StP 'Atlantik' Touquet sud H.K.B.

STP · Hardelot - Merlimont K.V.A. D1. · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France

StP 'Atlantik' Touquet sud H.K.B.

StP Atlantik

Batterie 3./H.K.A.R.1245. 8 x R630 machine gun casemate with metal plate. 1 x R612 casemate. 1 x R105c machine gun casemate. 1 x R625 casemate for a 7.5cm Pak40. 1 x R506a casemate for a 4.7cm anti-tank gun (t). 1 x R604 gun bunker. 7 x R621 group shelter. 1 x Vf2a group shelter. 1 x Vf67 Tobruk. 4 x Feldm shelter. 6 x 15.5cm K.418(f). 1 x 4.7cm Pak K36(t). 1 x 7.5cm F.K.236(b).

23 February 2014

Plan R105c.
Plan R105c.
R630.
R630.
R604.
R604.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
Nova Hotel or the leftovers of the bunkers put together to make an ugly hotel?

23 February 2014

R198 Wasser bunker for water storage.
R198 Wasser bunker for water storage.
R506a
R506a
60cm Searchlight.
60cm Searchlight.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
StP Atlantik with the modern map overlay showing why we cannot find very much of Atlantik left.

Plan

R119 is a command bunker with an attached fire-control post added and a roof top observation platform..
R119 is a command bunker with an attached fire-control post added and a roof top observation platform..
R119 showing the added shapes to the bunker.
R119 showing the added shapes to the bunker.
Garage for an anti-tank gun.
Garage for an anti-tank gun.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
We start at the rear of the bunker --- sorry hotel and there are the remains of either a Vf7b ammunition magazine or an R621 possibly for the crew of one of the open gun platforms.

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Vf7b ammunition magazine.
Vf7b ammunition magazine.
R621 group bunker for the guns crew.
R621 group bunker for the guns crew.
4 x 15.5cm K.418.
4 x 15.5cm K.418.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
By 1956 a lot had been removed and more followed very quickly.

1956NA

R630.
R630.
Vf7b ammunition magazine.
Vf7b ammunition magazine.
R607 heavy ammunition magazine.
R607 heavy ammunition magazine.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

Bundesarchiv.

StP Atlantik.
StP Atlantik.
StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
The Vf bunker has been removed.

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Vf67 with a FT17 tank turret.
Vf67 with a FT17 tank turret.
The turret taken from a Renault FT17 tank.
The turret taken from a Renault FT17 tank.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
Very well camouflaged is this R612 casemate with a 7.5cm F.K.236(b)

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7.5cm F.K.236(b) a gun towed by a lorry with rubber tyre.
7.5cm F.K.236(b) a gun towed by a lorry with rubber tyre.
7.5cm F.K.236(b) a hippomobile (horse drawn) artillery.
7.5cm F.K.236(b) a hippomobile (horse drawn) artillery.
StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
Set in the sand dunes firing along the front of StP Atlantik, totally inaccessibly now as the sand covers all the openings.

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This is a 1940's air photo of this R612 with a flaking wall covering the back entrance.
This is a 1940's air photo of this R612 with a flaking wall covering the back entrance.
StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
The flanking wall protecting the embrasure from being fired on from the sea.

23 February 2014

Plan R612.
Plan R612.
7.5cm F.K.236(b). F.H. Field Kannon. (b) Belgium.
7.5cm F.K.236(b). F.H. Field Kannon. (b) Belgium.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
This is the view the gunners would have had up the beach. This gun could hit any landing craft , tank or infantry coming up the beach if a landing had happened here.

23 February 2014

StP Atlantik.
StP Atlantik.
Beach patrol.
Beach patrol.

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
The view out to sea & the man in the red coat.

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StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
 

23 February 2014

StP Atlantik.

StP Atlantik.
 

23 February 2014