680/625

[jopaerya]

Hello All

Does somebody know the function of the recess in the roof above the gun in the 680 and 625 .
It must have a important function because it means a lot of extra work during the buildingphase .

Photo = Benny Vermeire

Regards Jos

[M19 MADMAL]

Hi Jos,

Is this nomally found in 680's as the 680 on Jersey at Wn. Archirondel does not have this recess in the roof! It's now blocked up but you can see a normal girder/plate ceiling above the gun in the photo.

Regards,
Malcolm

[jopaerya]

Hi Malcolm

Here 2 others , sorry for the bad quality . These 2 are in Holland , the first one in France .

Regards Jos

[moonraker]

hello jos,
I think the ceiling is cut to the passage of a target that exceeds the top of the barrel.
very interesting question I have addressed this idea several times with dirk!

[moonraker]

hi jos here exemple of this building !!

[jopaerya]

Merci Etienne

Did you also found it in other bunkers then the 625 and 680 , because then it
would mean it had something to do with the PaK guns that were in the bunker .
If you look carefully you can see that the it was placed sometimes on the right
or left side .

Regards Jos

[Erik E]

as the 680 on Jersey at Wn. Archirondel does not have this recess in the roof!

Same goes for the one and only known R 680 in Norway...
Do you know what type of gun they used in "yours"?

Rgds
Erik E

[moonraker]

hi jos,
for now I can never find the other bunker equipped with this opening was always 680.625 LAG and change ....

I also noted that the group opened some years ago as a result this change in the roof there is not a bad guy because often LAG chamber is kampfraum change.

[jopaerya]

Hello

Here you see the Absaugmundung with the other opening to the right in a 625 .

Regards Jos

P.S. as allways Norway and the Channel Islands are different

[ducatim901]

Hi guys, Maybe it was for the guntube, when a gun was not in use the guntube could be raised and there was more space to move.
On the other hand it could also be for the gun, i can imagine that because there were blocks behind the "legs" that a gun when fired would hop up and the could be damaged, maybe that bit more space could prevent it.
Greetings Jack.

[moonraker]

hi jack,
agreement, but the window is always top-center then is not for the tube as the barrel is always at the center of kampfraum.
I really think a body cover which attaches to the pack.

[der bunkermann]

hi guys, here's another example in holland (680 stp. XXXIIIaH - stp.gr. scheveningen).
gr, tim.

[jopaerya]

Thanks Tim

Here a war-time photo from a 680 in Holland with the recess .

Photo = Ebay.de

Regards Jos

[der bunkermann]

hi jos, stupid did not think of that!
one of the 680's on the neue sudlinie at VB den helder

[jopaerya]

Hello

I am not a specialist on gunsights but could the top of the gunsight be higher then the shield ???

Regards Jos