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Rifle Pit
A defensive fighting position (DFP) is a type of Earthworks (engineering)#Military use, earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit). Terminology Tobruk type positions are named after the system of defensive positions constructed, initially, by the Royal Italian Army, Italian Army at Tobruk, Libya. After Siege of Tobruk#Capture of Tobruk, Tobruk fell to the Allies in January 1941, the existing positions were modified and significantly expanded by the Australian Army which, along with other Allied forces, reused them in the Siege of Tobruk. A foxhole is one type of defensive strategic position. It is a "small pit used for cover, usually for one or two personnel, and so constructed that the occupants can effectively fire from it". It is known more commonly within United States Army slang as a "fighting position" or as a "ranger grave". It is known as a "fighting hole" in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxhole - Lebanon - Beirut - July 1958
Foxhole may refer to: * Foxhole, a type of defensive fighting position constructed in a military context * Foxholes, Hertford, an eastern suburb of Hertford * Foxholes, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in Northern England * Foxhole, Cornwall, a village in mid Cornwall * Foxhole, Scotland, a hamlet in the Scottish Highlands * Foxhole (band), a post-rock band from Bowling Green, America * ''Foxhole'' (video game), a sandbox massively multiplayer online game See also * ''Foxhole in Cairo'', a 1960 British war film * ''Foxhole'' (film), a 2021 American war film * Foxhole radio, a radio built by G.I.s during World War II * Foxhole Heath, an area of a heathland near the village of Eriswell in Suffolk * '' Dugout to Foxhole'', a 1994 book written by Rick Van Blair * ''The Empty Foxhole'', a 1967 album by the American jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman * Foxhole conversion, an aphorism used to argue that in times of extreme stress or fear all people will believe in, or hope fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |