What are the structures called in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL394YoLyf0
The structures the player picks to hide behind roughly after 1:40,

or in the picture on the right of this page
www.joewalshtours.ie/holidays/School-and-college-tours-world-warii-battlefields-normandy

I vaguely remember I once saw a word for this in the dictionary,but don't remember it now.
Thanks in advance.

Question

What are the structures called in this video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL394YoLyf0
 The structures the player picks to hide behind roughly after 1:40,

or in the picture on the right of this page
www.joewalshtours.ie/holidays/School-and-college-tours-world-warii-battlefields-normandy

I vaguely remember I once saw a word for this in the dictionary,but don't remember it now.
Thanks in advance.

Answer

a lot of people called them "hedgehogs" (like the animal) suppose to stop ships coming ashore, or tanks.  made by welding railroad rails together. they were inspired by the Czech. "Tschechenigel" (Czech hedgehog) is the german name for the x's there are also the "Belgian gates" (similar different shape and use) "log ramps" and "rommels asparagus" you can look up any of these different names if you want to see the differences. im not a WWII (world war 2) buff. (buff meaning someone who is knowledgeable on a topic or a expert) but I hope I helped.

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