Apr 22, 2016
Fortification Friday: Accessories for the fort... obstacles
Fortification Friday: Accessories for the fort… obstacles
Bet you didn’t realize the need to accessorize your fort? Yes, after digging all those ditches, piling dirt for the parapet, then addressing revetments and such, there was still work to do. This work was to supplement the defensive character of the fortification by way of obstacles or other impediments in the way of the attacker. Mahan called these “accessories, or secondary means of defense.”
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