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A close up of the window slot.
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~Me
Sat 07-02-2005
was this not perhaps for shooting out of? how did this facility (as it were) work?
paul s
Sat 07-09-2005
The tunnels were used to transport people across the firing range without getting struck by falling projectiles. These windows provided light and ventilation with the least chance of shrapnel entering the tunnels.
Motts
Mon 07-11-2005
Two questions, Motts. First, from your outside shots it looks like these tunnels are above ground. What is making them collapse. It is just the weight of the roof/snow? It doesn't look like there is any sideways pressure from soil or water.

Secondly, I wonder if these tunnels were used to prepare the troops for the rigors of trench warfare. Once they got "over there" they were confined to narrow trenches and tunnels for months. If they got claustrophobic and jumped out they wouldn't have lived more than a few seconds. Just a thought.
jane
Fri 02-10-2006
Looks like a arrow taurant (SP)or slit used in the medevil times.
CSA fr USA
Fri 01-26-2007
This looks like a weapons port.

Signed: An American Soldier stationed in Germany.
Joseph
Wed 03-14-2007
They have similar things at a 17th century fort near where I live. Assuming they retained some similar principles of defensive design between then and the 20th century, those probably also would have been intended to allow for those inside to shoot at attackers while maintaining a maximum amount of cover from enemy fire.
Alex J
Tue 07-03-2007

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