La312a Frehel Port Nieux
WN · K.V.Gruppe Lamballe · AOK 7 Brittany · France
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
K.V.Gr Lamballe (La) covers La302 at Pointe de Lancieux to the village of Frehel La320.
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
1 x R669.
1 x 7.5cm F.K.
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
This defence is only one lonely 7.5cm cannon that would have stood out in all weathers until a casemate was built for it.
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La312a Frehel Port Nieux
This little port now hardly used at all and is tidal so that it dries out at low tide. The R669 casemate is the large grey concrete in front.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
Now a nifty little garage but once a bunker at war with a field gun and crew. A 7.5cm field gun of WW1 vintage, horse drawn and brought out from storage to be re-used. Probably there would have been a small gun detachment of a Sergeant/Corporal and about four men and a half section of defence troops.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
The view from the quay. The house would have been the troops billets and they would have used the gun to protect the Baie at high tide from a suspected landing by allied troops.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
The casemate was designed to allow the gun to swivel 60degrees.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
Fisherman's Memorial.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
Across the Baie.
The View From Salines to La312a.
19 October 2006
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
Vf600 open emplacement for a 5cm KwK A/T gun sitting in the field. There seems to be no other defence position here but they must have thought there was a blind spot, this gun would have covered the beach & the D786 in both directions.
La312a Frehel Port Nieux
I am sure the trees would have been cut down so there was more view.
