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BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago

Estonia is digging a 40 km trench to stop Russian tanks — and 600 bunkers are next

euromaidanpress.com

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Estonia is digging a 40 km trench to stop Russian tanks — and 600 bunkers are next

euromaidanpress.com

BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 year ago
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ERR reports the Baltic defense line project is already reshaping the southeast frontier.

ERR reports the Baltic defense line project is already reshaping the southeast frontier.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/16/estonia-is-digging-a-40-km-trench-to-stop-russian-tanks-and-600-bunkers-are-next/


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  • Mihies@programming.dev
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    Maginot line in 2025.

    • remon@ani.social
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      Latvia better watch out …

  • scintilla@crust.piefed.social
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    Is the perspective making them look small or will something like that actually stop a tank?

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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      That’s a stock photo of an irrigation or utility trench, I suspect - it wouldn’t stop a 4x4, let alone a tank.

      • scintilla@crust.piefed.social
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        Thank you lmao. I saw the article a few times and had to ask because I was very sure that wouldn’t stop a tank but I didn’t want to be the dipshit assuming they know better than civil engineers.

        • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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          Whoops, I was curious - turns out the estonian LEO dug them (military police/border guard, not sure of distinction) but they’re anti-migrant ditches, not anti-tank ditches. From the source article:

          Border Guard Chief Veiko Kommusaar said that the PPA supports all activities that help ensure security in Estonia: "The PPA’s task at the border is to prevent cross-border crime and illegal border crossings. Our neighboring countries have been facing a migration offensive for years, and although people have not been targeted at the Estonian borders in this way so far, we cannot rule out that this will always be the case. Of course, the barrier ditches built by the Defence Forces would also slow down the movement of illegal border crossers, which is why they will also support the Border Guard in preventing illegal migration.

          Yeah, your first impulse was right on the money with this one.

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          Here’s what they probably used to dig it, you see things like this being used all the time in agri-heavy areas.

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          Rule of thumb, if it has two sloped sides it’s not going to stop an armored vehicle.

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      A tank driving on it will have issues. But this is easily overcome by itself.

      This is just one small part of new emplacements. But even multiple layers are only expected to slow an advance

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    Pffft. Just hit that ramp at max speed and get some air time brah

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    Weren’t tanks invented, literally, to combat/bypass trenches?

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      Depends on the size of the trench.

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        Yeah, Putin does seem like a size queen.

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