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A blockhouse is a small fortification, usually consisting of one or more rooms with loopholes, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive strong point against any enemy that does not possess siege equipment or, in modern times, artillery, air force and cruise missiles. A fortification intended to resist these weapons is more likely to qualify as a fortress or a redoubt, or in modern times, be an underground bunker. However, a blockhouse may also refer to a room within a larger fortification, usually a battery or redoubt.
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- ↑ "Typology". Belgian Bunkersite. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ↑ "Fjell Festning Militærhistoriske Samlinger: Regelbau 638". Fjell Festning Militærhistoriske Samlinger. Blogger. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
