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 It might be outdated or ideologically biased.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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