Examining what little I can dig up it looks like ~5000 guns were employed in about 1150 coastal batteries mostly along the socalled "Atlantic Wall". There are scant references to some new german guns installed [usually ex naval guns], but the vast majority look like older WW-I guns or captured enemy guns installed.
Did the germans build new 150-240mm 'naval/coastal' guns and install them in concrete bunkers/emplacements? Or was that reserved for only the larger guns [280mm or larger]? Any one got any figures on how many such new guns where constructed for this purpose?
Has there ever been an inventory of Germancoastal batteries
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A review of Army super heavy artillery plus guns built for the Coastal & Railway gun show a large investment in such guns. It looks like the cost of such large guns should be in the same region of the same class guns mounted on warships. Here is a short list of the guns built…[Based on Hogg information].
2 x 800mm Dora guns
10 x 406mm [3 x Railway guns & 7 Coastal guns]
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_16-52_skc34.htm
8 x 380mm Railway guns [6 x Gueisenau guns?] & 15 x 380mm Coastal guns
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_15-52_skc34.htm
28 x 283mm Railway guns K5 [L76]
9 x 283mm L 54.5 Coastal guns [Gueisenau guns?]
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-545_skc34.htm
old WW-I gun turrets mounted as coastal guns ,each with two guns.
4 x 35cm turrets
Atleast 16 x 30.5cm gun turrets
Atleast 30 x 28cm gun turrets
A dozen old 24cm gun turrets
Roughly 20 old single 21cm & maybe 100 x single ,17cm guns installed as Coastal guns.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_main.htm
16 x 283mm Railway guns [L40 to L59] [including a 31cm K5?].
9 x 238mm L34/35 Railway guns
1 x 211mm K12 Railway gun
6 x 203mm L60 Railway guns & 4 x coastal gun turrets each with two 8” guns [Seydlitz]
6 x 173mm L40 Railway guns
18 x 150mm L40 Railway guns.
Super heavy Army guns… 7 x mechanized 600mm ‘Karl’ mortars.
? [10-20?] x 240mm Kanone 3 [ L 54]
? [4?] x 238mm Kanone [ L 46]
13 x 210mm Kanone 39 [ L 45]
8 x 211mm Kanone 38 [ L 55]
Any one got any more information to improve this list?
2 x 800mm Dora guns
10 x 406mm [3 x Railway guns & 7 Coastal guns]
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_16-52_skc34.htm
8 x 380mm Railway guns [6 x Gueisenau guns?] & 15 x 380mm Coastal guns
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_15-52_skc34.htm
28 x 283mm Railway guns K5 [L76]
9 x 283mm L 54.5 Coastal guns [Gueisenau guns?]
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_11-545_skc34.htm
old WW-I gun turrets mounted as coastal guns ,each with two guns.
4 x 35cm turrets
Atleast 16 x 30.5cm gun turrets
Atleast 30 x 28cm gun turrets
A dozen old 24cm gun turrets
Roughly 20 old single 21cm & maybe 100 x single ,17cm guns installed as Coastal guns.
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_main.htm
16 x 283mm Railway guns [L40 to L59] [including a 31cm K5?].
9 x 238mm L34/35 Railway guns
1 x 211mm K12 Railway gun
6 x 203mm L60 Railway guns & 4 x coastal gun turrets each with two 8” guns [Seydlitz]
6 x 173mm L40 Railway guns
18 x 150mm L40 Railway guns.
Super heavy Army guns… 7 x mechanized 600mm ‘Karl’ mortars.
? [10-20?] x 240mm Kanone 3 [ L 54]
? [4?] x 238mm Kanone [ L 46]
13 x 210mm Kanone 39 [ L 45]
8 x 211mm Kanone 38 [ L 55]
Any one got any more information to improve this list?
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Another couple of pages....
http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_55.htm
http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_57.htm
http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_55.htm
http://www.atlantikwall.org.uk/new_page_57.htm