Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud

WN · StP Gruppe Cayeux · AOK 15 Haute-Normandie · France

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

1 x R612 Casemate.

1 x R667 Casemate.

1 X 600 Ringstand.

4 x Feldm shelter.

1 x Vf67 Tobruk.

1 x 7.5cm F.K.231(f).

1 x Pz. T 3.7cm 144(f).

2 x 5cm KwK 39 L/42.

7.5cm F.K.231(f).
7.5cm F.K.231(f).
5cm KwK  39 L/42.
5cm KwK 39 L/42.
Pz. T 3.7cm 144(f).
Pz. T 3.7cm 144(f).

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
 

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK L/60 very well camouflaged in the car park of a small business, but it would have covered a flank attack from the south.

24 February 2014

R667 casemate.
R667 casemate.
5cm KwK  39 L/42.
5cm KwK 39 L/42.
5cm ammunition.
5cm ammunition.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
As you see the camouflage is excellent.

24 February 2014

5cm KwK  39 L/42.
5cm KwK 39 L/42.
R667 casemate.
R667 casemate.
Gun room.
Gun room.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate
There you are just able to see it behind that bush.

24 February 2014

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK 39 L/42. and here it is and look at that camouflage made of a outer coat of concrete.

24 February 2014

Camouflage.
Camouflage.
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
Three visiting Americans to the bunker. It looks as though the barrel has bee blown off..

1944/45

5cm KwK L/42..
5cm KwK L/42..
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
The rear entrance. There is a small square hole in the wall, its where spent cartridge cases could be thrown out of the casemate, to be cleared up later.

27 October 2014

Camouflage.
Camouflage.
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
This is the square hole in the inside. A case could easily be passed down it and outside.

27 October 2014

Ammunition.
Ammunition.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
The gun room, the large embrasure (now bricked up) and the ammunition shelf to the right side set into the wall.

27 October 2014

Open boxes of ammunition could be stored here..
Open boxes of ammunition could be stored here..
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
Added camouflage to the walls..

27 October 2014

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R667 casemate.
A view of behind at the rear entrance.

24 February 2014

View from above showing the rear entrance.
View from above showing the rear entrance.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Plan Kurt of the R667.

Plan Kurt

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK 39 L/42. This is the view south/west down the beach the sea is on the right side but this gun had to cover a large area.

24 February 2014

The area the gun covers this would have been cleared of all buildings and vegetation to allow the gunners free fire zone..
The area the gun covers this would have been cleared of all buildings and vegetation to allow the gunners free fire zone..
1947 air photo showing with red square is the R667 and the yellow square is the factory.
1947 air photo showing with red square is the R667 and the yellow square is the factory.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate for an assault gun type 7.5cm F.K.231(f), Unterstand & Bunker.

Geoportail 1966

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
R612 casemate for an assault 7.5cm F.K.231(f) gun.

24 February 2014

7.5cm F.K.231(f).
7.5cm F.K.231(f).

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate.
Now set into the houses but when it was built only the house behind was there.

24 February 2014

Showing how casemate was in the front of the town.
Showing how casemate was in the front of the town.
1947 air photo.
1947 air photo.
View out of an R612 embrasure.
View out of an R612 embrasure.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate.
The the rear door to allow a cannon access to the bunker.

24 February 2014

R612 casemate plan with gun room and ammunition niches at the rear.
R612 casemate plan with gun room and ammunition niches at the rear.
The flanking wall covers the gun from the seaward side.
The flanking wall covers the gun from the seaward side.
Ammunition storage.
Ammunition storage.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate.
This is a photo taken around November 1945 showing the flanking wall on the left and the embrasure for the gun to fire through. The gun may not have been left here but removed early and retreated north. Look at the house behind as its still here. Interesting camouflage to this casemate.

DEFE 2/2092

It may have been pulled back by a team of horses.
It may have been pulled back by a team of horses.
An old horse drawn 7.5cm F.K.231 that may have been used here.
An old horse drawn 7.5cm F.K.231 that may have been used here.
or a later version towed by a lorry with rubber tyres fitted to it. Both are French captured guns and re used.
or a later version towed by a lorry with rubber tyres fitted to it. Both are French captured guns and re used.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate.
The view from the beach defences and the nice camouflage painting on the side and a nice wall around the roof matching the house behind. The beach defences are knife rest type defences, two X shape legs and a centre beam with barbed wire rapped around them making it a very difficult for infantry to pass.

DEFE 2/2092

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

R612 casemate.
Another view showing the flanking wall.

24 February 2014

R612 plan.
R612 plan.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
The view down the beach where the gun was covering.

24 February 2014

Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.
Ca06 Cayeux Plage Sud.