Editing Defensive fighting position (section)

== Terminology ==
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'''Tobruk''' type positions are named after the system of defensive positions constructed, initially, by the [[Royal Italian Army|Italian Army]] at [[Tobruk]], Libya. After [[Siege of Tobruk#Capture of Tobruk|Tobruk fell to the Allies]] in January 1941, the existing positions were modified and significantly expanded by the [[Australian Army]] which, along with other Allied forces, reused them in the [[Siege of Tobruk]].

A '''foxhole''' is one type of defensive strategic position. It is a "small pit used for cover, usually for one or two personnel, and so constructed that the occupants can effectively fire from it".<ref>Bundessprachenamt. ''Militärisches Studienglossar. Englisch. Teil I, A-K''. Hürth, 2001, p. 580.</ref>

It is known more commonly within [[United States Army]] slang as a "'''fighting position'''" or as a "'''[[United_States_Army_Rangers|ranger]] grave'''". It is known as a "'''fighting hole'''" in the [[United States Marine Corps]], a "'''gun-pit'''" in [[Australian Army]] terminology, and a "'''fighting pit'''" in the [[New Zealand Army]].

In [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Canada|Canadian]] military argot it equates to a range of terms including '''slit trench''', or '''fire trench''' (a trench deep enough for a soldier to stand in), a '''sangar''' (sandbagged fire position above ground) or '''shell scrape''' (a shallow depression that affords protection in the prone position), or simply—but less accurately—as a "[[Trench warfare|trench]]".

During the [[American Civil War]] the term "'''rifle pit'''" was recognized by both U.S. Army and [[Confederate Army]] forces.

A protected emplacement or concealed post in which one or several machine guns are set up is known in U.S. English as a '''machine gun nest'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/machine-gun_nest|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051026/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/machine-gun_nest|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2018|title=machine-gun nest|work=[[Oxford Dictionaries (website)|Oxford Dictionaries]]|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref>