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Wn202 just comes outside of StP Cap Lévi and also behind the Cherbourg defence line (Wn400 numbers). Covering the west side of the peninsular from any sneaky attack by Commandos, if they tried to assault the radar station Wn201b.
R667 casemate.
R502a twin group shelter.
Possibly a Ringstand Pz.T.
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2 x R667 casemates.
2 x R502a group bunkers.
2 x Vf.
1 x Vf/B Stelle.
1 x Ringstand Pz.T.
1 x Nr 1694 ringstand.
1 x Tank turret.
1 x Machine gun Stand.
3 x 5cm KwK
5cm KwK L/42.
Heavy machine guns.
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Plan
Wn202 covering the western neck of the Cap, there were two minefields either side of the defence.
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Allied target photo prior to D-Day
Photo reconnaissance was by June 1944 a very important role, allied pilots flying several types of aircraft flew the length and breadth of occupied Europe to obtain target information.
Spitfire of 542 Sqn RAF.
542 Sqn RAF.
Cameras on a Spitfire.
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Port du Cap Lévi.
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Heavy machine gun position.
Plan.
Heavy machine gun.
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Heavy machine gun position.
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Heavy machine gun position.
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Tobruk
This is either a Tobruk or a Pz.T tank turret Tobruk.
Tobruk including a turret.
PzFt17 Turret.
Mitrailleuse Mle Smg331(f).
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Tobruk
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R502a
Twin group bunker.
R502a.
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R502a
Entrance side. The a in R502a maybe that there is an added Tobruk defence.
The bunker plan.
MKB Bunkertour.
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R502a
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R502a
Periscope fitting.
Periscope.
Periscope.
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R502a
Tobruk defence looks as though it has taken a direct hit from an American gun.
Plan.
Observation.
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Nr 1694
5cm KwK Pak gun. Designed as a tank gun and made redundant by the 7.5cm Pak. The 5cm KwK was added to a ringstand base that could be bolted to concrete and placed in an open ringstand type Nr1695 or later on an R667 casemate.
Nr 1694 ringstand
How it may have looked.
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Nr 1694
Ringstand.
Fitting in an Nr1694 ringstand.
Breach of a 5cm KwK gun.
5cm Sprenggranat Patrone 38 anti-tank-shell. (HE grenade cartridge).
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Wn233 Tot de haut (f)
Tot de haut (f) a French batterie of four guns in open emplacements and this huge fire control post. Part of the Maginot line that rings France and not just covering the German border. There was to be another batterie of two battleship turrets sunk into the ground on the west of Cherbourg.
194 mm Mle 1902 guns.
Plan.
Just after capture in 1940.
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Rommel's Asparagus
Parts of the beach defence still being used today as fence posts.
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Vf position
This is a very odd bunker and has several different shapes.
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Vf position
Vf. = V (erstãrkt) f. (eldmäßig (er). Strengthened field position.
I have no idea what the concrete tank is but it maybe a water container and the Vf maybe a kitchen??
Peeling potatoes.
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Vf position
The entrance.
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Vf position
Inside.
MKB Bunkertour.
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The view out to see.
Plan.
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Vf MG position
This may have been a heavy machine gun position.
Plan.
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Vf MG position
Crew room.
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Vf MG position
It could also have held a small mortar.
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Vf MG position
Quite a reasonable crew room.
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R667 casemate
One of the two R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK Pak. This gun covered quite a large area of the beach.
R667.
R667 casemate.
R667 casemate.
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R667 casemate
The rear of the casemate and the tiles cover the open entrance.
The roof is shown in the plan as a yellow line.
Inside a casemate.
Rear entrance of an R667.
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Ammunition bunker
Behind the casemate is what looks an ammunition bunker..
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Eisenpfahel - Iron post
This is an Eisenpfahel post produced by the Germans to attach barbed wire.
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R667 casemate
The front view of the casemate.
Plan.
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Open position
A concreted stone defence position.
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Open position
Another concreted stone position.
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Open position
Not a very good photo, an open emplacement with a crew room, like the one we saw earlier. Machine gun or a small mortar could be used here.
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This was November and it was very cold and wet day.
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