Ca04 Cayeux plage Nord

StP Gruppe Cayeux · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

1 x R600 Ringstand.

1 x Vf58c Tobruk.

5 x Vf shelters.

2 x Munitionsbunkers.

1 x 5cm KwK L60.

1 x 7.5cm F.K. 231(f) Lag. (Landungs Abwehr Geschuetz)

[Landing Defence Gun].

24 February 2014

R600 open emplacement for a 5cm KwK gun.

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

24 February 2014

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

I can now say I have found (with the help ) part of the remains of Ca04. The picture was taken around 1946/7 and all that can be seen are these trenches starting to be filled in. I have added where the defences were.

Geoportail 1947/47

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

SHM Plan of Ca04 showing: -

1 - 2 x ammunition bunkers.

2 - 1 x 7.5cm F.K. 231 (f) Lag. (Landungs Abwehr Geschuetz) [Landing Defence Gun] plus two ammunition bunkers.

3 - 1 x 5cm KwK L60 in an R600 Ringstand.

4 - 2 x Vf2a type bunkers.

5 - 1 x Vf58c Tobruk.

SHM plan

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

The R600 ringstand can be seen very well on this 1966 Remonterletemps photo. It covers the entrance to Ca04 from the north and also can cover the 7.5cm field gun towards the sea. The Tobruk and other bunkers have been filled over by this date and since houses have been built.

3 - 5cm KwK L60.

5 - Vf58c Tobruk.

Geoportail 1966

7.5cm Field Kannon. 7.5cm F.K. ammunition box. 50kg bags of powder.

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

I have added the R600 on the corner, the Tobruk and a Vf2a small bunker to where I think they were situated. There was one more Vf type bunker somewhere. There probably would have been trenches between all these bunkers and another leading out to the 7.5cm Field Kannon as seen on the 1946 air photo.

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Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

The remains of the R600 ringstand that has been left here as a flower bed. This is the rear of the ringstand and the gun would have been more out into the roadway. The triangulated area is the roof of a small ammunition room. The roof has been removed and filled with earth.

MKB Bunkertour 2022

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

Plan by Kurt of an R600b ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/60. You would enter via a trench system and step up to the ringstand. Ammunition ready room on your right and then climb the three steel steps into the ringstand gun space. The gun would fit down into the square hole and bolted onto the ring. Possibly a crew of four, gun aimer, gun loader, spare man to get ammunition and the guns commander. Usually a slightly higher rank of Corporal.

Plan Kurt.

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

With the sea to the left and looking north, this is the area of the 7.5cm gun and its ammunition bunkers on the left side by the post. There seems nothing left here..

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The gun would have been part of a horse drawn batterie.

Ca04 Cayeux Plage Nord.

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