Trou010 Villerville

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Trou010 Villerville

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Half way between Trouville and Honfleur, Villerville is a lovely little seaside town and its other claim to fame is that a film was made in the town many years ago.

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7.5cm F.K.235(b).
7.5cm F.K.235(b).
R631r casemate for a 4.7cm Pak K.36(t).
R631r casemate for a 4.7cm Pak K.36(t).
Tunnel system.
Tunnel system.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

2 x 5cm KwK Ringstands.
1 x R604 gun garage.
1 x Searchlight.
1 x R631casemate for a Skoda 4.7cm K.36(t).
1 x R612 casemate for a 7.5cm Kannon.
1 x 7.5cm F.K.235(b)
1 x 4.7cm Pak K.36(t)
2 x 5cm KwK L/60 Pak
2 x Kaverne (tunnels).
1 x Bf66 bunker and a Ringstand.

The German plan of Wn Trou10.
The German plan of Wn Trou10.
R612 casemate.
R612 casemate.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The road down to the sea front from the town.

22 July 2008

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Plan. (SD)
Plan. (SD)

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Looking along the sea front towards the 5cm KwK Pak gun and possibly from where the Bf68c Tobruk sat.

22 July 2005

How the 5cm KwK may have looked in its ringstand.
How the 5cm KwK may have looked in its ringstand.
Nr.1694 ringstand.
Nr.1694 ringstand.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Tobruk Bf58c type June 1945. This position would have covered the whole of the eastern sector of the defence. Pictures taken by a group of British Army Officers and men that drove the coast and photographed any area that may be used as a landing beach and possibly used in a future war in Europe. Luckily that has never happened.

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Bf59c Tobruk plan.
Bf59c Tobruk plan.
Bf59c Tobruk.
Bf59c Tobruk.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The 5cm KwK L/60 Pak ringstand today.

22 July 2008

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The 5cm KwK L/60 Pak gun position today.

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak gun sat on the sea wall. Picture taken 22 June 1945.

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Beach defence.
Beach defence.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The Casino the modern building on the right with two round windows. Under and to its left (outlined in red) is a concrete wall that was designed to cover the access to a tunnel that went inland and up to behind the trees.

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The concrete wall. (SD)
The concrete wall. (SD)
1- Entrance to Souterrain. 2 - Tobruk. 3 - 5cm KwK ringstand. 4 - R604 casemate. (SD)
1- Entrance to Souterrain. 2 - Tobruk. 3 - 5cm KwK ringstand. 4 - R604 casemate. (SD)
The wall in front of the tunnels entrance with access each side at the rear and the tunnel continuing into the rock. (SD)
The wall in front of the tunnels entrance with access each side at the rear and the tunnel continuing into the rock. (SD)

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The furthest along the sea wall, but nothing to see here.

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Now looking west along the large sea wall. The R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate. We did not visit the casemate.

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The R631 set to fire up the coast enfilading the western beach.

1944

R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate.
R631 4.7cm Pak K.36(t) casemate.
R631 plan with a gun room, ammunition room, crew room and gas-lock & close combat defence.
R631 plan with a gun room, ammunition room, crew room and gas-lock & close combat defence.
4.7cm Pak K.36(t)
4.7cm Pak K.36(t)

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Plan of the Souterrain and the R631 casemate.

From Villerville Reportage

Todt Organisation cutting into rock.
Todt Organisation cutting into rock.
There was also a searchlight behind the R631 casemate.
There was also a searchlight behind the R631 casemate.
The cover over the embrasure to protect the gun from direct fire.
The cover over the embrasure to protect the gun from direct fire.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
The above pictures are NOT Wn Trou10 Villerville but Wn229 Castel Vendon (Souterrain) Cherbourg, Manche. I have seen pictures of the tunnels and the gun casemate here and these are very like them. The only difference is that they are very dry in Cherbourg, where as in Villerville, they were very wet and a small boat was used.

17 March 2006 Wn229 Castel Vendon (Souterrain) Cherbourg, Manche

Bunker generator.
Bunker generator.
4.7cm Skoda gun showing where the ammunition comes out of the breach and down a flexible tube into the spent ammunition pit..
4.7cm Skoda gun showing where the ammunition comes out of the breach and down a flexible tube into the spent ammunition pit..
Ammunition entering the pit.
Ammunition entering the pit.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
An SHM photo of the R631 casemate showing its embrasure.

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1. The gear to open and close the embrasure off. 2. The shutter fully open.
1. The gear to open and close the embrasure off. 2. The shutter fully open.
3. the shutter closing off.
3. the shutter closing off.
4. The shutter closed.
4. The shutter closed.

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Wn Trou10 Villerville.
R612 was removed just post war and I can find nothing more about it.

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5cm F.K.235(b) a Belgian captured gun and re used here. It may be the one that was inside the R604 gun garage.
5cm F.K.235(b) a Belgian captured gun and re used here. It may be the one that was inside the R604 gun garage.
7.5xm ammunition.
7.5xm ammunition.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
It looks like a 150mm searchlight.

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150mm searchlight.
150mm searchlight.
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Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
7.5cm F.K.235(b) captured Belgian weapon.

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R612 casemate.
R612 casemate.
R612 casemate inside.
R612 casemate inside.
Plan of an R612 for a 7.5cm F.K.
Plan of an R612 for a 7.5cm F.K.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Somewhere on the left probably on the left in the garden was a Bf66 bunker and a Ringstand for a 5cm KwK gun. (SD)

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Bf66 bunker and out in front a ringstand.
Bf66 bunker and out in front a ringstand.
The road from Trouville to Honfleur passing this five road junction. The gun would have had a good field of fire down all the roads. (SD)
The road from Trouville to Honfleur passing this five road junction. The gun would have had a good field of fire down all the roads. (SD)
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.
5cm KwK L/60 Pak.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.

Wn Trou10 Villerville.
Nothing to do with bunkers but what a lovely building.

22 July 2008