- less accurately—as a "trench".
During the
American Civil War the term "
rifle pit" was
recognized by both U.S. Army and
Confederate Army forces. A protected...
- the 'lower redoubt',
which was
actually a
series of trenches, and a
rifle pit. The main pā was
built in the
style of a redoubt, as
commonly used by...
-
Dandy led the 100th New York
Infantry in a rush
toward Fort Wagner's
rifle pits. The New
Yorkers quickly established a
temporary picket line but their...
-
George Henry Thomas, to move
forward and
seize the
Confederate line of
rifle pits on the
valley floor and stop there, as a
demonstration to ****ist Sherman's...
- A
rifle is a long-barreled
firearm designed for
accurate shooting and
higher stopping power, with a
barrel that has a
helical pattern of
grooves (rifling)...
-
troops had been trained, they
thought that it
would make an
excellent rifle pit in
which to take cover. They
therefore moved down into the
crater itself...
- The John F.
Kennedy ********ination
rifle is the long-barrelled
firearm that was used to ********inate John F. Kennedy, the 35th
President of the
United States...
- of the ex-Confederacy, is here; he is
preparing plans for a
system of
rifle pits and
zigzags outside the fortifications, at the
request of
General Trochu...
-
lacked depth and had a
limited field of view. The last
fortification was a
rifle pit located on the east or
right bank of the
Whanganui River; some distance...
- walls.
Coupure Covertway Defensive fighting position; for example, a
rifle pit,
sangar or fox hole. Demi-lune Ditch: a dry moat. Dragon's teeth: Triangular...
