Führerhauptquartier ‘Wolfsschlucht 2’. 'Margival', Soissons, France.

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Führerhauptquartier ‘Wolfsschlucht 2’. 'Margival', Soissons, France.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

The defence and HQ is split into many defined areas, these are the bunkers that come under "Margival - Ma".
R504 gun garage.
R504 gun garage.
R622 twin group bunker.
R622 twin group bunker.
108A/SK ammunition bunker.
108A/SK ammunition bunker.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
 

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Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

"Margival - Ma" Village found.
Ma734 - R504 Gun garage.
Ma598 - R112A Ammunitions bunker.
Ma557 - R502 Unterstand.
Ma393 - R501 Unterstand.
Ma598 - R112A Ammunitions bunker.
Ma393 - R501 Unterstand.
Ma388 - SK MG casemate.
Ma ? ---- 108A type ammunition shelter.
Ma386 -- 99A stand mit Drelschartenturm.
Ma387 -- R501 group shelter.
To be found: - 1 x 108A/SK ammunition bunker.
3 x R98a Machine gun bunker.
2 x SK 3-Schatenturm bunker.
1 x Tobruk. 2 x R621 Group shelter.
1 x R622 twin group bunker Ma558.
1 x R608 Battalion & Regimental headquarters and more.
Visited marked in red dots.

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R608 Battalion & Regimental headquarters.
R608 Battalion & Regimental headquarters.
3P7 on an SK 3-Schatenturm bunker.
3P7 on an SK 3-Schatenturm bunker.
R98a Machine gun bunker.
R98a Machine gun bunker.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Margival Ma734 an R504 Anti-tank gun bunker.
R504 Anti-tank gun bunker with roof canopy made of two sheets of steel plating is situated in the forecourt of a workshop just off the Soissons road.
They can also be designate R504's as a&b. a - Tobruk on left. b - Tobruk on right.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
R504.
R504.
R504 with steel plate.
R504 with steel plate.
R601 with the steel plate removed for scrap. Kermorvan, Brittany.
R601 with the steel plate removed for scrap. Kermorvan, Brittany.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.
Margival Ma734 an R504b Anti-tank gun bunker. The gun could be wheeled out of the garage and placed in a ready made emplacement to cover the road from Soissons on the left top corner of the picture. The small pyramidal piece of concrete it an aerial fitting and the other lump of concrete is a machine gun ringstand .

01/02 November 2016

R504b.
R504b.
Ringstand observer.
Ringstand observer.
Bunker aerial.
Bunker aerial.
3.7cm A/T gun in position on a road.
3.7cm A/T gun in position on a road.
The view the gun covered.
The view the gun covered.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.
Margival Ma734 an R504b Anti-tank gun bunker. The view into the gun room showing the long bolts to bolt down the steel roof..

01/02 November 2016

R504 with the steel plate removed for scrap. Kermorvan, Brittany.
R504 with the steel plate removed for scrap. Kermorvan, Brittany.
R504.
R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.
Margival Ma734 an R504b Anti-tank gun bunker. The steel door and the hole for the ammunition room below.

01/02 November 2016

R504.
R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival R504.
Margival Ma734 an R504b Anti-tank gun bunker. Two bolts, the vertical one is to hold down the roof plate and the horizontal one is to hold the front door frame in place.

01/02 November 2016

494P2 type of door may have been used here.
494P2 type of door may have been used here.
R504.
R504.
R504.
R504.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival's church.

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival's war memorial also has seven Victimes Civiles who died in the war..

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma598 an R112A Ammunitions bunker. Münitionsunterstand.

04 March 2017

R607 type (R112A) ammunitions bunker.
R607 type (R112A) ammunitions bunker.
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma557 an R502 Unterstand. R502 twin group bunker could hold 12 men arranged around the walls in three tiers of bunks that hang from the wall when not in use and then by chains from hooks on the roof.

04 March 2017

R502 twin group bunker.
R502 twin group bunker.
Plan.
Plan.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma557 an R502 Unterstand. Heated by a coke fire, safe from a gas attack by having an anti - gas filter system.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma557 an R502 Unterstand. The crew could be an anti-aircraft guns crew or ammunition supply and delivery troops from the large ammunition bunker near by. Or defence troops.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Now a little walk down the railway line.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. MKB team leaders. On the left --- MKB's Health and safety officer. On the right - MKB's Advance reconnaissance Officer.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Arriving at the bunkers entrance.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Entrance 491P2 Gittertür.

04 March 2017

Entrance 491P2 Gittertür.
Entrance 491P2 Gittertür.
R501 plan.
R501 plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Entrance steps into the bunker with a small niche for a light switch or communications into the bunker.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Entrance close combat embrasure covering the entrance steps.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Anti gas instructions. Bei Gasgefahr ------------ At risk of gas sowie berm Luften ------- as well as berm airs sind die ---------------------- are the mil I think it says: - The red ring on a door donates that it is an anti gas door and when shut is sealed.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Bunker drain, always watch where you are stepping.

04 March 2017

Drainage.
Drainage.
Drainage.
Drainage.
Drainage.
Drainage.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. A very nice 434PO1 door, splits in two so that if the door will not open due to battle damage or rubble in the way, the top half can open and you can climb out.

04 March 2017

434PO1.
434PO1.
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Air lock.

04 March 2017

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Inner 19P7 inner door. A thin sheet steel door with a small glass window to see what is on the other side. A gas tight rubber seal.

04 March 2017

19P7 door.
19P7 door.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Crew room with the supports for bunk beds still in place.

04 March 2017

Details2
Details2
Plan of bunks.
Plan of bunks.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. The 19P7 inner door and a bracket low down to hold spare filters and above the bracket fittings for the anti gas apparatus. To the right are cables incoming from ground level going up the wall.

04 March 2017

Stored filters.
Stored filters.
Filter pump.
Filter pump.
Cabling on the wall may have liked up to a phone.
Cabling on the wall may have liked up to a phone.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Filter storage bracket and also you can just see the Thermo plastic tiles on the floor.

04 March 2017

Filter.
Filter.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. On the floor are the cable inlets through three pipes.

04 March 2017

How it may have looked.
How it may have looked.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Bunk bed post still in place.

04 March 2017

Details2
Details2
Plan of a bunk bed.
Plan of a bunk bed.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Bei brennendem Licht ------------ in burning light. Scharte schliessen ---------------- Close Scharte. 48P8 Close combat embrasure.

04 March 2017

48P8 close combat embrasure.
48P8 close combat embrasure.
48P8 close combat embrasure.
48P8 close combat embrasure.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. In the corner is the escape, a small tunnel that goes out horizontally to the outside of the bunker and then runs up vertically to an opening to escape.

04 March 2017

410P9 door.
410P9 door.
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Looking into the escape tunnel. A large I beam to hold back the gravel used to fill up the vertical shaft.

04 March 2017

Shutters in place.
Shutters in place.
Escape shafts.
Escape shafts.
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. Pascal holding an I beam that has been taken out by others and several more on the floor.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. 60 393 the bunker number.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. The steps out.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Ma393 R501 Unterstand. A galvanised vent of some kind all that can be seen of the bunker from the top.

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma558 R622 twin group bunker. Now back to nearly the railway bridge..

04 March 2017

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma558 R622 twin group bunker. Ma558 - R622 twin group bunker situated in the village and a new drive and wall has been built along side it. An accommodation bunker for about 18 men and a defence Tobruk on the left side.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
R622 twin group bunker.
R622 twin group bunker.
Inside.
Inside.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma558 R622 twin group bunker. Left entrance.

01/02 November 2016

R622.
R622.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma558 R622 twin group bunker. Right entrance with what looks like the original 491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door).

01/02 November 2016

491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door).
491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door).
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma558 R622 twin group bunker. Four 20cm air vents in the side.

01/02 November 2016

20cm heavy vent. Stahlrost.
20cm heavy vent. Stahlrost.
20cm grill type.
20cm grill type.
Inside was a hand operated fan that sucks in air from outside that may be gas or smoke filled and the air is pushed through a filter (the round centre) and then blow the cleaned air around the bunker in pipes.
Inside was a hand operated fan that sucks in air from outside that may be gas or smoke filled and the air is pushed through a filter (the round centre) and then blow the cleaned air around the bunker in pipes.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival. Junction off the Turny-Sorny road turn right and along the German military road.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival. Driving down the road.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate Just up off the road is Ma388 an SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.

01/02 November 2016

SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.
SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Just up off the road is Ma388 an SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.
SK MG casemate machine gun casemate.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Getting closer to the bunker you can see the yellow camouflage wall..

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Embrasure of the close combat defence covering the rear entrance..

01/02 November 2016

Plan..
Plan..
Close combat...
Close combat...
491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door) would have closed off the entrance.
491P2 Gittertür (Screen Door) would have closed off the entrance.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. A close up of the embrasure steel.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. A two pin cable connection for a land line phone into the bunker. (Kableanschlussstelle 2 paarig)

01/02 November 2016

Plan..
Plan..
Relay box.
Relay box.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. The corridor in with another close combat embrasure covering the passage..

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. At gas hazard gas alarm -------------------- Bei Gasgefahr gas alarm as well as when airing and shooting ----- sowie beim luften und Schiessen are those with red ring ----------------------- sind die mit rotem Ring marked doors ---------------------------------- gekennzeichnete Turen to close ------------------------------------------- zurschliessen

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. A 434P01 double door. If rubble stopped the door from opening at least the top door can and you just climbed over it, something I have done many times.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
434P01 double door.
434P01 double door.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Bunker numbers, I am not too sure of the No.58 but I do know it is called No.388.

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. This is a standard radio aerial fitting, I feel with these if there are no earth taps fitted, no aerials would have been used. There are none here.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Earth fittings on a bunker that may have had an aerial..
Earth fittings on a bunker that may have had an aerial..
Aerial fitted into a slot..
Aerial fitted into a slot..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Continuing on into the bunker.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Close combat defence room with another 434P01 double door.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Close combat defence embrasure.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
48P8 embrasure.
48P8 embrasure.
4ML01 equalising valve showing the colours still painted on them.
4ML01 equalising valve showing the colours still painted on them.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Close combat defence room with a square in the floor for the base of a periscope fitting.

01/02 November 2016

Periscope
Periscope
Periscope fitted in a bunker..
Periscope fitted in a bunker..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. There is a fitting in the roof to close off the hole when a periscope is not fitted.

01/02 November 2016

Three-quarters ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Three-quarters ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Outside on the roof is a 947S6 Antennenführungsrohr. Antenna guide tube cover. This would need to be unscrewed to allow the periscope into the bunker.

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Equalising valve to equal the inside and outside pressure when there is a local explosion.

01/02 November 2016

4ML01
4ML01
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Crew room.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Drawing of a bunker bed..
Drawing of a bunker bed..
Bunker beds hooked up in place.
Bunker beds hooked up in place.
Crew room.
Crew room.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Crew room gasschutztür 19P7 door.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Continuing on into the bunker Another close combat embrasure possibly a 505 type.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Plan.
Plan.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate Door in the gas room/store a 19P7 type.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
19P7 door 1935 model Gasschutztür.
19P7 door 1935 model Gasschutztür.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Gas filter room. Bei Gasgefahr Verbindungsstuck -- At risk of gas connecting pieces mit rotem Ring herausnehinen ------- remove with red ring und Raumfilter einschrauben --------- and screw in the room filter.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Anti gas filtration system.
Anti gas filtration system.
S1,2 is a Dust Filter. G1,2 is a Gas Filter.
S1,2 is a Dust Filter. G1,2 is a Gas Filter.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Gun room. 78P9 Pz-Schartenplatte, a 1936 model..

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
78P9 Pz-Schartenplatte with fittings.
78P9 Pz-Schartenplatte with fittings.
MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..
MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..
A steel plate being fitted into a bunker.
A steel plate being fitted into a bunker.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Details of the metal plate a 78P9 Pz-Schartenplatte..

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Here were special fittings to view through and could also be closed off if under attack.

01/02 November 2016

A viewing slot on the outside of a plate.
A viewing slot on the outside of a plate.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. This is where the MG mounting would be placed.

01/02 November 2016

MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..
MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..
MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..
MG34 fortress mount in a 78P9 plate..

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Gas room/fresh air and ammunition chamber. Here would be a second gas filtration system and if no gas was used but the gun had to fire, the system would suck out the foul gases from the gun and blow it outside. Adding an extra man to the gun crew. About four or five crew would be here, one for the gas, a gunner, gun commander and two ammunition handlers.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
Gas filtration.
Gas filtration.
Ammunition boxes.
Ammunition boxes.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. This is a bolt to hold the metal plate in position when under construction.

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. Looking into the front of the bunker..

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival Ma388 SK MG casemate. The field of fire of the gun..

01/02 November 2016

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival 108A type ammunition shelter. Here on the left a 108A/SK ammunition bunker. Two passageways down each side and two large rooms for ammunition. This area is still a French Army ammunition storage but it was a quarry and in WW1 it was used for all sorts of things from ammunition, hospital (Lazerette), HQ of units in the area, sleeping for soldiers going and coming from the front. So in WW2 it was an obvious choice for ammunition storage and then post war probably a NATO storage. This view has now changed, the French military have re covered all the ammunition buildings.

01/02 November 2016

Plan.
Plan.
108A type ammunition store.
108A type ammunition store.
Passage way in (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Passage way in (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Passage way in (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Passage way in (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Ammunition room (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Ammunition room (Wn01 Le Grand Vey, K.V.Gruppe Marcouf).
Probably it was full of Flak ammunition.
Probably it was full of Flak ammunition.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival : Ma386 ----- 99A stand mit Drelschartenturm. Ma387 ----- R501 group shelter. I have not actually visited them but I did drive past, several times.

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99A stand mit Drelschartenturm.
99A stand mit Drelschartenturm.
R501 group shelter.
R501 group shelter.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival : Ma386 ----- 99A stand mit Drelschartenturm. Ma387 ----- R501 group shelter.

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Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
99A stand mit Drelschartenturm.
99A stand mit Drelschartenturm.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival : Ma386 ----- 99A stand mit Drelschartenturm. You can just see the Drelschartenturm - three embrasured steel dome.

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Machine gunner.
Machine gunner.
MG port.
MG port.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Margival : Ma386 ----- 99A stand mit Drelschartenturm. The machine gun covered a wide valley.

01/02 November 2016

Viewing slot.
Viewing slot.
Constructing a bunker with its dome.
Constructing a bunker with its dome.

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival

Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival
Führerhauptquartier ´Wolfsschlucht 2´ Margival.

01/02 November 2016