U.S. portable steel pillbox
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U.S. portable steel pillbox
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Title: Steel Pillbox is Assembled in 1½ Hours
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APORTABLE steel pillbox six feet square
has recently been developed for the
Army by Lt. Col. R. B. Lord. It consists of
14 basic plates that may be bolted together
on location in one and one half hours after
the hole has been dug to place it in.
The new pillbox stands 20 inches above
the ground and has sliding ports on all
four sides which give a 360-degree field
of fire for 37-mm. guns or machine guns.
The armored sides give complete protec-
tion against all projectiles up to and in-
cluding the 75-mm. high-explosive, and
tanks can run over the top without damag-
ing it. The gunner. inside the pillbox can
shoot the belly out of any tank that at-
tempts to cross it. ‘
In recent experiments, two chickens were
shelled for three weeks inside the pillbox.
Aside from being slightly shell-shocked,
they went through the ordeal with no
injuries. Chickens were chosen for the
test because, of all animals, they are said
to be closest to man in their reaction to
concussion.
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eng
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Data di rilascio
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1942-02
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58
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Public Domain (Google Digitized)
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Archived by
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Roberto Meneghetti
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
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