Interesting battery in Lithuania!

[Andrzej Ditrich]

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[Andrzej Ditrich]

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[jopaerya]

Here a note of the 15 cm gun from Brommy ( Memel ) to Arnö as JEF stated .

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

Jos,

According to Rudi Rolf in his book "Der Atlantikwall", the 17 cm battery Yorck from Pillau [MAA 115] was sent to Cherbourg as MKB Yorck. But according to your document, the Yorck Battery from Pillau ended up in Honigsvaag, Norway.

Coud it be explained as follows: personnel from the pre-war Yorck battery in Pillau was used to form two Yorck batteries in occupied Europe later with added 17 cm guns?

Same scenario with the 15 cm "Brommy" batteries?

Emmanuel

[jopaerya]

Hello Emmanuel

Maybe here a explanation http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... hilit=west
on the use of the name for instance York-West and Brommy-West . Looks to me the original guns of
the M.K.B. Brommy ( Memel ) the 15 cm S.K.C/28 were place in Cherbourg ( 1940 ) and the M.K.B.
Brommy at Memel was reequipped with 4 x 15 cm SKL/45 in MPLC/13 later transferred to Norway in 1941/42 .

I have no clue for the M.K.B. York ( Pillau ) maybe they had more 17 cm guns ???

Regards Jos

[Manuferey]

Thanks, Jos.

Emmanuel

[Ondrej Filip]

A few actual photos from Klaipeda (Memel).

Memel Nord - the brick watchtower at the command post has been demolished. There is a 12,8cm FLAK barrel at the platform (founded under the sand). The ammunition and engine bunkers are still inside fenced and guarded area. Northern artillery bunker is closed and serves as a museum, southern one is freely accessible.

Flak- und Sperrbatterie Schweinsrücken - the area is equipped with information tables (maps, plans, English text)

(At the bottom you can open the map with most of the Baltic states fortifications - Russian, Soviet, German, Polish, Estonian and Latvian. Could be useful.)