StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Heeres Küsten Batterie - Army Coastal Batterie comprising of four casemates with 10.5cm K.331(f) guns. These were captured French(f) field guns.

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10.5cm K.331(f) horse artillery

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10.5cm K.331(f) guns set into the base of a casemate.

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10.5cm K.331(f) gun inside a casemate.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 1943

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Air photo 1943

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This shows the original open emplacements for horse artillery guns. It shows up a least three of them and the four casemates are under construction. Behind are huts for accommodation and a kitchen.

2./H.K.A.R.1262. (Heeres Küsten Artillery Regiment)
4 x R671 casemates.
1 x Leitstand/SK.
6 x SK/Vf ammunition stores.
4 x 10.5cm K.331(f) guns.
Huts for accommodation and kitchens.


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10.5cm horse artillery batterie.

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10.5cm horse artillery batterie.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date Google

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Plan today with the four casemates, ammunition stores, fire control post, accommodation and a half circle of defensive machine guns. Most can be found today, IF there are no horses in the field.

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R671 casemate plan.

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R671 casemate elevation.

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Ammunition.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date K.V.U.-Gr.Joburg

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Plan of the German positions around Vauville.

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10.5cm K.331(f) gun in an original open emplacement.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Camp Maneyrol the link will take you to the history of the aerodrome.

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Vauville was started by Alexis Maneyrol and the builder Louis Peyret in January 1923. Immediately, flights were organized which enabled several world records to be broken.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date Google

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The batterie covered the beach Wn's of Wn315 & Wn317. The guns had an effective range of 12km/7.45miles.

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2km of range for the guns.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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The entrance to the Batterie position. 1940 the German army arrived in Cherbourg and start gradually looking at defending the beaches. First infantry would started to dig the odd trench and lay a few mines. By 1942/43 things had become more serious, artillery had been brought in and set in field positions. Casemates started to appear on the beaches and many more mines and barbed wire was laid. Allied aerial bombing started to damage open gun emplacements so Hitler decided to have all artillery placed under concrete. 1943 was a year of bunker construction and here four R671 casemates were constructed. The old fire control post was still being used as were the ammunition niches that had served the open emplacements.

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10.5cm horse artillery.

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10.5cm horse artillery.

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Set in several of the hedges are ammunition niches, small concrete spaces to hold dispersed ammunition.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Leitstand/SK.

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Leitstand (Fire control post) SK Sonder Konstruction (special construction). The Leitstand was originally built for the guns that were in open emplacements. Its an open viewing platform with a room underneath.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date SHM

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Leitstand/SK.

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A 1945 photo taken for the French military and held at SHM.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Leitstand/SK.

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A simple concrete structure made probably by the artillery men stationed here. Crude wood shuttering, a steel ladder to the observation room. The two front windows could be used as machine gun embrasures.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Leitstand/SK.

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The original galvanise iron ladder handles still in place. A shelf for working on and a niche/cupboard for keeping plotting instruments.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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The small integral shelf.

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Date 21 February 2009 ------------------------------------------------------- SHM

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The view of the batterie.

 

 

 

 

 

SHM plan of the batterie.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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Leitstand/SK.

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This picture in 2009 shows the two window/embrasures that could double as defence with a machine gun or rifle.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Leitstand/SK.

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Looking inside.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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15 October 2017

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Casemate R671

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Turm 4

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Casemate R671 plan.

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Elevation of the casemate.

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In an R671 the gun was removed from its Lafette (carriage) and sat on a ring mount inside the casemate.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Casemate R671

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Turm 4 rear entrance door.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Casemate R671

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The door frame and heavy hinges of the 434P01 type door.

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434P01 door

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The exact numbers of the left and right 434P01 doors.

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Hinge

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Casemate R671

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In an R671 the gun was removed from its Lafette (carriage) and sat on a ring mount inside the casemate.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date Google

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Casemate R671

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Looking from above, the shapes of the roof are to support earth and grass to help with camouflage. The two wings, earth can be heaped up and make a continuous mound over the bunker.

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Earth heaped up on both sides.

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Earth n the roof.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 February 2009

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.
Casemate R671

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Turm 4

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Date 15 October 2017

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Casemate R671

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Turm 4

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Date Air Doc

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An Allied plan of the batterie.
Green - open emplacements.
Red - casemates.
The Allies thought the batterie would be 15.5cm when they were actually only 10.5cm.

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10.5cm K.331(f) gun in an original open emplacement.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Turms 3, 2 & 1.

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Date SHM

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1945 pictures.

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Date SHM

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In this casemate it looks as though the gun mounting is still in place but the barrel removed.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 21 June 2002

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John wondering around one of the open emplacement ammunition niches.

StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 15 October 2017

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The two open emplacements and the ammunition niches in the field.

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Plan.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Ammunition niche.

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Date26 June 2002

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Another niche with an interesting cover.

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A box of 10.5cm ammunition.

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Date 26 June 2002

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An interesting cover.

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Cordite bags.

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An interesting cover.

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Date21 February 2009

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Ammunition room.

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Date 21 February 2009

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Ammunition room.

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Date 21 February 2009

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Ammunition room.

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StP391 Biville le Petit Thot H.K.B.

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Date 26 June 2002

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Ammunition niche with the door missing.

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Barracks at the bottom of the field.

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Date 15 October 2017

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Barracks at the bottom of the field.

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Date 15 October 2017

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