Tu27 Pointe Penchat

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Tu27 Pointe Penchat

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2 x Vf/MG.
3 x Vf58c Tobruk's.

4 x VfIc116 Tobruk's.

1x Vf2a Gruppe shelter.

2 x R611 [under construction].

1 x R622 twin gruppe bunker.

1 x R625 Embrasured emplacement for a 7.5cm Pak 40.

1 x R634 A bunker with a six embrasured turret.

1 x R644 Emplacement with six embrasure turret.

2 x R653 Casemate for a 5cm KwK.

3 x R600b Open ringstand for a 5cm KwK.

3 x 5cm KwK L/42.

2 x 7.5cm F.K.235(b)

1 x 7.5cm Pak

Vf2a shelter.
Vf2a shelter.
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
R622 twin gruppe bunker.
R625 Embrasured emplacement for a 7.5cm Pak 40.
R625 Embrasured emplacement for a 7.5cm Pak 40.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Coming around the bend you notice the Vf/MG casemate on the left.

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R634
R634
R644
R644
Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
I have marked what can be seen on this 1948 photo.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
A locally built covered machine gun position covering he left flank along the low cliffs.

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How it may have looked with an Mg34.
How it may have looked with an Mg34.
Vf.
Vf.
Mg34 in pieces.
Mg34 in pieces.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Vf/MG casemate.

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Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Vf/MG casemate.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Vf/MG casemate. The machine gun covering the low cliffs.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Vf/MG casemate trenches

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Vf/MG casemate trenches.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
The trenches.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
The trenches.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
The trenches, the Vf/MG and an R600b in the background all linked by trenches.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
The R600b ringstand for a 5cm KwK L/42 with trenches running into the Vf/MG.

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R600b for a 5cm KwK L/42.
R600b for a 5cm KwK L/42.
5cm KwK L/42.
5cm KwK L/42.
Ammunition.
Ammunition.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R600b for a 5cm KwK L/42 circular gun base where the gun was mounted.

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5cm KwK L/42.
5cm KwK L/42.
Bolt to hold fast the gun.
Bolt to hold fast the gun.
A ring of reinforcement to hold a camouflage net.
A ring of reinforcement to hold a camouflage net.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R600b for a 5cm L/42 showing the base where it was fitted to the concrete.

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Ammunition.
Ammunition.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R600b for a 5cm KwK L/42. The view out to sea.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R600b for a 5cm KwK L/42 trench to the rear.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Looking west.

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Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun this type I have never seen inside and as usual it was sealed up.

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R654 plan with gun room and periscope (red dot). L shaped room ammunition,
R654 plan with gun room and periscope (red dot). L shaped room ammunition,
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Boxes of 5cm ammunition.
Boxes of 5cm ammunition.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun rear entrance and gas lock.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun close combat embrasure covering the rear entrance.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun the close combat embrasure

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It looks like a 57P8 steel embrasure.
It looks like a 57P8 steel embrasure.
Close combat machine gun covering the rear.
Close combat machine gun covering the rear.
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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun the embrasure of the main gun now bricked up.

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How it may have looked.
How it may have looked.
How it may have looked inside the gun room.
How it may have looked inside the gun room.
Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R654 casemate for a 5cm KwK gun. You can just see the sea and the gun would have covered an arc of fire about the same as this picture. A good job the house was not there in WW2.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Garage. I have no proof but this garage does look contemporary to the defended area. It may have stored a gun or a small vehicle.

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3.7cm A/T gun.
3.7cm A/T gun.
Kubelwagen.
Kubelwagen.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Garage.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau

Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
Garage.

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Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
A Tobruk either a Vf58c (x 3) or a VfIc116 (x 4).

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Vf58c.
Vf58c.
VfIc116
VfIc116
Vf58c.
Vf58c.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
A Tobruk either a Vf58c (x 3) or a VfIc116 (x 4).

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Plan.
Plan.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
The second Vf/MG small casemate like the earlier on.

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Mg34.
Mg34.
Mg34 tool box.
Mg34 tool box.

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Wn. Tu27 Point de Penchâteau
R634 bunker at Wn07 Ouistreham, Pointe du Siége. A bunker with a six embrasured turret. This gives an idea what an R634 with a 20P7 cloche looks like. I believe the bunker is still in place but we never found it.

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Mg34.
Mg34.
20P7 six embrasured turret or cloche.
20P7 six embrasured turret or cloche.
Machine gunner inside the dome, turret or cloche.
Machine gunner inside the dome, turret or cloche.

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