The trouble starts when folk confuse semi-sunken pillboxes and bunkers. GRW , Jan 20, So it is one of those "is it a hill or a mountain," "A boat or a ship"? It has a general rule about it but there are exceptions? Joined: Dec 23, Messages: 9, Likes Received: Maginot line would be jelous of.
Joined: Jun 11, Messages: 12, Likes Received: 1, Sunken Pillboxes Guarded Jap Coast fact or fiction.. Joined: Aug 30, Messages: 3, Likes Received: Pill-Box; Small isolated chiefly underground concrete fort.
Spartanroller , Oct 10, Joined: May 9, Messages: 8, Likes Received: 1, My thoughly unscientific definition, if you were attacking it, it looked like a bunker, if you were defending from it, it felt like a pill box! In the introduction the author states that this book was started during , before the end of the war. It is well written and detailed account of his activities both in and behind the lines. Imagine a small room ten feet square and six feet high with walls of thick rough concrete.
This would seem to indicate that the first German pill-boxes were in fact infantry dugouts made from concrete, with no defensive capability of their own, and thus dependent on the surrounding trench system. He refers to both concrete forts and pill-boxes with seemingly the same meaning. It is clear from this report and the Scotsman article that there was considerable confusion in the minds of everyone on just what was a pill-box and what was not.
It is strenuously denied by both the Ministry of Defence and the Government, smacking as it does of extremism. Scotsman, Thursday September 13, Article entitled At Inverness Copse from our correspondent. Why the name Pillbox? This brings me to the next question. Search Here.
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Members receive the journal ' Loopholes ' three times a year which details recent finds and sites of particular interest. There are many other standard structure types, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. None of them, however, look anything like the item portrayed in CMBO. Standard structure was a simple one-man roofless bunker constructed by burying a concrete cylinder in the ground and affixing a ring mount for a machine gun to the rim. It was 3. I have hard time visualizing this one..
Seriously, what's the deal? A pill box holds pills, and a bunker holds fuel I have no freaking idea of what you're talking about. I need to read up on the subject if I can just make the time to do so.
So much else on my plate Special Upgrade 4 Tech Tips. Share More sharing options Followers 0. Recommended Posts. Col Deadmarsh Posted June 23, Posted June 23, So, would someone care to describe exactly what they are and their strengths and weaknesses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Pzman Posted June 23, Kingfish Posted June 23, Though I have called always bunkers to all of them I suppose so, the Pill-box would be one bunker similar in appearence to a british postal box.
David Aitken Posted June 23, Chambers 21st Century Dictionary says: pillbox 1 a small round container for pills. PawBroon Posted June 23, Well now it's clear why we were fighting them germans!!!
The gamey bastards MrSpkr Posted June 23, Guest Babra Posted June 23, Why didn't they just call it an Ark? Seems simpler. Because the Brits had the Ark Royal at that time and it would have been confusing.
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