Cat (fortress construction)

In fortress construction, the cat is the Germanized name for the "Kat". There were the following forms of cats:

1. The bastion or curtain cat, also known as the cavalier , is a gun emplacement. In Dutch these works are called "Kat".
2. The trench cat is an elevated infantry formation in a trench system . It allows, for example Flankierungsfeuer on a covered way (the excavation came as Wall on the sides; covered in this case means that the trooper could come unseen to the front to front). These covered trenches were about two meters deep and about ten meters wide.

literature

• Johann G. von Hoyer: General dictionary of the war architecture. Volume 2: F to Q. Realschul-Buchhandlung, Berlin 1816, pp. 191–192 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cat . In: Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon . 5th edition. Volume 1, F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig 1911, p.  950 .