Abatis is rarely seen nowadays, having been largely replaced by wire obstacles.
Slowed down by wire obstacles, they were much more likely to be hit by concentrated rifle and machinegun fire.
The primary use of the torpedo is clearing paths through wire obstacles and heavy undergrowth.
It will clear a 3- to 4-meter wide path through wire obstacles.
It is also a major feature of the fortifications in trench warfare (as a wire obstacle).
Large concrete blocks, walls, wire obstacles and other materials were also used.
Ray sacrificed himself to destroy a wire obstacle that was blocking his unit's path.
From 1916 light and medium mortars were increasingly used to blow aside barbed wire obstacles.
Neither minefields, deeply dug shelters nor extensive wire obstacles existed.
This feature made the Crab very effective at tearing up barbed wire obstacles.
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