Belgium’s ‘’Chinese Wall”—These movable steel gates on rollers are obstacles against tank attack. Rollers, like the tennis court type, permit the fence to give. The gates can be blown sky-high by artillery but they return again to their original position.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 7
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40Belgium’s ‘’Chinese Wall”—These movable steel gates on rollers are obstacles against tank attack. Rollers, like the tennis court type, permit the fence to give. The gates can be blown sky-high by artillery but they return again to their original position. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 301, 21 December 1939, Page 7
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