This video looks at German assessments and tactics on pillboxes and bunkers from the Molotov and Stalin Lines.

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Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada, Soviet Bunker from World War Two Era - Outside Hotel Accademia - Przemysl - Poland, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F016204-07 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en

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Auszug aus „Kriegswehrmacht der Union der Sozialistischen Sowjetrepubliken“ (UdSSR). Ausgabe für die Truppe. Teil A. Stand Januar 1942., OKH / Generalstab des Heeres OQu IV / Abt. Fremde Heere Ost (II): o. O. 1942.

Short, Neil: The Stalin and Molotov Lines: Soviet Western Defences, 1928-41, Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2008 (Fortress 77).

Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two, Paperback edition, Frontline Books: London, UK, 1975.

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00:00 Intro
00:19 Stalin & Molotov Lines
02:41 General Observations
04:28 Armor Thickness
05:10 Armaments
05:48 Gas Protection
06:28 Other Aspects
06:57 45mm ATG Bunker with MGs
08:15 45mm ATG Bunker with MGs + 1 MG
08:40 3-Loophole MG Bunker
09:39 German Tactics
09:53 Artillery
10:55 Combat Engineers
12:39 Summary

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