Wn17 de Colleville "Hohe 61"[Hillman], Part 2. K.V.U.Gr Riva-Bella, K.V.Gr Caen, KVR H1, Normandy.

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Wn17 de Colleville Part2

Stab Gren. Rgt. 736.
Stab I./A.R.1716.
1 x R605 Gun bunker.
2 x R608 Battalion & Regimental Headquarters.
3 x Vf/Bf58c Tobruk's.
1 x Water cistern.
1 x Peilstand [observation].
1 x Cuisine.
1 Brunnenbunker (well water pump).
1 x Vf67 Circular position for tank turret.
9 x Unterstands.
1 x 7.5cm F.K.231(f)
2 x 4.7 cm Pak 181 (f).
1 x 8.8cm Raketenpanzerbüchse and 8.8cm recoilless anti-tank gun.

7.5cm F.H. (Field Howitzer) 232(f). A captured French gun.

Wn17 de Colleville Part2

"Hohe 61" --- Hill 61 Hillman -------- the allied code name for the defences.

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Plan 2 ---- Here I am covering the area of the yellow circle the outer defence.

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Just over the road is the outer defence position an Unterstand. A small one roomed bunker.

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Crossing over the road the trench system continued all around the site.

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A position for a 4.7cm Pak & a 7.5cm F.K.231(f).
Now completely removed were two open emplacements for the two guns and two more that could be used anywhere around the defence.. The 7.5cm F.H. (Field Howitzer) 231(f) could be used to fire either shrapnel shells at an attacking infantry or AP (armoured piercing) at light tanks and vehicles. The second was a 4.7cm Pak an AT (anti-tank) gun. This also a very useful gun could hold off any British tank at a reasonable range. There was a third 4.7cm Pak an AT gun kept safe in the PAK garage that could be used where necessary in the defence. A fourth was an 8.8cm Raketenpanzerbüchse a recoilless light anti-tank.

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One of the outer Tobruk's.

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Bf58c Tobruk. The hooks on the side are fore a camouflage net to be hooked over covering the trench that connects it to the defence.

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Bf58c Tobruk. This Tobruk was set out right in the front of the defence position. It would have taken the full brunt of the British attack.

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Tobruk Observation Post. It looks like a wild animal but its just an adapted Tobruk attached to a small three roomed underground bunker

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Tobruk Observation Post. Looking into the Tobruk observation.

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Tobruk Observation Post. Looking into the Tobruk observation.

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Tobruk Observation Post. The view out to sea. Here they would have watched the whole of the British D-Day attack and what they did not see they would have felt or heard.

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