Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Machine Gun Pillbox



每次走过PGP后面看到这个东东就会很好奇到底是什么
起初还以为是用作沟渠疏通的东东
结果今天看了它旁边的注明才知道到原来是二战留下来的东东=.=...
(突然觉得自己蠢死了...><)

我们还是看看“危机百科”怎么说吧
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasir_Panjang

Pasir Panjang Pillbox

Pasir Panjang Pillbox
Concrete pillboxes were built along Singapore's eastern and western coasts as part of the British World War II defence. Installed in the pillboxes were machine guns which could fire in any direction although they were usually oriented seawards. They were positioned at strategic intervals so that their fields of fire would overlap, thereby reinforcing each other and covering almost the entire southern coastline. Together with land mines and barbed wire on the beaches, the pillboxes and their guns comprised an important part of the coastal defence of Singapore.
The machine gun pillbox at Pasir Panjang is one of the few World War II relics that has survived to the present day. It lies within the area defended by the First Malaya Brigade, and may have been used by the Malay Regiment in their fierce battle against the 18th Japanese Division on Pasir Panjang Ridge in February 1942.

如果去年知道这个东东那么厉害的话
就该把它拍下来了。嘻嘻...

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