Anti-tank barriers - Kraliky, Czech Republic
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The remnants of anti-tank barrier beside the infantry blockhouse K-Bg-S 10 (code name "U boží muky").
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Location: Pardubický kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/18/2015
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The Czechoslovak government built a system of border fortifications (
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An integral part of the Czechoslovakian national defence was the cleverly thought-out system of infantry obstacles and tank barriers. Probably well known are the Czech hedgehogs (
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This photo depicted the remnants of anti-tank barrier beside the infantry blockhouse K-Bg-S 10 (code name "U boží muky") (
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This line of barrier was build from iron girders inserting in concrete base slab.
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