Ra144 Le Tertre aux Scènes, Saint-Lunaire, K.V.U. Gruppe Festung Saint Malo, K.V.Gruppe Rance.

Ra144 Le Tertre aux Scènes, Saint-Lunaire

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A battery of two field Kannon with casemates, living and ammunition bunkers. This is all we managed to find but I am sure there is more here.
2 x R612.
8 x Munitionsbunkers.
2 x Vf bunkers.
2 x 7.5cm F.K.(b)

R612 casemate for assault gun.

A Belgian 7.5cm F.K.

Ra144 Le Tertre aux Scènes, Saint-Lunaire

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Ra144 is on the hill overlooking Plage de Longchamp.

 

 

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The ridge running at the back of Plage de Longchamp, Saint-Lunaire.

Ra144 Le Tertre aux Scènes, Saint-Lunaire

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Plage de Longchamp, Saint-Lunaire. You can just see the casemate in the trees.

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This is as close as we could get to the R612 and over to its right now the basement of a bungalow.
A new housing Saintate has been built below the bunker so this is as close as we could get.

R612 from the front.

R612 gun room.

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A closer view.

View through an R612 embrasure.

Two small ammunition niches each side by the rear door.

 

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A 1950's view.

Ra144 Le Tertre aux Scenes, Saint-Lunaire

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A close up of the two R612 bunkers with one now the foundations of a bungalow and the other looking over to the sea.

A plan of an R612 casemate.

Inside a casemate.

R612 casemate..

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Post war.

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It shows up so well from the air.

A closer image of the first R612 casemate. [An image from DPBelfra].

Part of the second R612 under the bungalow. [An image from DPBelfra].

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Close up of the casemate.

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On top of the hill with the bunker across the field behind the house and the other under he bungalow with a good view over the bay.

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7.5cm F.K. Horse Drawn Gun.

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