Ro 425 Kora Leitstand S497

[dirk Peeters]

here are some details of our plans of the S 497
I won t place the whole plans because nowhere io ll see plans that are correct of this bunker but if someone wanna see them you can ask us in a MP and we can sort things out
a drawning of the 10 m Zeiss Drehhaube found on the WWW

another picture of this drehhaube

[dirk Peeters]

here is an SHM drawning of an gun emplacement here

as usual this drawning is completely wrong
here a good drawning of this one

of cours there are a few of these and not all are the same
Here one with bunks in it

here a picture with gun still in place after the war

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here a picture of 1988 with a thelephone still in place

a noteworthy detail
All emplacements have one antenna for radiocommunications which is quite rare
Dirk

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Thank You very much for sharing with interesting materials!

[dirk Peeters]

as you can see the bettung is not constructed in one part but there are sevaral parts joined togehter , looks like theu constructed the amo rooms and crew rooms as separate blocks and added the connection walls in between
as for the little mortar pits here , opened by whom doesn t matter , i m glad they where open when we where there
so all who opened them thanks
the first type

the second type

the entrance was closed with a wooden door in the war
also the gun pit was closed with wooden planking
here we see on an aerial picture the planking just aside the gunpit

Dirk

[dirk Peeters]

Then another scoop for these two batteries
there are some 501 and 502 there
the 501 are the old westwall versions (so constructed in the beginning of the war before the actual building of the AW starts)
We can see this on the emplacement of the stove (heater)

obvious the 501 has no antennas at all , only telephone connections
the 502 ... this one has two antennas but built in a special way ... normally we see these antennas placed here when it is the PC ... so this one looks to be the old pc of the battery
it has only one stove and not the usual two , it has also thelephone connections

[dirk Peeters]

here two SHM drawnings of the guns ....
a picture of the guns

[Andrzej Ditrich]

[dirk Peeters]

Thanks Andrew ... i ll hope you all can use this info which is an upgrading thing on these subject

[dirk Peeters]

Andrzej
Wait a little and i m gona put here the drawnings of the gun bunkers
And i may already say ... they are not the mediocre SHM plans hahaha
Dirk

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Is there any bunker You haven't measured yet?
I like vey much Your sketches/drawings-very clear and well done!

Regards
Andrzej

[dirk Peeters]

Yes lots of bunkers aren t measured .... but we ll continue and i know not many french measured bunkers , they use always the SHM plans in their books ....that is why we measure them and of course find lots of errors in these books
but we can t change anything exept giving our plans away as men like you wants them and hope that some are popping up in books in the future
(Which we don t mind at all) we like to share
Dirk

[kstdk]

Hello

(Which we don t mind at all) we like to shareDirk

Regards
Kurt
kstdk

[Chazette]

they use always the SHM plans in their books ...
Not always Dirk
AC

[Andrzej Ditrich]

Yes lots of bunkers aren t measured .... but we ll continue and i know not many french measured bunkers , they use always the SHM plans in their books ....that is why we measure them and of course find lots of errors in these books
but we can t change anything exept giving our plans away as men like you wants them and hope that some are popping up in books in the future
(Which we don t mind at all) we like to share
Dirk

Well said

[Andrzej Ditrich]

they use always the SHM plans in their books ...
Not always Dirk
AC

I've noticed measuring team inside Leitstand