Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Wn Lo31 is situated on the western side of Lorient.
5cm KwK 38 L42.
3.7cm Pak35/36 anti-tank gun.
SK/ Doppelschartenstand.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Lo24 to Lo32.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Lo32 Le Couregant runs from the bunker on the plan, around the village to the next headland.
2 x R505 casemate.
2 x R501 groupe bunker.
1 x SK/ Doppelschartenstand.
10 x Vf58c.
2 x R600b ringstands.
2 x 5cm KwK 38 L42.
2 x 3.7cm Pak35/36.
There were two R501s
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Pointe du Couregant.
View of the bay from on the top of the bunker.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Anti-tank wall
This is part of the large anti-tank sea wall running around the bay.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
The damage done was I feel not in battle but by the scrap men. There should have been a large steel front piece bolted to the casemate.
R505 casemate for anti-tank gun.
485p2 Panzer schartenplatte steel plate.
3.7cm Skoda ant-tank gun with red the steel plate.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
You can see the cut off bolts that held the plate in place.
485P2 Panzer schartenplatte.
Gunner.
Gun room in a contemporary casemate.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Looking into the gun room where soil has been pushed in through the back door.
Plan.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Looking into the ammunition room from the passage.
Plan.
3.7cm ammunition in its carrying box.
3.7cm standard early war anti-tank gun.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Passage looking into the crew room.
plan
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Crew room.
Crew room.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Hooks to hang the crews bunks.
Bunk fittings.
Bunks full.
Bunk asleep.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Close combat window now removed covered the rear entrance..
It looks like a 422po1 plate.
Close combat machine gun.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Close combat window, the other side.
Close combat machine gun.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
Gun room. Looking at the gun room from the passage with the front to the right and the rear entrance on the left..
3.7cm Skoda Pak.
R505 plan.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
R505 Casemate.
The gun would swivel on a centre mounting and the trail would fit into this slot.
You can see the rear trail set into the slot.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
An R505 flanking the other side of the Bay
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This is all I had time to look for but there is a lot more to find along this coast . .
The bay showing where the two R505's were laid out and their arks of fire.
Wn Lo32, K.V.Gruppe Lorient
Plan of Lo32 Le Couregant.
This may have been an early plan.
© 2013 Richard Drew