![]() The teeth were a major problem for the US Third Armoured Division as its tanks entered western Germany by crossing the Siegfried Line, which comprised bunkers and dragon’s teeth. ![]() The defences are not intended to be completely impassable, but are instead used to channel attackers towards ambushes and areas where artillery fire can be concentrated, experts say. ![]() In the 1990s, South Korea built dense rows of the concrete blocks near Goyang, a satellite city of the capital Seoul, in the belief they could slow down the North’s Soviet-era tanks. The US vehicles were unable to pass over dragon’s teeth. Ukraine’s T-64BM Bulat tanks weigh 38 tonnes, making them a little heavier than the largest variant of the American Shermans used in the Second World War. Smoke rises on the outskirts of the city during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. ![]()
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