Infantry blockhouse T-S 5 - Zbecnik, Czech Republic
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N 50° 28.745 E 016° 09.895
33U E 582652 N 5592547
The infantry blockhouse T-S 5 (code name "U krížku") is part of the extended system of fortifications built to defend the former Czechoslovakia during the second half of the 30s.
Waymark Code: WMN57K
Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/28/2014
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The extended system of fortifications was built to defend the former Czechoslovakia during the second half of the 30s. 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.
The block T-S 5 (code name "U krížku") - the technical and tactical data
Concreting: 6.-12.9.1937
Materials consumed: 1495 cubic meters of special reinforced concrete
Altitude: 406 m.a.s.l.
Crew: 40 soldiers
Armament: 2x 47 mm antitank gun coupled with a heavy machine gun, 2x heavy twin machine guns, model 37 , 3x light machine guns, model 26
Armored elements: cupolas for a light and heavy twin machine gun
Current status: damaged, armoured cupolas were blasted and taken out, the object is occasionally open to the public (small exposition inside).
Year photo was taken: 1937
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