British Type 22 Pillbox FW3-22 - WW2 Bunker

British Type 22 Pillbox FW3/22 - WW2 Bunker - STL

The Type 22 pillbox was a small British fortification for riflemen that was designed and constructed for the expected German invasion of England in world war 2.

The official designation of this bunker was FW3/22 and had a hexagonal shape with a 10ft internal diameter. The people inside had loop holes to shoot out of and the troops were protected by means of a small entrance with an internal blast wall.

The loop holes were not made to any particular standard and took a variety of forms however they were up to 600mm x 600mm and were formed with metal or wooden boxes that the walls were cast around. Sometimes they were edged with brickwork. Some models had internal shutters of metal or asbestos and a there was often a shelf on the inside for a rifleman to rest his gun and extra ammo on which were often hinged

This STL file is designed for FDM Printers and print with a 0.6mm nozzle at 0.2mm layer height

Supports are not needed for this model.

The printed model measures approx.:

102mm x 100mm x 49mm @28mm Scale

67mm x 66mm x 32mm @1/76 scale

51mm x 50mm x 25mm @15mm Scale

We have a handy calculator for resizing files for 3D printing over at scale-converters

It is designed for 28mm table top games set in WW2 such as:

Bolt Action, Chain of Command and Konflikt ’47. It can also be used in games such as Judge Dredd, Necromunda, and Fallout Wasteland Warfare.

Now rescaled to 1/100 for Flames of War by popular demand.

See the blog post notes on scales about resizing STL files.

Some of the images supplied are computer generated and are for reference. They are images of the files that will be 3D printed.

Print in place parts may need some work to loosen them up after print. Once free, run them through full travel several times to wear them in.