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> It must have been terrifying to be in a pillbox if the enemy managed to get close enough to throw grenades in or, even worse, if they had a flamethrower. Ter
by oooyay 3y ago
> It must have been terrifying to be in a pillbox if the enemy managed to get close enough to throw grenades in or, even worse, if they had a flamethrower.
Terrifying yes, but what this article doesn't mention is that you generally have a hole for kicking grenades into. You do this when you dig foxholes as well.
- wkat4242 3y agoStill pretty terrifying and you're not going to hear the second one falling in after your eardrums are gone from the first bang in such an enclosed space :(
- hermitcrab 3y agoFirst I heard of this. Is it a common feature in British pillboxes? Apparently some of the German pillboxes/bunkers had a fake ventilation duct. If you put a grenade in, it appeared back at your feet!
- dessimus 3y agoFrom memory, it wasn't so much that they were fake ventilation ducts, but that they were plumbed in a manner that dropping a grenade in them at the upper level caused them drop out at your feet. Kind of like how flushing your toilet doesn't cause water to flow up from your shower drain.