This is a art item Pillbox, created in 1973. Choose another item.
31.3 x 32.4 cm (12.3 x 12.8 in.)
2.50 x 2.00 cm (0.98 x 0.79 in.)
Dug-in guard posts (with loopholes through which to fire weapons) and made from concrete are also known as "pillboxes". The originally jocular name arose from their perceived similarity to the cylindrical boxes in which medical pills were once sold. They are in effect a trench firing step hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades and raised to improve the field of fire.
Pillboxes are often camouflaged in order to conceal their location and to maximize the element of surprise. They may be part of a trench system, form an interlocking line of defence with other pillboxes by providing covering fire to each other (defence in depth), or they may be placed to guard strategic structures such as bridges and jetties.
Pillbox is overtaken by partisan troops with extraordinary technique: the partisan Bear breaks a branch above the pillbox with a power of ten grenades and splits pillbox in half.
| English | Slovene | Latin |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage rose | Rdeca vrtnica | Rosa centifolia |
| Grasses | Trave | Poaceae |
| Honesty | Enoletna srebrenka | Lunaria annua |
| Oxeye daisy | Ivanjscica | Leucanthemum vulgare |
| * Winter cherry | Navadno volcje jabolko | Physalis alkekengi |
| Winter flowering heather | Spomladanska resa | Erica carnea |