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Post by Erik E » 05 Apr 2003, 00:07

I guess this would be a difficult one :D

What is this???
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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 05 Apr 2003, 00:26

I would say it is a device, deviding the directions a gun can face into 6 (each 60 degrees, slick). This could then be used to give directions to the gun crew, to turn the gun in direction of sector '6' or sector 'blue'...

Just a guess... ;)

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Post by Aufklarung » 05 Apr 2003, 02:36

.......and to think I was going to say it was a roulette wheel!! :wink: :lol:
I would support Christians guess provided we are looking straight down a turret shaft.
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Post by SMP » 05 Apr 2003, 06:10

I agree with Chris, but not necessarily with aufklarung. It looks like a gun that can rotate 360° from something like a bunker. Looks to me like the camera is looking up. The sides look like iron reinforced concrete with more iron on top - maybe a gun dome? Hopefully it actually is German military equipment and not a spinner for a special Fao Schwartz edition of Chutes And Ladders or something.
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Post by sdkfz182 » 05 Apr 2003, 12:59

I think it's the inside view from the roof of a turret (6 scharten turm 20P7)

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Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 05 Apr 2003, 14:00

Because of the transparant look of the hole in the middle, I'll have to agree with it being the roof...

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Post by Erik E » 05 Apr 2003, 17:17

Hallo!

Seems we have a winner!
I think it's the inside view from the roof of a turret (6 scharten turm 20P7)
How do you know that it is a 20P7 ?

The inside looks the same as a 35P8 or 36P8.....
Have you been there?
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Post by Redbaron1908 » 06 Apr 2003, 00:01

Erik what were these bunkers used for
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Post by Erik E » 06 Apr 2003, 01:28

Mg bunkers.

Two Mg-34`s were mounted on rails inside, being able to move to each slit and fire throug these 6 holes.
These photos doesn`t show how big this turret was, but it`s weight is about 42 Ton`s ! 8O

There was also a "3-schartenturm" with only 3 slits and one Mg......
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Post by Aufklarung » 06 Apr 2003, 01:38

:oops:
I was thinking of a turrets innards removed from its shaft and the floor of the missing 'basket" as the reference. I knew Erik has a penchant for ferreting about. :wink:

Nice pics Erik.
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Post by Redbaron1908 » 06 Apr 2003, 03:03

Thanks for the info and the great pictures Erik
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Post by sdkfz182 » 06 Apr 2003, 19:35

Hi Erik,

No, I wasn't there, but I saw this picture allready in the past somewhere else. But I do collect all information I can find concerning Westwall, Atlantikwall, Regelbauten, ..... and so on.

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