— STP318 Héauville plage
STP · K.V.U.Gruppe Joburg · AOK 7 Normandy · France
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A long strand of sand with dunes behind them, a lovely walk even on a cold sunny November day.
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2 x R676 casemates.
5 x Unterstands.
3 x Vf58c Tobruk's.
1 x Vf69 Mortar Tobruk.
1 x Tobruk for a Pz.T. FT17 (f).
2 x 5cm KwK L/42 guns.
2 x 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) guns.
Plan
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Plan of the minefields.
IGNF 1973
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The old military road winds its way out onto the sand dunes.
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The old military road winds its way out onto the sand dunes.
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R676 casemate.
The view from the front with Cap de la Hague nuclear power station behind on the hill.
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R676 casemate.
Looking at the front with L/R, flanking wall, gun embrasure, escape, above periscope and rear flanking wall.
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R676 casemate.
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R676 casemate.
Schie§scharten-Rahmen für 4.7cm Pak und Hülsenabschleusung.
Translated to:
Gun slit frame for 4.7cm Pak and case evacuation.
Evacuation is the removal of the fired shell case down a tube into a shell store under the front of the casemate.
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R676 casemate.
The rear entrance.
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R676 casemate.
Inside the gun room.
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R676 casemate.
Inside the gun room not here I am afraid but at StP10 Hameau Mottet on Utah Beach area.
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R676 casemate.
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R676 casemate.
The guns view.
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R676 casemate.
Arrowed is the command cable in its heavy steel sheath.
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Unterstand.
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Unterstand.
Home from home ideal holiday cottage.
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Man in red coat lost in dunes.
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Vf69 mortar Tobruk.
A bunker to hold an 81mm mortar and its crew.
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Vf69 mortar Tobruk.
The mortar hole and the observation/machine gun Tobruk.
Not the way the mortar hole is molded to shape.
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Vf69 mortar Tobruk.
Gun room on the left and ammunition room on the right.
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Unterstand rather damaged..
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Unterstand.
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Unterstand inside and just a room.
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Unterstand damage, this whole area was a firing range for the French army and I feel this was one of theirs..
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Unterstand another view.
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Nr1694 Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.
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Nr1694 Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun.
Ammunition niches all around the inside of the wall.
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Wn317 to the north.
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Cap de Flamand Sémaphore and Wn321 4./H.K.A.R.1262 with 4 x 17cm K.18 guns. 4 x R688 casemates planned and may have been started construction.
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R646 casemate.
The second casemate facing north.
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R646 casemate.
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R646 casemate.
Rear entrance.
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R646 casemate.
Rear entrance.
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R646 casemate.
Gun room full of sand.
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R646 casemate.
Gun room.
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R646 casemate.
1: Flanking wall.
2: Pit to hold fired shell cases.
3: Escape.
4: Periscope.
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Tobruk for a Pz.T. FT17 (f).
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Tobruk for a Pz.T. FT17 (f).
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