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Bridges along the eastern border of West Germany were at least be built to be rigged with explosives too. What looked like drain covers were actually the lids
by weinzierl 7y ago
Bridges along the eastern border of West Germany were at least be built to be rigged with explosives too. What looked like drain covers were actually the lids of the explosive chambers. For pictures see [1] (article is in German).
[1] http://www.sperranlagen.de/bruecken.htm http://www.sperranlagen.de/bruecken.htm
- mxfh 7y agoThis was a general countermobility NATO policy, the field manual goes into great detail about it: https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/fm5-102%2885%29.pdf https://www.bits.de/NRANEU/others/amd-us-archive/fm5-102%288... Regarding Switzerland, there is this absurdly high production value propaganda Triptych-Cinerama-short produced for the 64 swiss national expo. Fortress of Peace (Wehrhafte Schweiz / La Suisse vigilante / La Svizzera vigilante) with countermobility action all over the place and prominently in this section: https://youtu.be/mXWUCmeUF9o?t=1230 https://youtu.be/mXWUCmeUF9o?t=1230 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Peace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortress_of_Peace