Meanings
nounCzech hedgehog (plural Czech hedgehogs)
plural Czech hedgehogs
- governmentA static antitank and anti–landing craft obstacle, widely used during World War II, constructed from three mutually perpendicular steel rails connected in the form of a tripod.
Omaha Beach was shielded by about 3,700 obstacles, including 450 ramps, 2,000 stakes, 1,050 Czech hedgehogs, and 200 Belgian Gates. These followed a standard pattern.
2013, Steven Zaloga, The Devil's Garden: Rommel's Desperate Defense of Omaha Beach on D-Day, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 123
Translations
Czech rozsocháč
- rozsocháčantitank obstacle
Danish panserkryds, tjekkisk pindsvin
- panserkrydsantitank obstacle
- tjekkisk pindsvinantitank obstacle
- spansk rytterantitank obstacle
Finnish tšekkiläinen siili
- tšekkiläinen siiliantitank obstacle
French hérisson tchèque
- hérisson tchèqueantitank obstacle
German Tschechenigel
- Tschechenigelantitank obstacle
Italian riccio ceco
- riccio cecoantitank obstacle
Polish jeż
- jeżantitank obstacle
Portuguese ouriço checo, ouriço tcheco
- ouriço checoantitank obstacle
- ouriço tchecoantitank obstacle
Romanian arici antitanc
- arici antitancantitank obstacle
Russian противота́нковый ёж
- противота́нковый ёж (protivotánkovyj jož)antitank obstacle
Slovak protitankový ježko
- protitankový ježkoantitank obstacle
Spanish erizo checo
- erizo checoantitank obstacle
Cite this entry
APA
Czech hedgehog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech%20hedgehog
MLA
“Czech hedgehog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech%20hedgehog. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Czech hedgehog,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Czech%20hedgehog.
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