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Re: U-boot pens Brest

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Post by dirk Peeters » 22 May 2014, 21:34

K III Flak I plan 699.jpg
here a plan of one of Keroman with details like heating
some are constructed in mirror
most are 3 m thick and have wooden doors , ventilation was installed
in Keroman they have a cellar ,
K III Flak II plan 701.jpg
In St nazaire some are modified (2 modified) ...;
the ones in the middle of St Nazaire are the same as in Lorient

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Post by dirk Peeters » 22 May 2014, 21:38

it must be said that the cellar in St Nazaire is different than in Lorient
Here a picture of one of them
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this lead to the caserne below them
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Post by jopaerya » 23 May 2014, 09:17

Nice drawings Dirk 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

It looks on the drawing of Arthur that there were two closets in the smallest room (B) of the bunker,
did you found any connections on the walls or floor for the closet and piping ?

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 09:23

we looked very thorougly with our group (Etienne , Jacques , Bruno) but we couldn t find out if the closests where WWII origine .... that s why they are not on our plan but maybe it is Original

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Post by jopaerya » 23 May 2014, 09:26

Thanks Dirk

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 09:54

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here a picture o one of the toilets

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 10:04

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for me perhaps not german

one of the wooden doors
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Post by Eax-E » 23 May 2014, 11:18

Hello,

The colsets are wartime. Moreover I have founded the same closets ( the model posted by Dirk at 09:54) in an untouched Ls-bunker.

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 11:28

Thanks Arthur
i didn t say the closets are wartime or not
I just think they are added by the French after the war but it s an opinion and i have no proof so maybe yes maybe no
Jos asked our opinion and here it is for me personaly .... placed after the war by the French army
but you may be right
did you study the pipes ? evacuation pipes and so one ?
for me a trockencloset will do the same as in so much bunker at a fraction of the cost ....

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Post by Eax-E » 23 May 2014, 12:13

Hello Dirk
I think it´s not a trockencloset due to the flush.
A model of german trockencloset here
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... start=2475
It looks different.

Of course you're free to have a different opinion or having doubts :wink:

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Post by der bunkermann » 23 May 2014, 12:26

Hi arthur, i think Dirk meant germans could have used trockencloset as usual..

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 13:14

yes that s is what i means
i know very well a trockencloset
but Original or not you and we have good plans hahaha

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Post by Eax-E » 23 May 2014, 15:47

Hi Tim and Dirk

You are both right ; I was working and I read too fastly, mea culpa.

This evening I'll post pics of the closet I mentionned in the Ls to compare.

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Post by dirk Peeters » 23 May 2014, 23:53

Thanks Arthur
every bit of info we can use
i didn t see closets in St Nazaire either but i know that is no proof
anyone has pictures of the interior of the Flaks in Brest ?

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Post by jopaerya » 24 May 2014, 15:35

Some bunkers on remote places received a toilet , like on 4.7 cm Pak bunker on the pier of IJmuiden .
http://members.ziggo.nl/depolsjes/kustf ... k_pier.htm

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