Die010 "Dickhâuter" Mont Robin Radar

Radar Station "Dickhauter" 15./Luft. Nachr,Rgt.52.

1 x R114A neu

1 x L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.

1 x R501 Group shelter.

1 x R621 Group shelter.

2 x R622 Twin group shelter.

9 x R630 Machine gun casemate with an armoured plate.

1 x R631 Casemate for a 4.7cm Festungspak(t).

1 x R632 Three embrasured steel turret bunker.

1 x R633 Emplacement for an M19 mortar.

2 x R634 Six embrasured steel turret bunker.

1 x R644 Six embrasured steel turret bunker.

1 x R660 Accumulator charging station.

15 x Vf2a Group shelter.

1 x Vf7a Ammunition bunker.

1 x Vf51a Half group shelter.

1 x Vf54a Anti-tank gun garage bunker with shelter for six men.

1 x Wasserbunker.

1 x V229 (2x) Radar concrete base (Würzburg Riese Fu.SE 65).

3 x Vf67 Tobruk for a tank turret.

4 x Vf58c Tobruk.

10 x Feldm Just small shelters/bunkers.

1 x Soldatenheim/barracks

1 x Ringstand Gr.W, 4.7cm Pak 36(t) 6 x 2cm Flak.

1 x 5cm M19 Mortar. 2 x Pz.T. FT17 - 3.7cm 144(f)

1 x Radar, Fu.MG F.

1 x (2 x) Würzburg Riese Fu.SE65 15./Luft.Nachr.Rgt.52

Pourville-sur-Mer beach photographed at very low level the Mammut Fu.MO 52 radar in the far distance.

Vf2a.
The passage way, blocked at the other side. Hooks on the roof to attach a camouflage net to.

Vf2a.
Bunkers door.

Vf2a.
Crew room the chimney hole on the far wall.

Vf2a.
Escape.

Vf2a.

Vf2a.
One wall is completely missing, you can see why I thought it could have been a wasser bunker.

Vf2a.
Trench entrance.

Vf2a.
One of the numbered bunkers

Vf2a.
Chimney outlet on the far wall and the escape on the right.

R622.
The roof of an R622 and still with its camouflage showing up.

R622.
Aerial fittings.

R622.
Steps down into the bunker.

R622.
Heavy hinges of a 434P01 door.

R622.
Crew room. Anti gas. The half round piece of metal coming out of the wall is to hold the spare anti gas filters. Above would be the 1ML 4 HES 1.2meters-cubed pump filter. A filter would be set into the machine like a cassette and the handle turned. By keep turning the handle it increases the air pressure inside and seals the bunker from the ingress of gas. The air passing through the filter is cleaned and the air can be breathed quite freely.

R622.
This is the other room. Same fittings in this room.

R622.
It looks like there was a cabinet on the wall in the recess.

 Soldatenheim/Barracks.

Soldatenheim/Barracks.
May have received direct hit.

 Soldatenheim/Barracks.

Vf2a.
Entrance.

Vf2a.
Passageway.

Vf2a.
Standard inside layout.

R621.
Ringstand defence of the bunker.

R621.
Ringstand defence of the bunker.

R621.
Bunker and Tobruk entrance on the left, an addition probably after the bunker was built and they found it may be needed.

R621.
Heading down the steps.

R621.
19P7 thin steel door and small window, gas tight door.

R621.
Crew room.

R621.
Crew room. The hooks on the walls are to hold folding bunk beds.

R630.
A huge block of concrete. R630 type Machine Gun casemate with a 78P9 metal plate for a fortress mounted MG.34. Gun room, Ammunition space, Gas lock, 48P8 Close combat defence embrasure in its room, exit and a Tobruk defence.

R630.
Gun room where a steel plate was bolted in ans the concreted over.

R630.
Gun room looking out. The gun port has a heavy closure that can be swung back and the machine gun placed through the aperture. Then the gunner can fire at his enemy, the second window is for the guns commander, who would spot for the machine gunner, also the Tobruk above and behind the bunker, by using a speaker tube, could call fire orders also down to the crew.

R630.
434PO1 heavy armoured door would have been here.

R630.
There would be wooden, possibly home made by the crew, shelving and boxes of machine gun ammunition with some tracer, to be used at night.

R630.
Crew room. This is where they would eat, sleep, relax and be ready for instant battle to protect the radar sites that these bunkers surround.

R630.
Crew room with an escape in the far wall.

R630.
Gas lock. All doors would have had rubber seals around them and with a gas filter pump inside working, an over pressure inside would stop gas entering the bunker. Also if there was heavy smoke and then a smoke filter would be substituted.

R630.
Gas lock and a small drain. This would have had a cover and underneath a zinc bucket that can be used either to catch large items if dropped.

R630.
Close combat defence room.

R630.
Way out.

R630.
The entrance with the close combat embrasure that if attacked would have taken the attackers legs off. Then a drain to stop rain water entering the bunker. The step into the bunker, gas is heavier than air and tends to lie down just around ground level, so the step would help to stop old gas entering into the stair well. Just inside a speaking tube to contact the men inside and a small vent. Althogh gas was never used but in case it was used it had to be built into the defence.

L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.
A very low level attack by RAF Hawker Typhoons on the radar at Mont Robin. The small white glow low down in the photo is a cannon shell tracer round, just before it hit the radar. Right behind the radar are three 2cm Flak guns and out on the flank another three. A hot reception.

L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.
Cannon shell marks on the concrete.

L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.
Possibly the entrance.

L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.
Cannon shell still inside.

L485 (2) Mammut radar bunker.
Found in the very wet grass??

Flak ready ammunition niches.

Flak entrance.

Small hospital bunker.
Entrance.

Small hospital bunker.
Entrance with red lines to accentuate when entering that you are at the hospital bunker (casualty clearing centre).

Small hospital bunker.
The passage.

Small hospital bunker.
There may have been a doctor, but I would think it was just two Medics and casualties would be moved into Dieppe hospitals as soon as they can.

Small hospital bunker.
Escape in the right wall.

Small hospital bunker.
A Red cross on the wall.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
This bunker is almost complete.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
78P9 PZ Schartsnplatte MG.34.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Side entrance.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Close combat defence embrasure, where a machine gun, a rifle or a sub machine gun could be used to defend the entrance.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
The stairs down into the bunker running into the gas lock. The small window would have had another gun defending the stairs.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Gas lock.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Water reservoir.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Crew room still with its pipe work in place. Escape on the left and close combat defence window covering the stairs on the right. The rectangle on the far wall was where the anti gas pump would have been placed.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Crew room with door to the ammunition store and gun room. On the left wall would have been a heater.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Ammunition room.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Gun room. The centre hole is for the machine gun and on the left is the guns commanders position.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
78P9 PZ Schartsnplatte MG.34. The gun mounting would be held to the plate by heavy metal bolts.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Not a drain but this is where, when the gun is firing,. The bullet cases can be passed down a flexible tube into a chamber in front of the bunker.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
Heading back out.

R623 Machine gun casemate with front plate.
At the entrance, two small niches, one for a voice speaking tube and the other maybe a light switch and a vent to suck in fresh air to the bunker and gun room, that when the gun is firing, the anti gas filter would be used to clear away the smoke from the gun room.