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A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons. It is in effect a trench firing step, hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades, and raised to improve the field of fire.
Pillbox may refer to: Pill organizer, a container for medicine; Pillbox hat, a woman's hat with a flat crown, straight upright sides, and no brim; Pillbox (military) ...
Pillbox overturned and almost destroyed by coastal erosion Gun Shelter on National Trust land near Angle, Pembrokeshire. The great majority of Britain's static defences have been destroyed, a process that started even before the end of the war. Ditches and trenches have been filled, loopholes repaired, wood and metal re-cycled. [citation needed]
It was a small circular pillbox named after the company that manufactured it as a private commercial venture. [1] Norcon blueprint: section. The Norcon pillbox was made from a concrete pipe 6 feet (1.8 m) diameter and 4 feet (1.2 m) high; the walls were 4 inches (10 cm) of non-reinforced concrete with several cut loopholes. The pipe would be ...
N3 is a national broadband network for the English National Health Service (NHS), connecting all NHS locations and 1.3 million employees across England. As of 2018 it is being phased out. In 2004, BT was awarded the contract to deliver and manage the IT project on behalf of the NHS. [6] N3 was preceded by NHSnet, becoming N3 in 2006. [7]
This story was updated to clarify the sentencing date was put on hold earlier this month. President-elect Donald Trump's Nov. 26 sentencing date in his New York hush money case is on hold as ...
Can Gerry Robinson Fix the NHS? is a three-part Open University BBC series shown on BBC2 from 8 to 10 January 2007. This is the second BBC series where Gerry Robinson works to turn around failing companies, but whereas his earlier series I'll Show Them Who's Boss had a commercial focus, this one deals with the public sector.
A Detroit Lions fan who got into verbal confrontations with Green Bay Packers players and head coach Matt LaFleur on the field before their Week 14 game has had his season tickets revoked by the ...