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Wn94 La Halte du Vey

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A small ant-tank position on the RN13
1 x R629 Garage.
2 x R622 twin group bunker.
1 x 2.5cm Pak 113(f).

R629 Garage.

R622 twin group bunker.

2.5cm Pak 113(f).

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1947

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There were supposed to be two R622's but I am not sure if they were ever built?? The R629 faced east and a small track would have enabled the gun to be removed from its shelter to prepared positions covering the road.

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R629 Garage

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This was the RN13 before the new Auto-route was built with the entrance on the left. A good field of fire down towards Carentan and also East towards Isigny. It was also possibly a road check point.

Road block with a Belgian gate.

Wn94 La Halte du Vey

13 April 2016

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R629 Garage

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The position of the R629 garage. The gun could be pulled out of the garage and dragged to a defence position nearer the road. Here it could cover the road east & west. A crew of four to six with one of them the guns commander. Usually the one with binoculars around his neck.

Gun commander with the binoculars.

A small A/T gun outside a gun garage.

Another small A/T gun being man handled to a new location.

Wn94 La Halte du Vey

12 October 2017

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R629 Garage

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The house, it must have been built in the 1950's.

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12 October 2017

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R629 Garage.

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This is the rear of the bunker as the entrance faces the house.

R629 Garage.

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2.5cm Pak 113(f).

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This was a handy little gun before the war. To be used against small tanks and vehicles likely to attack France. Relatively cheap to produce and easy to crew. Hundreds would have been made and after the capture of France the arsenal were opened to the German army to use as they will. Now that Normandy had been captured in June/July 1940, it had to be defended. The Germans did not have enough equipment of their own and so large amounts of captured weapons were distributed out the army units. This the 2.5cm Pak 113(f) was one of them.

2.5cm - Calibre.
Pak - Panzerabwehrkanone.
113 - The German number for the gun.
(f) - This means it is of French origin.

The French 25mm SA.L Model 1937 is an improvement on the 25mm Model 1934. These anti-tank guns served France up to the German invasion of 1940. They were then captured and used by Germany and her allies including Vichy France and Finland. In German service the piece was designated 2,5cm PAK 113 (f). These pieces had a fair amount of service in the North African Campaign and in the Finnish war with the Soviet Union. http://lovettartillery.com>

The French using the gun probably 1940.

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12 October 2017

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R629 Garage

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The roof of the garage.

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21 March 2006

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WN 454 La Vacqurie's R629

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This is how the entrance into an R629 anti-tank gun garage would have looked.
WN 454 La Vacurie is on the southern defence of Cherbourg.

There would have been a Tobruk defence to the left side of the door.

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21 March 2006

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WN 454 La Vacqurie's R629

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A closer look at the entrance of La Vacqurie's R629.

494P2 heavy steel door that may have been used close off the entrance.

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21 March 2006

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WN 454 La Vacqurie's R629

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This is the gun garage where the gun would have been pushed in, barrel first. The barrel would have fitted up to the slot at the end allowing a bit more room in the bunker for longer guns. The space under the two floor is for ammunition storage.

Ammunition.

Wn94 La Halte du Vey

21 March 2006

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WN 454 La Vacqurie's R629

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This is the crew room at La Vacqurie's R629. A 1942 design, not many were built along this invasion coast, but more around Cherbourg where Wn452 La Vacqurie is situated.

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French 1940

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25mm SA mle 34 and SA-L mle 37.