Caixa encimentada / Concrete box
Un dels bunquers antitanc de la Linea P en la zona al oest de Martinet de Cerdanya. Formava part del sector CR-53 i suposo que estava preparat per encabir-hi un canó antitanc del 50 o 75mm, segurament d'origen alemany, com ara el Pak 40.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_Pak_40
Acabant'se la Segona Guerra Mundial, el regim feixista de Franco va temer (i per desgracia no fou així) una invasió aliada. Per això es fortificaren de punta a punta els Pirineus, amb una serie de fortificacions de formigó anomenades, amb "molta" imaginació, Linea P. Localment també s'ha conegut com Linea Gutierrez o Perez, potser com a broma. A Martinet de Cerdanya es pot visitar un sector de la linea, el CR 53, al Cabiscol.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnia_P
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This antitank position lays abandoned just by the Segre River, in the Catalan Pyrenees. It was designed to house a 50 or 75mm AT gun, like the German Pak 40.
As the III Reich was losing World War II, their friends in the spanish fascist regime of Franco were afraid of an allied invasion (which never came, sadly). So they built a fortified line along the Pyrenees. It was much less impressive than the Maginot or Siegfried lines, but at least the mountains gave it a difficult terrain all arround. It was known as Linea P, "P-Line". In Martinet de Cerdanya, a sector of the line (the CR-53) is open to the public and restored.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnea_P
Caixa encimentada / Concrete box
Un dels bunquers antitanc de la Linea P en la zona al oest de Martinet de Cerdanya. Formava part del sector CR-53 i suposo que estava preparat per encabir-hi un canó antitanc del 50 o 75mm, segurament d'origen alemany, com ara el Pak 40.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_Pak_40
Acabant'se la Segona Guerra Mundial, el regim feixista de Franco va temer (i per desgracia no fou així) una invasió aliada. Per això es fortificaren de punta a punta els Pirineus, amb una serie de fortificacions de formigó anomenades, amb "molta" imaginació, Linea P. Localment també s'ha conegut com Linea Gutierrez o Perez, potser com a broma. A Martinet de Cerdanya es pot visitar un sector de la linea, el CR 53, al Cabiscol.
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnia_P
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This antitank position lays abandoned just by the Segre River, in the Catalan Pyrenees. It was designed to house a 50 or 75mm AT gun, like the German Pak 40.
As the III Reich was losing World War II, their friends in the spanish fascist regime of Franco were afraid of an allied invasion (which never came, sadly). So they built a fortified line along the Pyrenees. It was much less impressive than the Maginot or Siegfried lines, but at least the mountains gave it a difficult terrain all arround. It was known as Linea P, "P-Line". In Martinet de Cerdanya, a sector of the line (the CR-53) is open to the public and restored.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ADnea_P