Pasir Panjang Pillbox

Pasir Panjang Pillbox is a strengthened-concrete defensive structure from World War II, located in Pasir Panjang in the southwestern area of Singapore.

Background and history

In advance of the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore between 1941 and 1942 during World War II, a number of concrete-built defensive pillboxes were built along Singapore's eastern and western coasts.^[1]

Gallery

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  The Pasir Panjang Machine Gun Pillbox.
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  An angled defensive-wall behind the pillbox offers protection to those defending the rear of the structure (albeit having little to no protection over their heads without a roof).
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  A memorial plaque established by Singapore's National Heritage Board (NHB) in front of the pillbox commemorating the history of the structure.
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  The memorial plaque's content shown here.
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  The entrance-door into the pillbox, now having been sealed up and access inside prohibited.
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  The rear-area of the pillbox, with square holes placed in the defensive-wall provided to allow troops to fire on approaching enemy soldiers getting too close to entering the structure.
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  The entrance-door shown here together with one of the pillbox's gun embrasures.
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  Two gun embrasures shown together with the rounded observation cupola on the roof of the pillbox.
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  A wide-angle view of the Pasir Panjang Pillbox.
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  Another wide-angle view of the historic structure.
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  The entrance-door of the pillbox with the top of the observation cupola also seen.
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  The front of the pillbox towards which an enemy force would face.

References

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