Bunkers and bunker guns

[Juha Tompuri]

Photos from http://sa-kuva.fi/

Finnish captured Soviet 76.2mm Л-17 bunker guns:

[Juha Tompuri]

Similar one at Summa/Ala-Sommee

[Juha Tompuri]

The Finnish designation of that gun was 76 K/27-k

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ ... _%D0%9B-17
At Artillery, Engineer and Signals Museum of Finland at Hämeenlinna

[Juha Tompuri]

A Soviet bunker at Kangaskylä 1941.07.22...
SA-photo 27911

...equipped with a 45mm (?) bunker gun:

[Juha Tompuri]

Seems that(at least) one 45mm Soviet bunker gun( what was left of it) exists in Finland at Peräseinäjoki.
Remains of another one of the two Soviet guns mentioned at Kumuri was brought to Finland by the veterans of war who fought at the region and veteran organisation:

http://www.epmuisto.fi/page202.html

Regards, Juha

[Juha Tompuri]

A Finnish constructed equivalent, 45mm bunker gun (without sights) mod 1940:

[karjala]

A Soviet bunker at Kangaskylä 1941.07.22...

Sortavalan fortified area. The Soviet 45-mm cannon casemates ДОТ-4 (45-mm gun + 7.62 mm machine gun ДС-39).

More details can be found here (unfortunately only in Russian):
ДОТ-4 http://fortoved.ru/forum/index.php?t=ms ... f870f3f300
Л-17 http://fortoved.ru/forum/index.php?t=ms ... f870f3f300
Finnish casemates gun 45K40 http://fortoved.ru/forum/index.php?t=ms ... f870f3f300

[Juha Tompuri]

A Soviet bunker at Kangaskylä 1941.07.22...

Sortavalan fortified area.

Yes, NW to Sortavala itself, AFAIK.

The Soviet 45-mm cannon casemates ДОТ-4 (45-mm gun + 7.62 mm machine gun ДС-39).

Thanks, I had registered the two holes at the gun mantlet, but didn't know that the other one was for co-axial mg.
Very interesting and I suppose a good innovation.

Here some photos of the 45mm Soviet bunker gun at Peräseinäjoki.
The most helpful local veteran organisation sent me them with permission to post them here.
http://www.epmuisto.fi/page202.html