Type of earthwork constructed in a military context
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A defensive fighting position (DFP) 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).
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defensivefightingposition intended to give military units the ability to repel attacks from any direction. The positioning of the outer defensive fighting...
station. They were named, likely by the press, for the foxhole, a defensivefightingposition used during the war. There are also accounts of prisoners of...
This makes it easier to hit enemy soldiers behind a wall, in a defensivefightingposition, or in a confined space or room. It is used on many guns, from...
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(entrenchments) Over head protection Revetting Shell scrapes Defensivefightingposition Use and improvement of terrain Use of the High ground Protection...
the free dictionary. Foxhole may refer to: Foxhole, a type of defensivefightingposition Foxholes, Hertford, an eastern suburb of Hertford Foxholes, North...
foundations of) the fortification's walls. Coupure Covertway Defensivefightingposition; for example, a rifle pit, sangar or fox hole. Demi-lune Ditch:...
seen as an inverse of pressure fighting. Out-boxers are known for quick movement and an emphasis on optimal positioning in the ring, known as 'ringcraft'...
Linebacker (LB) is a playing position in gridiron football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up three to five yards behind the...
left for the head coach position with Troy. Defensive backs and safeties coach Chris O'Leary left for the safeties coach position with the Los Angeles Chargers...
obsolete Panzer Is and Panzer IIs were repurposed as gun turrets on defensivefightingpositions, particularly on the Atlantic Wall. The post-World War I Treaty...
operation at Venice Beach pier in California. September 30, 2010. A defensivefightingposition made with sandbags Sandbagged aircraft revetment World War II...
to the main defensiveposition. The main PVA assault began at 00:50, falling on 4 Platoon but was broken up after an hour of heavy fighting. A second assault...
hand-to-hand fighting in the ruins and underground. German counter-attacks repulsed the Australians except from a small part of Fabeck Graben, the fighting costing...
Shuai Jiao and other styles of wrestling. Similarly to clinch fighting, ground fighting implies that the combatants are at a very close range, usually...
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could be used as a pick mattock. Besides being used for digging defensivefightingpositions, entrenching tools were used for digging latrines and graves...
common once again and interest in fighting with the fists waned. However, there are detailed records of various fist-fighting sports that were maintained in...