Friday, April 23, 2010

"Tulip" Field

 
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"Tulip" are holes dug in the ground, approximately one yard wide at the top and one yard deep. A sharpened stake is sunk into the bottom of the hole and usually smeared with human feces or others material to create a very bad wound. The tulips are dug in lines which are offset from each other in order to prevent an attacker from finding a path through the field. The first eight holes that you see are uncovered in the left half of the picture. In the right half of the picture the eight "tulips" are covered with light brush to hide them. "Tulip" are anti=personnel field fortifications, and have been used since before the Roman Republic to defend areas fro foot infantry.

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