 1977....
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