Panzer Nest means “armoured nest” in German. The structure was a steel firing position weighing more than 3 tonnes. This example was discovered by the foundation’s search team…
The Polish armoured cupola, Model 1936, was manufactured in 1937 at a factory in the town of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. Following the end of the Soviet–Polish War (1919–1920) and…
After the First World War, this German armoured observation cupola lay within the territory of the newly established Poland. The Poles installed it on the Soviet–Polish border. Thus, the German armoured cupola became…
A PTOT is an anti-tank firing position. Such structures were built near roads and along likely routes of tank attack—that is, where a breakthrough by enemy armoured vehicles was most…
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