StP180 'Schwartzal', Noirbernes E.Bttr.
STP · K.V.Gruppe Gris Nez · AOK 15 Nord Pas de Calais · France
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Railway batterie E 765 sitting in a valley lined up directly with Dover. These railway guns were brought here to seal off the channel to allow German forces to land on England in Operation Seelöwe 1940/41. Two turntables were built with two large ammunition bunkers. Many defence and small bunkers littered around the area and its own Flak Gruppe of four 2cm Flak and three 5cm KwK Pak guns.
Kurt 19 January 2025
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Oberleutnant Horn commanded about 170 men split between the two E guns and the flak/defence, ground/defence & railway.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
E.Bttr.765 Ger.Bttr765. [E.Bttr.765 - Railway guns.
Ger.Battr.765 - 15.5cm Howitzers.]
2 x Geschützstellung (open emplacements) for the E. Battr.
4 x Flak bunkers.
3 x R600b 5cm gun open emplacement.
8 x Wellblech.
1 x Zisterne.
5 x Vf's bunkers.
4 x 2cm Flak 30.
3 x 5cm KwK L/42.
2 x 2cm KwK 38.
2 x 28cm K5 Eisenbahn Guns.
4 x 15.5cm s.F.H.414(f).
2 x 10cm F.K.30(t).
On the hill to the north were more positions, a barracks, Flak, ammunition and Wellblech bunker. Behind the village Flak magazine, Wellblech, Wasser bunker, a concrete road.
Plan
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
K 5 on its on Vögel turntable.
Bundesarchiv
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Vf Ammunition 2
The ammunition bunker can be viewed from the road. The first turntable is hidden and overgrown.
16 May 2018 - Kurt
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Vf Ammunition 2.
Very large air vents.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Vf Ammunition 2
This is the is the opposite entrance to the railway dock for ammunition trains to unload.
16 May 2018 - Kurt
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Vf Ammunition 2
Entrance.
MKB Bunkertour
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Vf Ammunition 2
The view from the road looking west down the valley, this is where the ammunition trains would have run along to the bunker.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
K 5 railway gun from "Illustrated Record of German Army Equipment 1939 - 1945 Vol. II Artillery part 1". WO 208/2985.
WO 208/2985
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Small Vf shelter set into the hedge and there are several around here.
16 May 2018 - Kurt
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Small Vf shelter.
Entrance.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Small Vf shelter.
Not a steel door but I would think a wooden door with frame.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Small Vf shelter.
Inside with a window/escape out to the rear.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Another FA shelter across the road. Most of the bunkers around here were either small square type boxes or Wellblech bunkers. These are all early types built before 1943.
16 May 2018 - Kurt
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Another FA shelter.
Kurt 2025 - Kurt 2025
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
FA shelter.
This one is in with the horses.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Railway Line
This is the bed of the railway line to the guns and the ammunition bunkers.
16 May 2018 - Kurt
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
The engine shed is still there in this photo and was used post war as a barn.
The railway line.
Google 2011
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
The engine shed is still there in this photo and was used post war as a barn.
Another Google picture August 2013.
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
The engine shed.
Kurt 2025
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
A steam engine pulling a K5 gun.
Bundesarchiv - Kurt 2025
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
A batterie of 15.5cm guns would have been in their position on the hill to the right.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
1949 air photo, the trench line and four emplacements show up well.
IGNF 1969 - Bundesarchiv
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
I think this is Turm 4 of the 15.5cm Howitzer batterie.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Turm 3
Just a glimpse off this gun emplacement.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
A 15.5cm s.F.H414 (f) gun battery position.
Internet
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Three of the open emplacements up on the hill.
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StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Wellblech bunker
To the south east is this Wellblech bunker.
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Flak/defence position up on the hill, this one held at least one gun.
There were 4 x 2cm Flak 30's.
IGNF 1949
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
Field defence position up on the Rte du Bedat.
This is an R600b for a 5cm KwK.
Google - R600b
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
GNF 1949 showing where two of the R600b's are and maybe a third.
IGNF1948
StP180 Schwarztal, Noirbernes
FIRE
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