| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,769,610,116 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
pillbox |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia | 0.02 sec. |
|
pillbox, small, low fortification that houses machine guns and antitank weapons. Similar to a blockhouse, it is usually made of concrete, steel, logs, or filled sandbags. Pillboxes came into use during the early 20th cent. in the Belgian and French fortresses that were built before World War I. They were first used extensively by the Japanese in World War II. The Germans employed pillboxes in the defense of Normandy and the Siegfried Line and developed a portable steel pillbox that was used in Italy. pillbox [′pil‚bäks] (ordnance) Small, low fortification that houses machine guns or antitank weapons; usually made of concrete, steel, or sandbags. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
According to The Columbus Dispatch, he said, "We believe that we're at the beaches of spiritual Normandy, and we're looking at the secular pillboxes up on the hillside, and we're going to take that hill just like they did at Normandy. The officer commanding the battery of M10s discovered a location where his guns could take on "the 20 mm flak pillboxes that ringed the objective" from a range of 1000 metres. The dense network of the trenches was intelligently interspersed with solid ferroconcrete bunkers, standard pillboxes with fire emplacements, multifarious dugouts and shelters, some of the trenches being laid aboard the forward lines of the enemy troops. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|