StP Waben.

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StP Waben.

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Battery 1./H.A.A.1146.
4 x R669 Casemates.
4 x Geschützstellung open emplacements.
4 x 12.2cm s.F.H.369(r).

1 x Kablebrunnen.

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12.2cm s.F.H.369(r).

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R669 casemate.

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Kablebrunnen.

StP Waben.

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StP Waben.

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StP Waben.

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1946 NA

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StP Waben.

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The air photo showing four R669 casemates and several ancillary buildings (bunkers) behind. The four casemates show up as well possibly two Geschützstellung.
This site is now a gravel pit and all the casemates are still here but I am not sure about any other buildings.

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A pair of R669 casemates at another battery site.

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StP Waben.

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StP Waben
Batterie picture SHM

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A post war view of the four Waben casemates across the fields now dug out for gravel extraction.
The 12.2cm s.F.H.369(r) guns would have covered the Berck to Fort Mahon.

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Fire direction.

StP Waben.

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StP Waben
R636a Fire Control Post at StP Berck Nord (it has now been removed)

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R636a a command post for an army (Heers) coastal batterie. The Officers & man that were inside this post, would be the lookout for for the batterie and when when they saw a target. They would compute all the information and then send it via a buried armoured telephone cable or in an emergency, by radio. The guns would receive all their information to fire on the targets within range.

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R636a FCP plan and elevation..

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Observation.

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Plotting room.

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Armoured cable.


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Armoured cable junction box..

StP Waben.

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22 February 2014

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StP Waben
R669 Turm 1

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R669 casemate Turm 1.

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Plan.

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An R669 front view.

StP Waben.

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22 February 2014

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StP Waben
R669 Turm 2

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R669 casemate Turm 2.

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Plan.

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R669 gun room.

StP Waben.

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22 February 2014

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StP Waben
R669 Turm 3

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R669 casemate Turm 3

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Plan.

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Rear view of two R669's on another battery.

StP Waben.

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22 February 2014

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StP Waben
R669 Turm 4

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R669 casemate Turm 4 attached to the new building.

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Plan.

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plan of an R669.

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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Now we move on to a cable bunker we found in a field just west of Waben.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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The bunker is in the field on the right.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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This cable box could have been a connection the north south cable with cables coming in from the west?

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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It has these three holes in the front and the extension on the right has another hole.
I am absolutely unaware of what happened inside this Kablebrunnen so its all guesswork.

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Armoured cable.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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An entrance.

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Field telephone.

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Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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Inside now half full of water. It looks as though tubes/pipes came through the holes and you can see the shapes in the concrete above.

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I wonder if it was like this??

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Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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Almost a key hole where a pipe/cable came through.

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Cable linesmen.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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The other end with the three holes out.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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This is a sort of extension adding another cable from three to four.

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Funkroom.

Waben.

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22 February 2014

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Waben Kablebrunnen

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The extension on the side.

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Wet concrete was moulded around the cable.

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These spikes held the cable in place.

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This is where the extended cable went out.

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22 February 2014

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StP Waben & Waben Kablebrunnen

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