StP131 'Paderborn' 4./H.A.A.1143 Batterie

BATTERIE · K.V.Gruppe Wissant · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

A batterie of 10.5cm guns inside four R699 casemates which originally was a 15cm batterie in open emplacements, replaced by the 105cm batterie and then the guns were put into casemates.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

4./H.A.A.1143 4 x R669 casemates 1 x Vf2a 3 x Vf 4 x 10.5cm le.F.H.325(f) 2 x 2cm Flak 30.

16 May2018

They could have been a horse drawn batterie.

15cm sfh18-40 possibly the type of gun that were here earlier on.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

The Army batterie is set back 5kilometers from sea.

German plan

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

First on the left were four 15cm guns in open emplacements, then they were removed and a batterie of 10.5cm le.F.H.325(f). These were then placed inside casemates type R669 in 1944.

16 May2018

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

After the 15cm guns were removed and a batterie of 10.5cm le.F.H.325(f) replaced them.

16 May2018

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

15cm ringstand (OB), ammunition niches and parts of the concrete base of the open ringstand for the heavy guns.

16 May2018

Plan of an open emplacement that were here for both 15cm and 10.5cm guns.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

10.5cm ringstand (OB) these are I think earth revetments and only concrete ammunition niches and bunkers built around the outside.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Turm1 R669 casemate rear view.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Small added ammunition niche. These were added after the casemate was constructed as an after thought.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Stahlrost 200mm grill allowing gases from the gun out of the bunker.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

The rear door.

16 May2018

If rear doors had been fitted, this is how they may have looked.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

I think this could be Turm 1 in 1944 after its capture.

Wo33/1831

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

I think this could be Turm 1 in 1944 after its capture.

WO 33/1831

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

You can see where the gun sat at the far end.

16 May2018

Martian Allied Report plan of an R669 casemate.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

How a 10.5cm howitzer could be set up inside a casemate.

Martian Allied Report

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Extraction of foul gases given off when the gun fires. In this space shared with ammunition is where a large extraction fan. Air sucked from above the gun is taken by pipes, through the fan and out via the Rost 200mm grill at the rear.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

The ammunition room for shells viewed from the extractor fen space.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

This is the other side of the rear door, the case room.

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StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Gun room.

16 May2018

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

I think this could be Turm 1 in 1944 after its capture. St - on the inside wall stands for “Bunker with at least 2m thisk reinforced concrete” its a method of telling anybody entering how well built each bunker is.

WO 33/1831

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Guns embrasure. There should have been doors fitted, usually made of wood and from old farm barns in the area..

16 May2018

This is the only steel doors I have ever seen.

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Grass on the roof and earth piled up on both sides to add to protection and also camouflage.

16 May2018

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

I think this could be Turm 1 in 1944 after its capture.

Wo33/1831

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

Rear view.

16 May2018

StP131 Paderborn, St Inglevert

As these casemates were probably being made frantically after Hitler´s orders to casemate ALL artillery. these were being built in 1944 and unfinished when the Canadians came through here, so that is why the 200mm steel vent was not fitted.

16 May2018