Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

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2 x R611 casemates.
1 x R631 casemate.
1 x R661/Sk casualty assembly bunker.
1 x R627/Sk Artillery observation post.
1 x R634 six embrasure turret bunker.
1 x R501 group shelter.
1 x R621 group shelter.
2 x R667's casemate for a 5cm KwK gun.
4 x Vf67's Tobruk for a Pz.T. FT17 MG331(f). .
1 x Vf226 .
3 x Vf58c Tobruk's.
4 x Feldm.
2 x Flakstellung.
3 x Pz.T. FT17 MG331(f)
2 x 7.5cm F.K.38.
2 x 5cm KwK L/42.
2 x 2cm Flak 30.
1 x 4.7cm Pak K.36(t).

Vf67 Tobruk for a Pz.T. FT17 MG331(f).

R611 casemates.

R631 casemate.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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The sea wall & fort.
The view from the old town towards the fort on Pointe de Bloscan. The defence area of Mo94 is at the pointe.

This area was garrisoned by Inf. Regt. 100, many left as the Americans advanced west and helped in the defence of Brest.

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

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Walking around the bay I noticed the first bunker on the right an R631, embrasure emplacement for a 4.7cm K36(t) Skoda A/T gun with a co-axle sMG37(t).

A 4.7cm K36(t) Skoda A/T gun with a co-axle sMG37(t).

There were three Pz.T. FT17 MG331(f) turrets in Mo94.

R667 for a 5cm KwK Pak gun.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
R631 casemate

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R631 casemate for a 4.7cm K36(t) Skoda A/T gun with a co-axle sMG37(t).
This is how it looks today on Google earth. Crenellations have been removed.

R631 casemate.

The distinctive crenellation camouflage around its roof.

An original photo showing the crenellations.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
R631 casemate

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R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate.
The entrance door is behind the bush and you would have to pass the close combat embrasure where a machine gun could give cover to any body trying to enter.

A 483p2 close combat embrasure.

Gunner at his position.

Gun room at another casemate.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
R631 casemate

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R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate.
Close combat embrasure and you can just see the door to its left.

Close combat defence.

Crew room of another bunker.

R631 casemate for a 4.7cm Festungspak(t) gun (counter clockwise) Close combat defence room, Gas lock & entrance, Crew room, Ammunition room, and then Gun room.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
R631 casemate

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R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate.
The steel door is nearly in the closed position.

The plate at the front could be drawn up over the gun to protect it from direct fire.

Skoda gun and crew with the gun commander stood looking through a slit to the right of the gun embrasure able to locate targets fore the gunner to fire at.

The plate covering the gun.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
2 x R611 casemate

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2 x R611 casemate for a 7.5cm F.K.38 field gun. View across to the second R611 & the fort (yellow circle). (Red circle) the first R611. R611 casemate is a very interesting one. It has a gun room with a passage, two doors at the rear for a field gun to be brought through, shell & case room magazines, large crew room with periscope, gas lock & close combat defence room.

The rear door.

494p2 large double door the type that may have been used here.

Plan of this R611.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
R611 casemate

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The old fort. Looking down from chapel hill into the fort, fish farm and factory & now almost derelict.

A view of the fort & fish farm pre Atlantikwall.

Corpse de Garde now completely removed.

Corpse de Garde.

Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan.

21 November 2009

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Mo94 Roscoff pointe de Bloscan
Tobruk ringstand Vf58c

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I have seen this Tobruk in lots of books and on websites and thought how I too would like to see it. Well I have and on the day I nearly fell off the wall going to see it as it was so wet and windy.