Batterie Lindemann Gun Turrets identification

[dirk Peeters]

i have only these

anyone has german plans ?

[dirk Peeters]

some pictures

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[dirk Peeters]

even if these openings are there for the archaic system of handloading the gun
Why are some made smaller by the germans
here an interior shot in the Turm Bruno where there is one made smaller by the germans

question why not all made smaller ?

[dirk Peeters]

here the lefthand side and righthand side of this machine

both pictures from Caesar
one has Rauchen Verboten written

[wimve]

Normally they loaded shell and grenade and on another lorry the propellant bag.
But as far as I know the hatch openings are the same size.

Here you have a full cycle real footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SfFup5YRA
from about 5:10, you also see the use of the small back door for the long push rod.

[dirk Peeters]

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it goes fast that loading

[dirk Peeters]

error in the plans of the Lindemann bttr
i ll think the english made an error in their plans of the Lindemann Bttr

they closed that entrance in the red circle
this passage , there is no door in it and it is not square so no door was planned by the germans
(looks like the passages in ammo bunkers)
here before the concrete was poured

here the concrete is poured

[dirk Peeters]

in some after the war pictures we see this passage heavily damaged but recognisable

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What could be the function and why the germans put in the other entrances here at this floor level 434P01 doors and nothing in this passage
any ideas ?
passage for equipment ? don t think so because the rounded opening isn t as usual when the germans brick up an entrance or passage

[dirk Peeters]

think it is a passage like this

[dirk Peeters]

normally a Machine eingang or other passage which is going to be bricked up has this layout

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[dirk Peeters]

another item
here we see a 4 is painted
we know there are three doors and this strange passage
so it looks that the passage is nr 2

on no other doors i ve found any nr so this is speculation
on another turm it seems that the 4 is not painted at all

[dirk Peeters]

when looking for the 4 we see another difference between the bunkers
one has square openings in the concrete the other one not

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and here the one with the square openings

[dirk Peeters]

at least one bunker wasnt fully equiped
The Flaps where never installed on at least one

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[dirk Peeters]

picture of a detail for the plates

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attention these are from Bttr Todt

[dirk Peeters]

other picture of the round passage