Sa115 'Winterfeld'
K.V.Gruppe Süd Ile Noirmoutier · OK 1 Vendée - Charente Maritime · France
Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
le de Noirmoutier is an island off the Vendée coast reached by a bridge (which is now free!).
5a/le.M.A.A.684
1 x R600 5cm KwK.
1 x R612.
1 x R668
1 x R668 +R677.
2 x R502.
1 x 58c Tobruk
2 x Wasser
1 Geschütztellung
2 x 10.5cm cm le.F.H.16
1 x 5cm KwK 39
Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
View from a distance.
L to R667, R600, Tobruk & an R612.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
These bunkers have several local additions as water tanks and added Tobruks.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R668 with a Tobruk and water tank.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R668 with a Tobruk
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Aerial fittings.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Water tank extension to the bunker.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Water tank extension to the bunker.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Entrance into the bunker. Speaking tube on the right.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Crew room.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Crew room. An R502 is a twin group bunker for about 20 men and a periscope room often used as a store room for odds and ends and here on Noirmoutier they also added a water storage room.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Periscope fitting in the roof.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Close combat embrasure covering the entrance.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Another aerial fitting.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Wasser tank.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Entrance2
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Entrance close combat embrasure confronting the attacker on the far wall.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Blown to almost pieces.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Crew room.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
Beach plan.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
101a Tobruk.
R612 casemate for an assault gun.
R600 emplacement for a 5cm KwK.
R668 eight man bunker.
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R612 casemate for an assault gun.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
101a Tobruk.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R612 casemate for an assault gun a 10.5cm cm le.F.H.16.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
A strong flanking wall covering the embrasure from direct attack from the sea side.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
A 10.5cm cm le.F.H.16 would have filled this space and could easily hit any target in front of it..
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
There was also one more 10.5cm cm le.F.H.16 in an open emplacement (Geschütztellung) slightly behind the casemates.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
5cm KwK 39 was a very handy gun, first fitted to tanks and then as tanks improved they needed a new gun so the 5cm KwK 39 was diverted to coastal defence weapon. It could take out most Allied tanks and certainly damage even large landing craft. The '38' did not have a muzzle break so was a more inferior to the L/60 that did have one.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
The crew/ammunition room door in the middle and the stairs each side going to the ringstand and gun.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
This bunker would be covered in sand up to the top. Due to it being an open emplacement, Hitler’s orders to cover gun in concrete meant that a new casemate was built and the gun transferred to the R667 casemate.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R667 casemate for a 5cm KwK 39.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
The gun room showing the rear entrance and the slot in the right side for fired cases to be passed through out of the bunker.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
The 5cm KwK 39 would cover this side of the defended area..
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
R668 is an eight man bunker but here I wonder if it was used as extra ammunition, if not it would have been a crew room for the gunners.
It has two entrance passages that take you down to the bunker that was sunk into the sand.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
You can see the two entrances each side.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
You can see the two entrances each side.
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Sa115 'Winterfeld', K.V.A. Île de Noirmoutier
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