German bunkers in Italy

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herring
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by herring » 28 Apr 2018, 10:40

Hello Acesfakia,
looks like mix of 59a nad 52a (ringstand + 2 rooms). If so, very similar one is placed next to Tavronitis bridge , but there instead of ringstand we have pzkpfw. turm stand.
Where exactly is located bunker from your pics?

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by acesfakia » 06 May 2018, 18:23

Rethymno Crete is a not a B 59a etc....
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by acesfakia » 06 May 2018, 18:36

....but i need to see more map's/pic's etc to understand....so i can inform you.. more! Is a coastal bunker with a tobruk on top and back.Is a expload.
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by jopaerya » 06 May 2018, 20:01

From NARA
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by acesfakia » 11 May 2018, 20:19

Thank you is a good start

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by forttravel » 28 May 2018, 22:57

No idea where to post this picture. According to the caption a German's service coast guns in Italy. Captured Italian battery? Not sure, easy to recognise typical Krupp horizontal wedge block breech. Former KuK Marine 1ww barrels (Skoda)?
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 29 May 2018, 13:56

This is Battery CATTANEO at Taranto Italy. It was to consist of 3- 305 mm Austrian K 10 guns removed from an Austrian Battleship scrapped by Italy after WW I. My understanding is that it was never fully operational and the picture represents the only operational gun of the battery.

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by jopaerya » 07 Dec 2018, 11:34

Could this be Marina de Pisa , please see the US Signal photo's on page 7 ( Ebay )
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by jopaerya » 25 Jan 2019, 02:47

From Germandocsinrussia
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by jopaerya » 25 Jan 2019, 02:49

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by jopaerya » 25 Jan 2019, 02:51

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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by herring » 26 Mar 2021, 12:51

Hello,

In Polish archive there is a picture described as "antitank obstacle in the Italian front".
I have 3 questions:
- doeas anyone have the idea about type of the obstacle? It seems it's a rectangular block with one wall sloping.
- Has anyone noticed similar obstacles in other locations? E.g. similar ones were used in Krakow in Poland.
- does anyone recognize the location?
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 26 Mar 2021, 16:14

herring wrote:
26 Mar 2021, 12:51
Has anyone noticed similar obstacles in other locations? E.g. similar ones were used in Krakow in Poland.
Almost all antitanks obstacles at the Waag Stellung (Slovakia) are rectangular concrete blocks.
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Re: German bunkers in Italy

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Post by herring » 26 Mar 2021, 19:05

Thanks, do you know the dimensions?

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