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tank trap

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tank trap
n
(Military) any obstacle, such as a number of concrete stumps set in the ground, designed to stop a military tank
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To deter the threat of an invasion, the beach and coastline at Goswick Sands, near Holy Island, was reinforced and protected by landmines, concrete tank traps, vehicle obstacles, pill boxes, machine gun revetments and anti-glider poles.
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The beaches were also heavily mined and covered in tank traps.
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Despite its name, the approaches to the DMZ -- which extends two kilometres each side of the border drawn after the 1950-1953 war -- are heavily fortified with barbed wire, minefields and tank traps.
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