Maginot Line bunkers

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Sep 2014, 14:48

Thank you very much for your help, Marc. :)

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 22 Nov 2014, 17:30

Hi all,

Two images from EBay:
Any idea about the gun? 47mm Mle 1934 or 37mm Mle 34

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Mginot Line bunker with camo paint and 47mm Mle 1934 or 37mm Mle 34  gun.jpg
Mginot Line bunker with camo paint.jpg


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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 22 Nov 2014, 22:07

It is a 75 mm casemate gunModel M1929. The second pic is an artillery block mounting 3 such guns.

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Nov 2014, 12:47

Thank you very much for ypour help, ROLAND1369. :wink:

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 Dec 2014, 11:51

Hi all,

A old bunker artillery turret. Fort de Domont 155mm Mougin turret ???

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 05 Jan 2015, 21:06

Hi all,

Another image of the turret "Toul":

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 10 Mar 2015, 17:47

Hi all,

Tourelle Demontable STG

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french Tourelle Demontable STG bunker turret captured.jpg

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by MLW » 10 Mar 2015, 21:36

The location is near Montherme.

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by chevalier » 11 Mar 2015, 00:55

Wacht am Maas…

More precisely it is Fumay, between Givet/Dinant and Monthermé. It was the last position at the west side of the Meuse (between Dinant and Sedan) to fall into German hands (1. Gerbirgs-Division*), the 15th May, without fight (French — 61e division d'infanterie — were gone during the day).

*I don't know recognize uniforms, is it a Gerbirgsjäger on the picture ?

Sorry for my poor english.

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 25 Mar 2015, 13:20

Hi all,

Another image (from EBay) of one of these turrets:

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 17 May 2015, 19:10

Hi all,

An image from EBay:

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Maginot Line bunker captured -,.jpg

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 19 May 2015, 23:56

Hi all,

Two another images from EBay:

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Maginot Line bunker ,  --,.jpg
Maginot Line bunker captured   ,,-.jpg

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 22 May 2015, 17:09

The first bunker is unknown to me but the second is not a Maginot artillery block but from the shape of the embrasures is a 100 mm Artillery block of the Czech Benes line. It was built but not armed as the guns had not been completed. From the shape of the embrasures of the first bunker I would more toward it being Czech also.

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Pavel Novak » 23 May 2015, 01:19

Hello,
the first photo is not czechoslovak casemate. I do not know if it is french or somebody's else.

On the second photo is czechoslovak artillery casemate K-Bg-S 11. It was part of fort Horka and as mentioned by Roland it was without its 100mm howitzers. The crew instead had battery of three 7.5 cm mountain guns vz. 15 placed in front of casemate.

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Re: Maginot Line bunkers

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Post by Sturm78 » 23 May 2015, 12:16

Thank you for your answers, ROLAND1369 and Pavel

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