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Belgian Gate en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A heavy steel fence, typically mounted on concrete rollers, used as a mobile antitank obstacle during World War II.
Omaha Beach was shielded by about 3,700 obstacles, including 450 ramps, 2,000 stakes, 1,050 Czech hedgehogs, and 200 Belgian Gates. These followed a standard pattern.
2013, Steven Zaloga, The Devil's Garden: Rommel's Desperate Defense of Omaha Beach on D-Day, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 123:
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Czech hedgehog
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cointet-element