wasserbombenwerfer VB den helder

[der bunkermann]

hi guys (and girls? )
on a undated german map of batterie wierhoofd (VB den helder NL ) i found there were 2 wasserbombenwerfer to cover the entrance of the marsdiep. (and the naval port)

as we know in vlissingen and ijmuiden the wasserbombenwerfer were placed in bunkers, but for den helder i cant find any drawing of a bunker?.....
so how were they mounted in other places in the atlantikwall??
anyone has an idea where to find more about wasserbombenwerfer?
thanks,
gr. tim

[Luchtkastelen 40-45]

CCC14 should be some kind of bunker for a Wasserbombenwerfer.
Sorry, not in my personal archive.
Perhaps try a message to Jan, but I think he's in his French private "bunker" now.

Rgds, René

[jopaerya]

Hello Tim

The Wasserbombenwerfers were nearly most harbour
entrances in the major port in the Atlantikwall . Please see also
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=39049

Regards Jos

[der bunkermann]

hi guys, thanks for the reply's
rene, jan is returned from his france bunker
after some searching i found the brv drawing of the w.b.w.
attached it below.
i wonder how the weapon worked?
by airpressure?
seems kind of dangerous to fire an wasserbombe by an explosive charge?
somehow the rack with the w.b. on it had to be moved controllable.......
greetings tim

[ducatim901]

We, Remco Dank and myself saw one WBW firingtube in a museum on Terschelling and it looks like a mortar but with a fallblockverschuß on the bottom of the tube, it came from a Kriegsmarine vessel and it was found by divers or fisherman.
So to fire a WB there had to be a charge in the tube and the WB could be fired by pulling a string (i believe there was a lever on it).
Oh and i have drawn the BRV drawing and i thought it was a strange bunker, there was a observationpost on top of the bunker, and one of the floors is a bit lower than the other.
Greetings JK

[der bunkermann]

thanks for the info jack
indeed there was an obs. post on top of the bunker.
the 2 ''scharten'' for the w.b.w look quite the same as the ones in the V191 at kernwerk ijmuiden.
it's a shame so many was demolisched in den helder
gr. tim.

[RuPo]

<< ....i wonder how the weapon worked?
by airpressure? ..>>

There is an Waffen Reveu about this weapon.

Grtz, Ruud

http://home.tiscali.nl/bunkerarchief/ku ... s/v191.htm

[der bunkermann]

thanks ruud, i also found info in the kustfront book;-)
gr, tim

[der bunkermann]

hi all, i found a nice picture of the wasserbombenwerfer at stp. wierhoofd.....
(source: den helder in de 2e wereldoorlog)
gr, tim

on the left you can see a part of the dutch fort harssens....

[der bunkermann]

can anyone tell what the mast on top of the bunker is?
no ordinary flagmast..
the was also a hafen signalstelle nearby........

[Ghaldez]

I guess it's for Funk or maybe for electricity...but electricity is always under the earth...hmm... so maybe telephone ?

[Zünder]

The Wasserbombenwerfer C/35 used a 50x159R cartridge, made either out of brass or brass coated steel.

Zünder,

http://www.wk2ammo.com

[der bunkermann]

hi zunder, nice info!
gr, tim

[Zünder]

I would like to know what kind of fuze they used.
To my knowledge, the minimum depth setting for german depth charge fuzes was 15 meters.
The boosterassembly needed hydrostatic pressure to operate as well.

How deep was the entrance to Den Helder, deep enough for the normal fuzes to work ?
Or did they use something else ?

Zünder,

http://www.wk2ammo.com

[der bunkermann]

hi zunder, i haven't checked it, but i can hardly believe the entrance of the den helder harbour is 15 meters deep....
i'd guess about 9 meters.....

anyone has info about the depth of the ijmuiden entrance?
gr, tim