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  2. Czech hedgehog - Wikipedia

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    Czech hedgehogs were especially effective in urban combat, where a single hedgehog could block an entire street. Czech hedgehogs thus became a symbol of "defense at all costs" in the Soviet Union; hence, the memorial to Moscow defenders, built alongside the M-10 highway in 1966, is composed of three giant Czech hedgehogs. Czech hedgehogs were ...

  3. What are Czech hedgehogs? Ukraine's surprisingly simple ... - AOL

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    The Czech hedgehog is an antitank defense that, for Americans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers ...

  4. Anti-tank obstacles - Wikipedia

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    The Czech hedgehog, dragon's teeth and cointet-element are the most famous types of World War II anti-tank obstacles. Anti-tank trenches were used on the western front during World War I, and in the Pacific, Europe, and Russia in World War II. Anti-tank mines are the most common anti-tank obstacles. For implementation of various anti-tank ...

  5. Dragon's teeth (fortification) - Wikipedia

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    Russian anti-tank obstacles near the horizon, Kherson Oblast, May 2022. Dragon's teeth on the left, Czech hedgehogs on the right In Belgorod Oblast, defensive lines of dragon's teeth were constructed in October 2022 under the supervision of the Wagner Group along the Russia–Ukraine border, intended as a second line of defense alongside trenches and a trained militia in the event the ...

  6. Fortifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Wikipedia

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    Dragon's teeth and Czech hedgehogs in Kherson Oblast, 2022. During the Russian invasion of Ukraine that started in 2022, both belligerents have built extensive fortifications in the respective theaters of war, which have proven pivotal for the war effort.

  7. Animals in games vs their real life counterparts - AOL

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    Sonic the Hedgehog vs. Hedgehog Real hedgehogs don't come in blue nor do they have an affinity for collecting golden rings. They also can't walk on two legs and are actually quite slow.

  8. Rhino tank - Wikipedia

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    A prototype tusk-like assembly was created by welding steel scrap (from destroyed "Czech hedgehogs") to the front of a tank to create a hedge cutter. The teeth helped prevent the vulnerable underside of the tank from being exposed while it knocked a hole in the hedgerow wall.

  9. Hedgehog defence - Wikipedia

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    The hedgehog defence is a military tactic in which a defending force creates multiple mutually supporting strongpoints ("hedgehogs") in a defence in depth, designed to sap the strength and break the momentum of an attack. The hedgehogs are designed to be both strong in defence, and thus expensive for an attacker to assault, and capable of ...