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MP4, L'Angle Tower, Guernsey

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The naval gauges in the British Channel Islands represent an exceptional design within the Atlantic Wall as a whole. There is every reason to believe that for political reasons an attempt was made to adapt the design of these towers to the local Martello towers to connect to the pre-Victorian period. The towers on Jersey and Guernsey are basically cylindrical and have several observation slits. Most of the towers are freestanding, while one is built into the cliff face. Exceptions to the round basic design are the tower at L'Angle on Guernsey, a tower with a polygonal plan with two of the observation planes shifted forward, and the tower at Alderney, in which a cylindrical and a block-shaped element are integrated. R. Rolf 1982.

Die Peilstünde der Kriegsmarine auf den britischen Kanalin-seln stellen innerhalb des Atlantikwall-Ganzen au§erge-wöhnliche Entwürfe dar Es besteht aller Anla§ zur Annah-me, da§ aus politischen Gründen versucht wurde, den Entwurf dieser Tûrme an die lokalen Martello-Türme aus der vorviktorianischen Zeit anschlie§en zu lassen. Die Türme auf Jersey und Guernsey sind im Prinzip zylinderför-mig und mit mehreren Beob-achtungsschlitzen versehen. Die meisten Türme sind freistehend, während ein einziger in die Felswand eingebaut ist. Ausnahmen vom runden Basisentwurf sind der Türm bei l'Angle auf Guernsey, ein Turm mit einem vieleckigen Grundri§, wobei zwei der Beobachtungsebenen nach vorn verschoben sind, und der Türm auf Alderney, bei dem ein zylinder- und ein blockförmiges Element integriert sind. R. Rolf 1982.

Marine Artillery.

Heer Artillery.

Heer Artillery.

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Situated on the south western tip of Guernsey.
The Channel Islands were captured by the German Army in1940 and Hitler ordered that the Islands should be fortified, convinced that the British (Churchill) would try to recover the Islands. This was the last things on the British Governments mind as it would have killed many British civilians on the islands and also had no strategic advantage.

Starssburg battery - 4 x 22cm k532 (f) guns.

Steinbruch battery - 4 x 15cm SK C/28 guns.

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The island was ringed with heavy batteries, three Naval Abteilung 604 & eight Army Heeres Kusten Artillerie. This fire control tower was designed to coordinate on five levels to direct the five naval batteries on the island. Only three naval batteries were actually built so some floors were turned over to the army and a Freya radar fitted on to the top.

Freya early warning radar.

Freya set in Normandy.

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I visited the Island in 2000 and the camera was an early digital with very little memory, so I didn't take enough photos. Such a shame now looking back.

Plan of a Mirus gun.

One of the four Mirus battery guns.

Red arrow - MP4 tower.
Red circle - Mirus battery. Green circle - Strassburg battery.
Blue circle - Steinbruch battery .

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With the radar on the top. A Freya set.

Freya early warning radar.

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Plan.
The Navy were due to install more battery's on Guernsey but only three were actually built. Each viewing slit basically was for one battery. And that goes in theory for the whole island. So that any Peilstand could direct the fire of any battery at any time. Also all batteries had to be able to fire over 360°. That way all angles were covered. As it was, only three Naval batteries were built, so the other redundant viewing slits were handed over to the Army. I am sure the Navy were very happy to share with the Army (very doubtful).

Marine Artillery Officers.

Heer Artillery Officers.

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A post war photo after the military items had been removed.
Mirus battery - 4 x 30.5cm k14 (r) guns.
Starssburg battery - 4 x 22cm k532 (f) guns.
Steinbruch battery - 4 x 15cm SK C/28 guns.

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