Slit Trench

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Slit Trench

a short trench dug 1.5–2 m deep and designed to provide shelter during a nuclear explosion, an artillery bombardment, an air raid, or a tank attack. A slit trench may adjoin a fire trench and may be open at the top or have a splinter-proof covering made of wood and sod.

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* Porta-potties cannot always be expected to replace slit trenches since they are dependent on the availability of maintenance equipment in theater.

Base camp infrastructure development and C2 in Afghanistan

"There were some slit trenches that were not properly filled, and there were a lot of trails that were not completely obliterated.

Take Me to Your Lender

We receive many campaign histories, but all too few of them tell of the day-to-day life of the "squaddy" in Italy (where it was not all sunshine and vino), slit trenches in Germany, the back-breaking Korean hills (and the joys of R&R in Tokyo), and the constant slopping around of anything not battened down in an Atlantic corvette.

Veterans' news & views

Without revetment materials to shore up their slit trenches, Dearing had his men shelter in the APC to protect themselves.

Esprit de Corps present Canadian peacekeepers at war: untold stories of blue berets in battle

They hadn't been overrun in their slit trenches by tanks.

The day after

It was ideal for wet and wintry nights in the slit trenches.

Korean War: food for thought

Artillery duels kept men's heads down, and regular raids by Stuka dive-bombers made deep and narrow slit trenches a necessity.