tank trap
Stops armored vehicles
A tank trap is a heavy obstacle designed to stop or slow armored vehicles.
Common types include concrete barriers, steel hedgehogs, and deep ditches.
Tank traps became standard battlefield defenses in World War II and remain part of military fortification: The beach was lined with tank traps and barbed wire.
Military concrete barriers
- Atlantic WallWWII coastal fortification network
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
hedgehog · Maginot Line · blitzkrieg · Wehrmacht · field fortifications · invasion · Allies · Axis
Military concrete barriers
- concrete blockMolded masite building unit
- jersey barrierConcrete roadway divider
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
- tetrahedronFour-faced polyhedron
pyramid · steel beam · railroad ties · boulder · trench · chicane · roadblock · barricade
Directing flow or energy
- kill zonePreplanned area of concentrated fire
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
- chokepointNarrow passage limiting movement
enfilade · crossfire · combined arms · delay · denial · attrition · screening
Small defensive emplacement
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- casemateFortified gun enclosure
- gun emplacementFixed military firing position
- strongpointArea of greatest competence
redoubt · blockhouse · minefield · concertina wire · palisade · rampart · bastion · entrenchment
dragon's teeth
Military concrete barriers
- Atlantic WallWWII coastal fortification network
- NormandyNorthern French coastal region
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
Operation Overlord · hedgehog · Maginot Line · blitzkrieg · Wehrmacht · field fortifications · invasion · Allies · Axis · Omaha Beach
dragon's teeth
Military concrete barriers
- concrete blockMolded masite building unit
- jersey barrierConcrete roadway divider
- bollardTraffic-blocking vertical post
tetrahedron · pyramid · steel beam · railroad ties · boulder · trench · chicane · roadblock · barricade · spike strip
channeling
Directing flow or energy
- kill zonePreplanned area of concentrated fire
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
chokepoint · enfilade · crossfire · combined arms · delay · denial · attrition · screening
pillbox
Small defensive emplacement
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- casemateFortified gun enclosure
- gun emplacementFixed military firing position
strongpoint · redoubt · blockhouse · minefield · concertina wire · palisade · rampart · bastion · entrenchment · defensive line
- military equipmentassault rifle, missiles, grenade, submarines, pistol
- Tank warfareMBT, turret, hull, tracks, treads
- Cold War SitesBerlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Iron Curtain, Brandenburg Gate, Kremlin
- defensibilitymoat, fortress, bunker, stronghold, citadel
- Anti-tankRPG, bazooka, bazookas, javelin, shaped charge
- military engineeringengineers, combat engineer, combat engineers, sappers, sapper
tank traprazor wire
Bladed security fencing
concertina wire · punji pit · landmine · caltrops · foxhole
tank traptank
Large storage vessel
armored column · armored assault · blitzkrieg · breakthrough · spearhead
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