The big part of the pillbox was divided into two casemates — the big and the small ones. Three 7,62 mm Maksim guns M1910 were…
An aerial shooting emplacement is a circular pit with an anti-aircraft gun installed at its bottom. The hight of the breastworks also allowed to deliver…
T-34 has often been credited by the majority of professionals as the best and the most common medium tank of the Second World War. This…
Panzer nest (from a German word meaning “an armoured nest” ) is a a mobile steel pillbox weighing more than 3 tons. This sample was…
After the end of the Polish — Soviet War (1919-1920) and signing the Treaty of Riga in March 1921 the Soviet Union lost some territories…
The fortifications of the First World War period are scattered around the territory of our country from north to sough — from the Postavy town…
The Stalin Line is a line of fortified regions along the former western border of the USSR from the Karelian Isthmus to the Black Sea…
Minsk Fortified Region was the strongest fortified region of the Belorussian Military District. Its main function was to protect Minsk as an important economic and…
Artillery half-caponier № 134 was built in 1932 and was a part of a separate company defence area “S” of the Minsk Fortified Region. A…
Such structures as artillery courtyard were attached to the main building in the second half of the 1930s. In peacetime these courtyards served as watchhouses, and…
