Type 633 M19 Excavation at Stp. Langenberg - Guernsey

[StevePowell]

Festung Guernsey has completed another very successful dig at Stp. Langenberg. This time we were at the Type 633 M19 bunker to see what was buried in the extensively damaged turret room.

Once all of the backfill and blown up concrete had been removed we were pleasantly surprised with large parts of the turret floor, chunks of the turret and a large section of original equipment from between the two floors in the turret room.

Inside some of the original storage racks were still in good condition.

Below you will find a small selection of photos, for more please have a look at http://www.steve-powell.co.uk/festung/T ... index.html

Steve
Festung Guernsey

[StevePowell]

[StevePowell]

[jopaerya]

Very nice work and what a remains of the M 19 and turret still . Thumbs-Up

Regards Jos

[AvB]

Wow great to see all the remaining equipment. Strange that the scrapmen suddenly just left!

[JTG]

They did strange things: I think I told AvB about the strange steel Caps we kept finding in bunkers; they turned out to be the caps from the gas bottles used for cutting up the steel: just abandoned.. a kilo each!

In the base of the destroyed 6-Sch at Fort Henry, Grouville, we discovered an almost intact MG34 mount, in almost the exact same circumstances.

As I said, they did strange things!

[JTG]

Has anyone had the guts to tell Madmal yet?

[StevePowell]

JTG,
Yes I have let him know, I am hoping to show him the items recovered when he visits in July.
Cheers
Steve

[JTG]

Search his pockets....

[M19 MADMAL]

Hi,

Great work again from Festung Guernsey

Interesting that they let rip with the explosives while the mortar was still in place judging from the state of the parts Did you completely excavate the room and find the lower section as well?

I am hoping to show him the items recovered when he visits in July.

It seems the word "hoping" slipped in by mistake mate

Search his pockets....

:roll:

Regards,
Malcolm

[StevePowell]

Malcolm,
The only reason I say "hoping" is that looking at the programme we will have a very busy day when you come over!

There were a few pieces left right at the bottom of the turret room - we may have to go back another time for those as it took a lot longer that we thought to get through the broken concrete, but was worth the extra time!

Cheers

Steve

[MNO KI]

Here's a couple of pics of the final piece we recovered before having to backfill the turret room.

Regards
Paul

[AvB]

The lower part of the gun.

[MNO KI]

Thanks Arthur
Nice pic. Here's the number (141) we found when cleaning up the jack.

Regards
Paul