It's all mud and water there. There's a thick layer of clay in the soil and even a two-day mild rain turns the fields into a sinking gaugamire, impenetrable even for the best of tractors and 4x4 vehicles.
This two-loophole heavy machine gun pillbox guarded a vital road to Kovno. Only four of them were built in this particular strongpoint, just 4 km south-east of Jurbarkas on the Neman river. Many more were planned in the area but the lack of time has never allowed the Soviets to catch up with the construction schedule.
In June 1941, just when they were needed most, none of them was even remotely combat-ready.

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Make:	PENTAX
Model:	PENTAX K200D
Exposure:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:	f/8.0
ISO Speed:	200
Focal Length:	18 mm