Pillboxes are cheap and ideal front-line defenses against enemy infantries. Its design comes from the old pillboxes of the past. Allies decided that they would return its design to the basic, armored shelter with machine gun emplacement. Despite the great and overwhelming power of new Soviet weapons such as Apocalypse Tanks and V3 Rocket Launchers, it is proved to be a valuable asset in the face of dangerous Soviet infantry, such as the Crazy Ivans and the Psychic Corps Infantry. It's replaced by more versatile Multigunner turret in the War of the Three Powers.