military science of fortification, wire obstacles are defensive obstacles made from barbed wire, barbed tape or concertina wire. They are designed to disrupt...

conjunction with plain barbed wire (and/or razor wire/tape) and steel pickets, it is most often used to form military-style wire obstacles. It is also used in non-military...

As a wire obstacle, it is a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare. A person or animal trying to pass through or over barbed wire will...

hasty breaches through enemy antipersonnel minefields and multi-strand wire obstacles. It is light enough to be carried by two soldiers with backpacks and...

portable frame (sometimes just a simple log) with many projecting spikes.Wire obstacles ultimately made this type of device obsolete. The invention of the cheval...

security Wire obstacle Concertina wire Carlson, Benjamin John (2013-02-01). "Barbed Wire Museum" (PDF). core.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-07. "Barbed Wire War...

is clearing paths through wire obstacles and heavy undergrowth. It will clear a 3- to 4-metre wide path through wire obstacles." The Bangalore torpedo was...

An obstacle (also called a barrier, impediment, or stumbling block) is an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction. Different types...

Obstacle course racing (OCR) is a sport in which a competitor, traveling on foot, must overcome various physical challenges in the form of obstacles. Races...

Trench to Secure a Foothold 8: Conduct the Initial Breach of a Mined Wire Obstacle 9: React to Indirect Fire 10: React to a Chemical Attack 11: React to...

during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest. Ray sacrificed himself to destroy a wire obstacle that was blocking his unit's path. The base was closed in August 2007...

usually interlaced or tied with wire. Abatis are used alone or in combination with wire entanglements and other obstacles. In Slavic languages it is known...

position these supports. They later strung the barbed wire through the loops to form a defensive wire obstacle as a protection for their trench line. The British...

like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view." – Sophia Loren Agricultural fencing Electric fence Wire obstacle Temporary fencing...

tanks were used simply to crush barbed wire obstacles instead. During World War II, the Germans employed taut-wire traps strung across roadways designed...

knowledge or support. Manning clears a minefield and cuts a barbed wire obstacle, enabling the group to continue on, before they destroy the tanks with...

emphasized that "Erecting stakes alone does not make the obstacles complete; the stakes must be wired together and shells and mines attached to them... It...

could be used for anti-aircraft barrages. A two-inch rocket using HE or wire obstacle warheads - the Z battery - was introduced first to deal with low-level...

tripwire-fused land mines, and can be hooked on wire obstacles and pulled to set off booby traps on the wire. The rifle-launched grapnel (LGH), a single-use...

"Obstacle 1" is a song by American rock band Interpol. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, Turn on the Bright Lights, on...

wooden anti-personnel mines, TMD-40 wooden anti-tank mines, and barbed-wire obstacle belts. Petrov, commanding the Independent Coastal Army, had a powerful...

role through reduction of enemy obstacles which include point and row minefields, anti-tank ditches, wire obstacles, concrete, and metal anti-vehicle...

barbed-wire obstacles which the rebels the assault forces could not overcome. At 0100 April 8, the rebels managed to breach the wire obstacle at the western...

into "no man's land" prior to an attack by his battalion, destroying a wire obstacle that may have slowed progress for the advancing troops. During the attack...

Harpunengeschosse (harpoon bomb) that carried a rope with hooks to clear mines or wire obstacles. mortar page from TM-E 30-451 Handbook on German Military Forces on...

components Arrow slit Abatis Banquette Wire obstacle Wire entanglement Concertina wire Barbed wire Razor wire Bartizan Bailey Inner bailey Outer bailey...

enemy’s barbed wire obstacles. Though hazardous and stressful duty, work was done at night to repair, improve, and rebuild their own wire defences, while...

beaches. Yellow Beach 1 was found to be strung with a double apron wire obstacle, with cliffs to the south that were 20 to 25 feet (6.1 to 7.6 m) high...

assaults, when soldiers would run into barbed wire obstacles, the "wire destroyer" would grab one of the wires and the soldier would shoot through it. It...

Lieutenant Robert Clayton, who had been ordered to cut a gap in the wire obstacle for them. Morris arrives with the exploder and they destroy the Red...