Va56 Damgan Plage Centre.

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Va56 Damgan Plage Centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

1 x R625 Casemate.

2 x Vf58c tobruk's.

1 x 7.5cm Pak 40.

2 x 8.8cm Pak 43/41.

7.5cm Pak 40.
7.5cm Pak 40.
8.8cm Pak 43/41.
8.8cm Pak 43/41.
R625 casemate for 7.5cm Pak 40.
R625 casemate for 7.5cm Pak 40.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
 

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
The view along the beach.

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
The protrusion of the bunker sticking out is NOT the gun bunker but the crew accommodation and the gun is on the inland side.

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The gray room is the crew room for the gunners.
The gray room is the crew room for the gunners.
A bunker crew room.
A bunker crew room.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
As can be seen here that the crew quarters stick out quite a way.

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Crew quarters in yellow.
Crew quarters in yellow.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
I feel this is a beach defence possibly a piece of railway track that would be cemented into the rocks around this bunker.

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Rommel's asparagus.
Rommel's asparagus.
Hedgehog.
Hedgehog.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Another beach defence. I did look for more pieces and maybe some sockets in the rocks but I found no more.

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
The open embrasure has been sealed up so its hard to see what it would have looked like.

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Gun room and its 7.5cm Pak gun.
Gun room and its 7.5cm Pak gun.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
This is the gun room side with the entrance into the bunker tucked away in the back.

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
This is the rear doors for the gun room and still in place today.

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Gun room.
Gun room.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
To the left of the two air vents is the entrance door for the crew and to the left again the close combat embrasure covering the entrance.

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Plan.
Plan.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Close combat embrasure covering the entrance.

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Close combat embrasure with an Mg34 covering the door.
Close combat embrasure with an Mg34 covering the door.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Tobruk extension.

08 August 2014

The black dot is the Tobruk.
The black dot is the Tobruk.
Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
A cutaway view into a bunkers Tobruk.
A cutaway view into a bunkers Tobruk.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Looking back at the rear.

08 August 2014

There were also two 8.8cm Pak 43's somewhere here.
There were also two 8.8cm Pak 43's somewhere here.
8.8cm Pak 43 in a firing position.
8.8cm Pak 43 in a firing position.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
The view east.

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
The view from the beach up at the Tobruk extension.

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
Sockets for beach defences?

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
That is what it looks like. There should be iron ladder rungs up the wall?

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Plan of a bunkers escape.
Plan of a bunkers escape.
Emergency escape covers.
Emergency escape covers.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
 

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Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.

Wn, Va56 Damgan plage centre.
 

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