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My Helbrute preparing to destroy my Kabalie Warriors. More at itoysoldiers.com/blogs/sizzly
For the record, my sweetie took all the shots in this series.
Defence Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury, Senior Fellow for South and Central Asian Defence, Strategy and Diplomacy, IISS
Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamoud Al Busaidi, Foreign Minister, Oman
Vikram Misri, Deputy National Security Advisor, India
Admiral John Aquilino, Commander, US Indo-Pacific Command
Sagala Ratnayaka, Chief of Staff to the President and National Security Advisor, President’s Office, Sri Lanka
Admiral Pierre Vandier, Chief of Staff, French Navy
On July 4 2013, Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and His Excellency Mr Keiichi Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom, signed two agreements which provide a Government endorsed framework for closer co-operation between the 2 countries on defence and security. On October 2 we heard from the following speakers on this landmark agreement, and the opportunity it presents for both countries’ industry and governments.
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Speakers
Sir John Scarlett, Director General of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), 2004 to 2009
Richard Thornley CBE, President, Rolls-Royce Japan Co., Ltd.
Christine Zeitz, President, North East Asia, BAE Systems plc.
David Bullas, UKTI Defence and Security Organisation
This event was moderated by Graham Davis, Managing Director, Japan, The Economist
Estonian Naval Base Defence Team
Estonian Naval Base Defence Team taking part in a Vessel Boarding Search and Seizure Exercise including boarding a Mock Terrorist Held Navel vessel and RHIB – 18th April 2011
Boom Defence Vessel
Commissioned October 11, 1939
Paid off: January 22, 1942 and designated 'C.Y. 512"
The Ministry of Defence of Republic of Indonesia will once again host The 5th Indonesia’s No. 1 Official Tri Service Defence Event - INDO DEFENCE 2012 Expo & Forum, which will be held from 7 - 10 November 2012 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta - Indonesia
black and white or colour??
Taken in Devenport, Auckland, New Zealand, these canons were put in place to defend NZ from invasion, which never happened...
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A line of World War II Anti-tank Blocks stretch from the marshes up onto the sea bank for approximately 1 mile along the sand dunes to the east of RSPB Minsmere Nature Reserve between TM 4774 6615 and TM 4777 6684. The anti-tank blocks are clearly visible on Google Maps. In the 1940's photographs, there are three bomb craters along the line of anti-tank blocks, at TM 4776 6640, TM 4776 6647 and TM 4776 6652. It is possible that these were created during an attempt to attack and break the line of anti-tank blocks, thus reducing their effectiveness.
Anti-tank defences were a key component of the anti-invasion defences constructed during World War Two, with anti-tank obstacles and road and rail blocks springing up across the UK between 1940 and 1942, designed to halt and hinder the advance of enemy armoured vehicles. Anti-tank defences were key to the stop line defensive strategy employed by General Edmund Ironside’s (Commander in Chief Home Forces from 25th May to 19th July 1940) and General Alan Brooke’s (Commander in Chief Home Forces 19th July 1940 to December 1941) nodal point focussed strategy.
Deployed carefully, anti-tank blocks could impede and halt the movement of the tanks employed by the German Army during the invasion threat between 1940 and 1942, leaving them vulnerable to attack from the flanks and holding up the push inland. Remains of these blocks still survive in many coastal and inland areas, they were an integral part of the defensive landscape of the anti-invasion defences of the early 1940's.
Anti-tank blocks are large blocks constructed from reinforced concrete. They can be found in a range of dimensions, but blocks built with sides measuring 3 ft 6 in and 5 ft are the most common. Orders issued on the 9th June 1940 that recommended blocks with sides up to 3 ft were deployed to counter tanks weighing up to 9 tons and 5 ft blocks used where heavier tanks, possibly up to 70 tons, could be embarked from landing craft, beaches specifically. Where possible, scrap metal was to be used to reinforce these blocks. A foundation depth of 2 ft was recommended by the War Office (1940). Anti-tank blocks were constructed on a ‘raft’ foundation, with multiple blocks cast into the same foundation.
▪︎The primary purpose of anti-tank blocks was to seal beach exits and other vulnerable points in the landscape; halting vehicles so they could come under fire from covering positions.
▪︎The location of surviving anti-tank blocks is a good indicator that the area was deemed vulnerable to enemy vehicles and needed to be defended.
▪︎Anti-tank blocks were also often used to secure the flanks of roadblocks and stop vehicles from simply going around the roadblock.
▪︎Anti-tank blocks deployed in anti-tank obstacles at right angles to the main obstacle. This tactic was often used on beaches to stop vehicles from moving towards vulnerable beach exits and to keep them boxed within pre-prepared arcs of fire on the beach.
▪︎Anti-tank blocks were often employed in front of natural anti-tank obstacles (such as small cliffs or rivers) to strengthen the feature.
▪︎It was a basic requirement that all obstacles were to be covered with effective fire. Anti-tank blocks and obstacles are usually sited within range of a supporting position such as a pillbox or trench. Identifying and interpreting these supporting positions is key to further interpretation of the wartime landscape.
Information sourced from – ukswwh.wordpress.com/2021/08/10/anti-tank-blocks/