Blockhouse

<p>A blockhouse is a small <a href="/facts/Fortification/pyH0FXhH">fortification</a>, usually consisting of one or more rooms with <a href="/facts/Loophole_(firearm)/d9BvqTVs">loopholes</a>, allowing its defenders to fire in various directions. It is usually an isolated fort in the form of a single building, serving as a defensive strong point against any enemy that does not possess <a href="/facts/Siege_engine/r2PkepBD">siege equipment</a> or, in modern times, <a href="/facts/Artillery/GLpMYG9o">artillery</a>, <a href="/facts/Air_force/M9LeqXoY">air force</a> or <a href="/facts/Cruise_missile/Frego9PF">cruise missiles</a>. A fortification intended to resist these weapons is more likely to qualify as a <a href="/facts/Fortification/pyH0FXhH">fortress</a> or a <a href="/facts/Redoubt/nDFnrdy7">redoubt</a>, or in modern times, be an underground <a href="/facts/Bunker/WDHwf6sc">bunker</a>. However, a blockhouse may also refer to a room within a larger fortification, usually a <a href="/facts/Artillery_battery/lf2pfXQv">battery</a> or redoubt.
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Blockhouse