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Screw Pickets were used as supports for Barbed Wire Defences and were introduced in 1915 as a replacement for timber posts. The French name for this type of steel stake was ''Queue de Cochon'' or pigtail, the WWI steel stake became known in the British Army as a ''Corkscrew Picket'' which was made from a steel bar which had its bottom end bent into a spiral coil, it had three (or sometimes four) loops or eyes, one at top, one at midway and one just above the corkscrew spiral, the final product could be up to 8ft long.
Groups of soldiers known as ''Wiring Parties'' went out at night into no man's land to position these supports, they later strung the Barbed Wire through the loops to form a Defensive Wire Obstacle as a protection for their trench line. The British called this type of stake a Corkscrew Picket because it was screwed into the ground rather than hammered in as the timber posts had been (the hammering made a loud noise, usually attracting enemy fire !) The Screw Pickets replaced the timber posts (although Screw Pickets were less rigid than timber posts) but they could be installed rapidly and silently. The Screw Picket was screwed into the ground by turning it in a clockwise direction using an entrenching tool's handle or a stick inserted in the bottom eye of the picket for leverage, the bottom eye was used in order to avoid bending the vertical bar of the the Corkscrew Picket. A wiring party is described in detail in thhe WWI novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front'' by contemporary author Erich Maria Remarque.
Defending against the sea, the harbour defences at Anstruther. This is just a quick one with a little contrast and tone changes in it. Afraid I am a little short on time tonight with things to do round the house.
Civilforsvarsstyrelsens lands- og Østre landsdelskommando
Civilforsvarsstyrelsen (senere kaldt Beredskabsstyrelsen) havde tidligere et udflytningsanlæg til deres lands- og Østre
landsdelskommando (som var samplaceret) i Store Dyrehave ved Hillerød i Nordsjælland.
Bunkeren, der er på 1.848 m2, er opført i 1968 og blev overdraget 1/12 1971
Estonian Defence Force Ship protection team during a cargo vessel protection exercise – 6th November 2012
Each of these concrete keys or DALOS BLOCKS weighs eight tonnes. They were designed to break up and absorb the energy of waves in front of a seawall, their arms acting to interlock the units into a network to help spread impact energy.
This is a colour photograph of a row of concrete devices. Each can be viewed as three orthogonal, multi-sided rods: alternatively, a central bar with 'T' cross bars oriented at 90 degrees to each other.
Nuclear power stations have generally been built on the coast so as to ensure uninterrupted supplies of cooling water. However, this creates other problems in that the stations must be defended against storms. Torness in East Lothian was no exception and had sophisticated defences installed.
Accession number - 2000.300.163
The locker to the right of Terry's shirt used to be Frank Lampard's and hasn't been taken up by another player since his departure.
Taken in June 2015 at Climping Beach using an old Polaroid 250 camera from MINT and Fuji FP 3000B bw instant film.
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The 18th annual New Zealand Marist Clubs Sevens tournament.St Patricks College in Kilbirnie. Day One. 7 February 2014.
Durness - the old cemetery. Sometimes I think I should by burried on a scottish cemetery when my time will come…hopefully this will be in about 100 years or later ….;)
Hasselblad 503CW on Rollei R3@100ASA developed in CG512 (RLS) 1+4 at 24°C for 23 minutes (Rotation)
Happisburgh in north east Norfolk has been fighting a loosing battle with the sea. This WW2 pillbox is one of many structures that have fallen from the eroding cliffs. The whole coastline is littered with debris that once formed homes and businesses.
An impressive caterpillar that showed an interesting defense behavior after touching it! :) I assume the blue antennae can deliver some sort of itch or skin irritation if contacted.
Joint press conference by Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany, John Healey, Secretary of Defence of the United Kingdom and Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defence of Ukraine
Irish Army Sniper teams practicing marksmanship skills in the Glen of lmaal.
Photos: Cpl Johhny Tuft
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Pictures from the World Championship game between Great Britain and The Netherlands (3-2) of 16 April 2009 in Torun, Poland..
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