Defensive fighting position

Type of earthwork constructed in a military context U.S. Marine in a fighting hole outside Beirut during the 1958 Lebanon crisis A defensive fighting position is a type of earthwork constructed in a military context, generally large enough to accommodate anything from one soldier to a fire team (or similar sized unit). Terminology The Salpa Line served Finland fighting against the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Photo taken in Luumäki, Finland, in 2011. Soldiers of the 167th Infantry Regiment in fighting positions during the St. Mihiel offensive, September 1918. Tobruk type positions are named after the system of defensive positions constructed, initially, by the Italian Army at Tobruk, Libya. After 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"