StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
Two batteries set side by side (which is unusual) StP84 & StP83.
StP83 had four10cm le.F.H.14/19 Kannon and two 7.5cm F. K. 16n.Art. in three R612 casemates with a third under construction..
R612 casemate.
R607 Ammunition bunker.
R622 twin group bunker.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
I made another visit on the 20 July 2020 and this is a record of the new bunkers uncovered.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R612 casemate I have never seen it looking so bad.
R612 casemate.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 Twin Group Bunker.
R622 plan.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 two entrances and a Tobruk defence on the left side.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 rusted periscope fitting.
735P3 type.
Periscope fitting inside.
I believe this picture may have been taken here.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 air vents.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 the Tobruk defence, a ring mounted machine gun could be fitted and the gunner/observer had a speaking tube to keep in contact with the inside of the bunker and could shout down and explain what is going on outside.
details
Sprachrohr (speaking) tube.
Observing.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 Tobruk looking from inside.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 Tobruk
Cannabis factory.
The real thing.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
Where Maisy dumped all its rubbish.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 the left entrance with the close combat defence ready to fire on you.
Close combat embrasure.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 the passageway.
R622 Plan.
MKB Bunkertour.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 this is the aerial slot, a specially designed bunker aerial fitted into the slot and could be extended or retracted as need be. Just because there is a slot, it does not mean that there was an aerial fitted. But in my mind, if there is an earthing strip in place. Then there was a probability that the aerial was fitted. You can just see a rusted earthing strip.
Aerial fittings.
An aerial in a slots
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 left hand crew room. On the left is the gas filter shelf to hold spare filters, above the four square blocks are where the gas filter screwed to the wall and above the air filter pipes.
Wandstütze.
Bracket fitted to the four square blocks on the wall.
Kurbelhous.
Filter & pump. There was also an electric motor to drive it, if the had electricity.
Filters shelf at ground level..
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 crew room two, fittings for the heating.
Heating and pipe work.
WT 80 K.
WT 80 K type heater/cooker.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 back out and through the rubbish. A 434P01 door would have closed off the entrance here.
434P01 door.
434P01 door .
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R622 close combat defence embrasure.
Possibly a 483P2 embrasure was fitted here.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
Allied intelligence plan of Maisy but they got the R607 ammunition bunker in the wrong position..
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker
The view across the R607 with the third casemate in the distance.
R607 plan.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker Looking along the front of the bunker.
R607 plan.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker. Note the camouflage covering the entrances.
R607 twin group bunker.
10cm ammunition.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker air vents in the wall.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker Tobruk entrance.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker. The Tobruk entrance and stairway.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker
Inside the Tobruk. The square niche would have had a Sprachrohr speaking tube to connect with the inside of the bunker.
Sprachrohr.
How the Sprachrohr was connected to the inside of the bunker.
Also it may hold a relay box that a field telephone could be attached.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker
The left entrance and notice straight away how wide the entrance is compared to a normal bunker. This is to allow ammunition to be carried in and out.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker
The passage way to the two rooms, one behind the other. The floor was several inches in water so I could not get right in.
19P7 thin steel door, really an internal door and should have been a heavy 434P01 door. I wonder why?
434P01 door.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker.
Inside the first room. I noticed that this room has a gas filtration system built in. That is not standard, so this bunker may have been designed as maybe a crew room and the second room an ammunition room.
Wandstütze.
Bracket for the wall.
Kurbelhous.
Filter & pump. There was also an electric motor to drive it, if the had electricity.
Spare filters fitted on the shelf near the floor.
Filters shelf at ground level..
Flexible rubber hose fitting..
VW - filter.
The yellow aluminum filter assembly on the wall above the pump. It held a cotton filter. On the main picture some broken aluminum can be seen above the filtration system.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker.
Details of the gas filtration system and an advert.
details
Extractor vent.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
R607 ammunition bunker
The second passageway. I did not enter as it was full of Maisy towns glass and rubbish dumped there over the years. The door here was a 434P01 heavy steel door. It comes in two parts, top & bottom. A small window in the top door.
434P01 door.
Window in top door.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
The view of the batterie and you can just see Utah Beach museum and the Red house.
Wn05 la Madeleine plage, K.V.U.Gruppe Marcouf, K.V.Gruppe Cotentin Ost.
This is the view that would have been seen from the watchtower of Utah Beach or Wn05 and they would have fired their four Kannons
on the beach.
There was a wooden water tower, built to hold water fro the building process. It could and seems was used as a fire control post. Mirador - Watchtower.

StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
An Enemy Artillery & Ranges plan for this area showing that the guns at StP84 could hit Utah Beach with their 4 x 10cm le.F.H.14/19(t).
Horse drawn artillery.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére
Utah Beach being shelled. The shelling continued until all the German batteries were overrun.
StP84 Maisy - Batterie 'Brasilia', La Martinére