Infantry blockhouse N-S 71 - Dobrosov, Czech Republic - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

The Czechoslovak government built a system of border fortifications from 1935 to 1938 as a defensive countermeasure against the rising threat of Nazi Germany. Infantry blockhouses and military fortress are a legend in the territory of Czech Republic.

Heavy fortified installations - The heavy fortified installations with infantry blocks were built in the border sections with high defence priority. They were solid, mostly two-storey constructions which were armed with machine guns as well as with anti-tank guns, if necessary with mortars, too. The typical characteristics of these blocks were the armoured cones and cupolas which served for the observation of the battlefield. Other tasks were the fire control and the command of the machine guns. In case of war each infantry block was able to operate independently. Besides other facilities each infantry block had its own well, filter room and engine room, in which the electric power was generated. The infantry blocks were individually shaped to the corresponding terrain and constructed in accordance with their combat tasks. They differed in their dimensions, outlines, wall and ceiling dimensions, armament and garrison. Nevertheless they consisted of standardized construction and design elements. For a usual infantry block about 1300 to 1500 m3 of concrete and up to 120 tons of steel reinforcement were needed. They could stand artillery shelling up to calibre 305 mm. Until September 1938 228 heavy independent blocks were structurally finished.

The infantry blockhouse N-S 71 "V sedle" was, in connection with the construction of the anti-nuclear shelter Hanicka, reconstructed under the code name Kahan III in the years 1986-1989 to become the connecting centre of the secret State Security Ministry of the Interior.

The floor plan of the upper floor of the infantry blockhouse N-S 71

This object should fulfill a special tasks in the management of national defense and ensuring the radio connection between the states of Warsaw Pact Currently there is a Museum of the Cold War operated by the Club of the Czechoslovak Fortification.

Where is original located?: beside Nachod town and Czech/Poland border Where is this replica located?: inside the blockhouse/museum Who created the original?: the government of former Czechoslovak Internet Link about Original: http://cestovani.idnes.cz/kahan-iii-jeden-z-nejutajovanejsich-bunkru-v-cesku-fw0-/tipy-na-vylet.aspx?c=A081024_173406_igcechy_tom Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1938

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