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that were virtually impregnable by the artillery and set in such a way as to give the
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reinforced concrete about a meter in height in the front row, to two meters high in the back. They were staggered and spaced in such a manner that a tank could not drive through. Interspersed among the teeth were minefields, barbed wire, and
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have movable teeth, positioned at roadsides at strategic locations, which can be lifted and placed on the roads.
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made extensive use of them on the Siegfried Line and the
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The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II
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Beach, Wales, in 2009, designed to stop tanks landing
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A series of dragon's teeth fortifications named the
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