Ca012 Onival

1 x Peilstand/Vf.

1 x R600b.

2 x Schnabelstand.

1 x 7.5cm Pak 97/38.

1 x 5cm KwK 38.
We did not look for the R600b as I think by now it has been removed. The Peilstand/Vf, that could be anything, from a wooden tower to the tower of the Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Onival. (My suggestion).

Schnabelstand 1 set into the side of the road just outside Onival.

The two Schnabelstand 1 & 2 and the R600b Ringstand for the 5cm KwK 30.
An extensive trench system and a long anti-tank ditch.

Schnabelstand 1.
There was a trench system running along this bank as a defence and so troops could move from position to position.

Schnabelstand 1.
The front sticking out of the bank and a good view of the camouflage, the bunker would be cast with flat concrete face and a mix of asbestos mixed with concrete would be daubed on to create camouflage breaking up its clean lines.

Schnabelstand 1.
The trench and rear entrance tunnel to the bunker.

Schnabelstand 1.
Trench leading into the bunker.

Schnabelstand 1.
Looking into the main room.

Schnabelstand 1.
The viewing slit with the centre section has been broken away for some reason.

Schnabelstand 1.
The doorway into the control room.

Schnabelstand 1.
Looking back into the main room.

Schnabelstand 1.
The square holes in the walls are for wooden blocks to be set into them (we would now call the a sort of Raul Plug) and maybe a wall covering in wood nailed to them making it a warmer and more homely place.

Schnabelstand 1.
Steps up to the trench exit.

Schnabelstand 1.
View from above.

Schnabelstand 1.
The German barbed wire post designed as a picket post to hold barbed wire, the square piece is a Swastika symbol.

Schnabelstand 1.

Schnabelstand 2.
View from behind.

Schnabelstand 2.
The entrance.

Schnabelstand 2.

The entrance.

Schnabelstand 2.
Main room.

Schnabelstand 2.
Viewing room. I have tried with Photoshop to add the tree photos together.

Schnabelstand 2.
The door with several niches that may have been to hold battery or Acetylene lamps.