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I've definitely seen clips of heavy artillery tucked away into friendly barns and garden sheds. Maybe there's just wealthy people who like to collect large guns
by jazzyjackson 2y ago
I've definitely seen clips of heavy artillery tucked away into friendly barns and garden sheds. Maybe there's just wealthy people who like to collect large guns and there's some pride in turning away a Nazi invasion with their defenses.
Here's a cute video I found discussing the line of 12 fortresses protecting a little bottleneck of a river valley - he explains that the two camouflaged as villas are done so as not to be eyesores for the tourists.
https://youtu.be/tPL9-L2gwzo https://youtu.be/tPL9-L2gwzo
https://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/06/12/the_villa_rose_was_a_heavily_armed_swiss_fort_that_looked_like_a_pink_suburban.html https://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2015/06/12/the_vil...
EDIT a few more examples here
A former infantry bunker is camouflaged as a medieval house in the town of Duggingen. Notice the half-circle windows, which appear to have been painted on
Nearby mountains have been made so porous that whole divisions can fit inside them. There are weapons and soldiers under barns. There are cannons inside pretty houses.
If you look closely, you can see a massive door in the hillside that would swing open - A Swiss Air Force Mirage III RS outside its mountain hanger.
https://mathewingram.com/work/2022/02/14/switzerlands-hidden-artillery-placements-and-bunkers/ https://mathewingram.com/work/2022/02/14/switzerlands-hidden...