Ra145a Le Port Hue

K.V.Gruppe Rance · AOK 7 Brittany · France

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

A small sandy bay protected by a large machine gun bunker and a 5cm KwK in an interesting bunker. Also trenches and four Tobruk's.

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R105c (Bw467).
R105c (Bw467).
Ringstand with Hood (Bw469).
Ringstand with Hood (Bw469).
A Tobruk.
A Tobruk.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

1 x R105c (Bw 467) Machine Gun Casemate.

1 x R501 (Bw 468) Group Shelter.

1 x Ringstand with Hood (Bw469)

1 x anti-tank gun garage.

4 x Vf58c Tobruk's.

1 x 5cm KwK gun.

1 x 2.5cm Pak112(f).

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
The view from the road slightly inland.

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R501.
R501.
2.5cm Pak112(f).
2.5cm Pak112(f).
5cm KwK 39 L42.
5cm KwK 39 L42.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
Plan of of Ra145a and shows all the bunkers. T - Tobruk's. Pak garage to hold a 2.5cm Pak112(f). R105c a huge bunker and only holds a machine gun. R501 a group bunker used as crew accommodation. A ringstand with a hood covering for a 5sm KwK gun. A trench system covering the rear of the defence.

IGNF 1947

2.5cm Pak112(f).
2.5cm Pak112(f).
Soldiers digging a trench.
Soldiers digging a trench.
Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
The ringstand tucked nicely in the bank and the R501 sitting above with a large field of fire. The house may have been used as accommodation for the Gruppe of soldiers defending.

21 July 2015

Ra145a Le Port Hue
Ra145a Le Port Hue
Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
5cm KwK OB600e type with hood.

21 July 2015

OB600e ringstand.
OB600e ringstand.
OB600e ringstand there has had a roof put over it and the sides have been filled in.
OB600e ringstand there has had a roof put over it and the sides have been filled in.
OB600e ringstand with a 5cm Pak in situ.
OB600e ringstand with a 5cm Pak in situ.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
5cm KwK OB600e type with hood.

21 July 2015

How it may have looked.
How it may have looked.
Ra145a Le Port Hue
Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
5cm KwK OB600e type with hood. The view from behind. It would have had quite a good field of fire down the beach.

21 July 2015

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R105c Machine Gun Casemate. This was a huge bunker and all it had was a heavy machine gun. The type of bunker was based on a Westwall style. Note that the flanking wall has been extended by about two thirds.

21 July 2015

Plan of an R105c in mirror form with an extended flanking wall.
Plan of an R105c in mirror form with an extended flanking wall.
R105b machine gun emplacement at Ra230 Fort de la Cite d'Aleth. Outside the wall.
R105b machine gun emplacement at Ra230 Fort de la Cite d'Aleth. Outside the wall.
Elevation view of an R105c with the machine gun and steel plate.
Elevation view of an R105c with the machine gun and steel plate.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R105c Machine Gun Casemate. The steel plate would have been bolted onto the casemate with large steel bolts.

21 July 2015

78P9 Pz Schartsnplatte for mg34.
78P9 Pz Schartsnplatte for mg34.
Placing a steel plate in a bunker.
Placing a steel plate in a bunker.
Mg34 in a Schartsnplatte mounting.
Mg34 in a Schartsnplatte mounting.
bolt fittings to hold the 78P9 Pz Schartsnplatte for mg34 onto the bunker.
bolt fittings to hold the 78P9 Pz Schartsnplatte for mg34 onto the bunker.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R105c Machine Gun Casemate. The view to the next defence Ra145.

21 July 2015

Gun room of an R630 showing the size that it would have been here.
Gun room of an R630 showing the size that it would have been here.
R105c casemate.
R105c casemate.
Crew room of an R630.
Crew room of an R630.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R105c Machine Gun Casemate. This is the side of the entrance and close combat room now covered over.

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Plan of an R105c.
Plan of an R105c.
Elevation view of a close combat embrasure.
Elevation view of a close combat embrasure.
Close combat embrasure in use.
Close combat embrasure in use.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R105c Machine Gun Casemate. On the roof of the R105c were small concrete blocks all around the top, these were used to support earth and grass laid on the top to stop it falling off and this would have helped camouflaged the bunker.

21 July

Grass on the roof.
Grass on the roof.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
R501 gun garage. Now a familiar watering place.

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Plan of a gun garage..
Plan of a gun garage..
4.7cm in a gun garage.
4.7cm in a gun garage.
2.5cm Pak112 (f).
2.5cm Pak112 (f).

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
The house must have been used as an observation post as it is so prominent with high windows all around. There were trenches around the back and a ring of Tobruk's.

21 July 2015

Ra145a Le Port Hue
Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
The first Tobruk is/was in the large bush, I looked in but could not see anything.

21 July 2015

Plan.
Plan.
Ra145a Le Port Hue
Plan of a Tobruk.
Plan of a Tobruk.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
All around the back was a long trench and more Tobruk's.

21 July 2015

Tobruk's and trenches.
Tobruk's and trenches.
German trenches.
German trenches.
Tobruk plan.
Tobruk plan.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
 

21 July 2015

View from the rear.
View from the rear.
Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
On the side of the house but not found by us, is/was an R501 group shelter.

IGNF

Plan of an R501 group shelter.
Plan of an R501 group shelter.
How it may have looked in an R501.
How it may have looked in an R501.

Ra145a Le Port Hue

Ra145a Le Port Hue
 

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