Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
6., Grenadier-Regiment 919
1 x Wellblech bunker.
1 x Bf.67neu Tobruk.
1 x Pilz pillbox.
1 x APX R R35 Turret with a 3.7cm KwK144(f).
1 x 8cm Gr.W. Mortar.
Inside a Wellblech bunker.
Pilz pillbox.
R35 Tank Turret.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
Wn14a sits between Wn14 & 16 with mine field Mf.57 running along the front.
It looks as though Wn14a was slotted in to cover the D69 going straight to Wn135 - StP Marcouf MKB.
Tobruk construction.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
Wellblech sitting in the corner of a garden. A Wellblech or corrugated iron bunker. A cheap and easy bunker to build with concrete foundations and a an iron top and then covered in more concrete. They were used as crew quarters, ammunition, storage, etc.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
The Allied Bigot plan showing the pillbox, tank turret and machine gun positions.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
This I believe is the Bf.67neu Tobruk with an APX R R35 Turret with a 3.7cm KwK144(f).
R35 turret plan.
3.7 AP round.
R35 turret.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
8cm Gr.W. Mortar and crew.
8cm Gr.W. Mortar.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - The Pilz pillbox in place 1944
Pilz pillbox a concrete round wall with a domed roof with three gun ports and a rear door. The report states it was hit by 3” guns. It looks as its all come in from inland so possibly tank rounds.
Sherman.
75mm or 3” Sherman solid shot.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins Pilz pillbox at La Maison Rouge, K.V.U.Gruppe St Vaast
Looking inside through the door with the three embrasures.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
A signals Corps rather staged photo of a US soldier looking north.
Wn14a Hameau du Sud - Les Gougins
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