This 3-embrasure machine gun pillbox sits nicely on a slope of a gentle hill. A small valley, with a stream at the bottom, protects it from the front, and the road - running parallel to the former German-Soviet border – was perfectly withing range of its three Maxim heavy machine guns.
Or rather, it would've been, if the builders have ever had enough time to fully equip and arm the pillbox. And so, the German onslaught on the early morning of 22nd of July 1941 swept aside weak screening force of border guards and steamrolled deeper inland.
There is no known record of any of the Molotov Line bunkers in Lithuania to have been used effectively in their designated defensive role.
Still, the view from the empty embrasures – a valley with a stream at the bottom, winding its way to a nearby small lake and the forest treeline far away – is truly spectacular.

And yes, the moon was there.

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Make:	PENTAX
Model:	PENTAX K200D
Exposure:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture:	f/9.5
ISO Speed:	200
Focal Length:	20 mm
Lens:	Sigma or Tamron Lens (3 44)