Entrenchments of covering defence line, Sector Summajarvi (Mannerheim Line)

Entrenchments of covering defence line

Entrenchments of covering defence line

Trenches and entrenchments and other field straightenings are the basic installations of Mannerheim Line, but not the concrete pillboxes-monsters whom was one for 1,5-2 kms of front. The pillbox itself is helpless, you can ride on heavy soviet tank KV-1 close to its casemates and disperse them in fine dust easy. But, when the pillbox is surrounded by trenches with desperate infantry armed by sub-machine-guns "Suomi" and "cocktails [for] Molotov", the war began is very different...

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