Bunkers with tank turrets!
Bunkers with tank turrets!
Hallo!
As many of you know, these "Panzerstellungen" were used all over the "Atlantikwall", mainly in airport defences.
I am looking for info on which units they belonged to. Were they used by Luftwaffe ground personell or the regular infantry, or maybe both???
Maybe some of you have photos which shows uniforms or maybe a Wehrpass with entries like 3,7cm KWK(t),or MG37(t)?? Some French turrets like Renault FT-17 were also used, but I don`t know what these would be called in German.......
Erik E
As many of you know, these "Panzerstellungen" were used all over the "Atlantikwall", mainly in airport defences.
I am looking for info on which units they belonged to. Were they used by Luftwaffe ground personell or the regular infantry, or maybe both???
Maybe some of you have photos which shows uniforms or maybe a Wehrpass with entries like 3,7cm KWK(t),or MG37(t)?? Some French turrets like Renault FT-17 were also used, but I don`t know what these would be called in German.......
Erik E
Thanks Andy!
I have found a couple of turrets which were used by a "Festungs infanterie batalion" So it seems like this equipment could be used by allmost anyone?
I have never seen or heard of any wehrpasses with such entries, but there have to be a lot of them! There were over 50 of them near the airport where I live.
EE
I have found a couple of turrets which were used by a "Festungs infanterie batalion" So it seems like this equipment could be used by allmost anyone?
I have never seen or heard of any wehrpasses with such entries, but there have to be a lot of them! There were over 50 of them near the airport where I live.
EE
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Hi Erik E
Thought you'd be interested in these pics. The top photo was taken from 'Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich', by Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlain and the bottom photo was taken from 'Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-1948', by Charles K. Kliment and Vladimir Francev.
Regards
Bob
Thought you'd be interested in these pics. The top photo was taken from 'Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich', by Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlain and the bottom photo was taken from 'Czechoslovak Armored Fighting Vehicles 1918-1948', by Charles K. Kliment and Vladimir Francev.
Regards
Bob
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Not strictly WW 2 - but I've had the dubious honour of firing such a turret sunk in a concrete coastal-defence bunker in SE Sweden. Most if not all tanks - had power-driven fans to extract the fumes - a luxuary missing in most of these contraptions, including the one I fired. It had a 3" tank-gun and a coaxial 8mm MG. It also as a courtesy - had a handcranked extraction-fan, thank-u-very-much. After some 3-4 rounds of 3" and a 250rd belt of 8mm - the eyes of entire crew were RUNNING and gun-laying became extremely difficult - everybody cheering the poor sod who cranked the extraction-fan to break-point. With little noticable results - I might add. A partial solution - might have been to 'open the hatches' but we weren't allowed to do that. I suspect that in a battened-down condition most of these emplacements - wouldhave experienced a similar problem.