Artillery position then and now.........

[karltrowitz]

Being a Regelbau (bunker) freak myself, your photo's have just put Norway at the top of my "places to visit" list. The photo of the panzerstellung with it's tank turret in place is superb.

[Erik E]

The photo of the panzerstellung with it's tank turret in place is superb

Have you seen the other turrets I have online?
A few at:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~thirdreich-bunke ... uflage.htm

And a lot can be found at Christians great site:
http://www.panzerworld.net/Variousnorway.htm

Erik

[Erik E]

the photo was taken by Eric Borchert

Well, this leaves my theory out of the question.......
The date also explains why they have their battlegear on!

I did a little reading about Rauöy.
There were 4 guns mounted there in mid 30`s. (Two on each side of the island) It only says that there are casemates for the 2 remaining guns.
There is ofcourse a possobillity that the 2 other guns were in open emplacements.....

I will do a little more digging!

Erik

[Erik E]

I have seen trough some old photos and I am 100% sure that the gun on the Photo is a 15cm L47,5 Armstrong....

The Norwegian fort "Drøbak batteri" were the only one who had 3 of these guns. It was captured a few hours after the sinking of Blücher.
It also seems that this was the first operational battery after the invasion, as it was given the German name MKB1/503 Dröbak

Erik