Mobile steel pilbox

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Re: Mobile steel pilbox

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Post by jopaerya » 30 Aug 2014, 16:51

A document about the use of Panzernesten in the Senger Riegel ( Italy )

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Re: Mobile steel pilbox

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Post by forttravel » 07 May 2016, 22:34

YC Chen wrote:Strange thing is that similar mobile stell pilboxes were also used in China 1945-49, especially in Manchuria
There is a kind of Japanese disassambling? steel pillbox from Manchuria, piece captured by Russians.
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YC Chen
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Re: Mobile steel pilbox

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Post by YC Chen » 13 May 2016, 04:18

forttravel wrote:
YC Chen wrote:Strange thing is that similar mobile stell pilboxes were also used in China 1945-49, especially in Manchuria
There is a kind of Japanese disassambling? steel pillbox from Manchuria, piece captured by Russians.
This picture is interesting. I haven't seen mobile pillboxes like this. Perhaps the Chinese mobile pillboxes were inspired by Japanese designs like this? Hmm...

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Re: Mobile steel pilbox

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Post by herring » 13 May 2016, 10:52

It looks like a thin tin sheets with space to be filled with a concrete?

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Re: Mobile steel pilbox

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Post by Konstantin » 26 Mar 2017, 19:08

Hi,

The main question bothers me - is it known who developed, personally, this design? Does she have an author?

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Konstantin

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