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Star fort of the time was the state of the art in fortifications. Direct response to the evolution of firearms and artillery. Curtain walls were no longer enough protection against cannon, and they had to be earth-berm backed walls. The star configuration gave interlocking fields of fire, allowing one bastion to prevent being overtopped by infantry to the bastions on either side of it.

Remember that when someone wants to ban guns, they are literally trying to ban a 16th century technology.

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This is definitely a speshul snowflake fort.

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That was when niggers ruled the Netherlands. Saw it on the jewflix networks. .

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Day waz kangs

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Oh yes, I learned in histery class this was builded by ainchint colored bros.

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I could impregnate that.

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An insane amount of digging and artillery, it’s crazy when you see one of these forts. Literally 10s of thousands of men are required to assault or defend.

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You can see the scars of sieges past in the photo, the flood field in the top right has that zig zag shape because it is where sappers dug trenches to approach the fort and establish canon and mortar positions.