Category:BT 4x4 Watchtowers
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English: BT 4x4 ("Beobachtungsturm 4x4") is a type of command post / watchtower built for the East German borderguards at the Inner German border or at the wall around West-Berlin. The square shape with dimensions of 4 by 4 metres is characteristic for this tower type, as the other common square border tower type (BT-9) is more slender with dimensions of 2 x 2 metres. The other visual key difference between the two types are the windows on the top floor: The windows of the BT 4x4 do not run the full width of the tower whereas the windows in the BT-9 do.
Other common abbreviations for the BT 4x4 are BTv 4x4 ("Beobachtungsturm viereckig, 4x4") or FüSt ("Führungsstelle"). The tower has the following levels:
- Basement
- Ground floor with arrest cells
- 1st floor with sleeping compartments for a half squad, with two small windows per side, suitable as a loophole
- 2nd floor with observation platform, and alarm and signalling equipment. Four windows face each of the four sides.
- Roof, with railing and search light, possibly antennas
Subcategories
This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total.
B
- Führungsstelle Bergfelde (12 F)
- Führungsstelle Kieler Eck (8 F)
F
- Führungsstelle Behrungen (6 F)
- Führungsstelle Hötensleben (10 F)
- Führungsstelle Pferdeberg (11 F)
- Führungsturm Darchau (2 F)
G
- Grenzturm Hessendamm (10 F)
N
- Grenzturm Nieder Neuendorf (6 F)
W
- Wachturm B 105 (Dassow) (4 F)
- Wachturm Hermannsfeld (4 F)
- Grenzturm Weferlingen (6 F)
Media in category "BT 4x4 Watchtowers"
The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total.
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0485 1989 BERLIN Steinstucken (april) (14121930278).jpg 6,772 × 4,440; 17.97 MB
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Birx, ehemalige Führungsstelle.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 630 KB
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Diesdorf Grenzturm.jpg 2,304 × 3,456; 5.87 MB
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Eiskeller mit Wachturm - Abbildung auf einer Infostele der Chronik der Mauer.JPG 1,501 × 1,128; 1 MB
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Fuehrungstelle boeckwitz.jpg 944 × 1,166; 394 KB
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Fuerungsstelle.jpg 299 × 411; 35 KB
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Neuenbau-Führungsstelle.jpg 5,616 × 3,744; 1.29 MB
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Schlesischer Busch 1989.jpg 2,353 × 1,591; 1.68 MB
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Segment with Graffiti of the Berlin Wall (2 of 4) (cropped).jpg 2,549 × 1,151; 476 KB
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Segment with Graffiti of the Berlin Wall (2 of 4).jpg 3,486 × 2,402; 8.94 MB
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Wachturm Böckwitz-Zicherie.jpg 800 × 1,067; 98 KB
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Wachturm Innerdeutsche Grenze.JPG 867 × 588; 66 KB
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