"Resolving the inherent defect of a bastion fort" Topic
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| Tango01 | 11 Dec 2015 3:33 p.m. PST |
"… let us continue the discussion of Mahan's preferred field fortification – the bastion fort. We walked through the method to lay out these sort of defenses, noting the geometry involved. In with that method, there are some terms we should set forward, as they factor into the detailed discussion of such works: The side of the polygon is termed the exterior side; the line bisecting it, the perpendicular; the angle at the salient is the flanked angle; the one formed by a face and flank, the shoulder angle; the one between the flank and curtain, the angle of the curtain; the portion of the work included between the capitals of the two adjacent bastions is denominated a bastioned front, or simply a front. Lots of terms, and sharp readers will notice many of these overlap terms we've discussed before. Let's walk through these, starting with the exterior side, were we can reuse one of the earlier illustrations:…"
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