Re305, Les Respects M.K.B., Batterie 'Von Holtzendorf' Fire Control Post(f)

STANDARD · K.V.Gruppe Saint Renan · AOK 7 Brittany · France

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

The large deep water port of Brest was large enough to receive battle ships like the Tirpitz. Also a U-boat pen was constructed inside the harbour. That meant that the whole area around the entrance to the Rade de Brest had to be defended. After the attack on the lock gate at St Nazaire the defence was again increased. R305 MKB Von Holtzendorf uses the French fire control post (PDT).

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

We are now at the yellow square where an older French fire control post is located, it directed a battery of the original fortress guns, four 16.47cm set in concrete open emplacements.

google

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Built up on a mound of earth to look over the pre-war French battery of 4 x 16.47 cm Mle 1893/1896 guns.

25 November 2009

SUFFREN 12,700t, 18 knots, had 10-16.47cm guns, launched 1899. Gives an idea what they may have looked like.

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Side view of the FCP.

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Range Finder Room Poste de Télémétrie. You can see the rear door.

25 November 2009

The rear entrance into the range finding room.

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Range Finder Room Poste de Télémétrie.

25 November 2009

Range finder, director the type of equipment that may have been used when originally built.

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Range Finder Room Poste de Télémétrie. It just shows how small these rooms are.

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Range Finder Room Poste de Télémétrie. Looking at the rear of the room and the door out.

25 November 2009

Wall with holes where some form of fittings would have been

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

French Naval Lynx.

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

The view that would have been out to sea when the original French & also the earlier German open emplacements of four 16.47cm guns, but when they them replaced with four SK casemates and 15cm S.K.C/28 guns into an earth bank it made this one redundant and a new FCP was planned but not built??

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Fire Control Steel Roof.

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

In use by the Germans.

MARTIAL doll

Re305, Section Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

Fire Control Room.

25 November 2009

Hole in the steel roof may have had a periscope?

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

The four arrows show the positions of the four niche's?

25 November 2009

Re305, Les Respects Fire Control Post(f)

They look like Tobruk's without the machine gun ringstand. They could be ammunition niches for the Flak batterie or small arms ammunition for an M.G. anti -aircraft guns.

25 November 2009