Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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archste
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Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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Post by archste » 14 May 2022, 16:36

Hello all,

During a recent exploration in the area of Voula, a southern suburb of Athens, Greece, I came across a complex of bunkers connected with concrete lined and covered trenches on top of a hill. The exact location of it is 37.849672, 23.788240.
Among the fortifications there were these two bunkers, which I presume they are a type of mortar tobruks. Maybe they housed the 8cm Granatwerfer 34, judging from the ledge on the outer walls?
About the second one, I am also wondering what those destroyed protruding pieces were for.

I attach some pictures of the bunkers, as well as the plan of the first one I did. In both bunkers the dimensions of the mortar pit were the same, but the height of the walls and the concrete pole was bigger.

So could anyone identify these two bunkers?
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Thanks in advance!

Ondrej Filip
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Re: Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 16 May 2022, 11:42

Hello Archste. Althought the Athens itself were German occupation zone, the pensinsula south of Athens was part of the Italian sector. The bunker is typical Italian machine-gun nest. The column is for the rear leg of HMG tripod, two front legs were placed to the niche around the entire nest. See the example from Zara (Zadar).
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Re: Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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Post by jopaerya » 16 May 2022, 16:46

Please see this photo from Lars Bertelsen post 34 viewtopic.php?f=70&t=185725&p=1672083&h ... k#p1672083
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archste
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Re: Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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Post by archste » 17 May 2022, 18:13

Thank you both for the rresponses! The photographs are very interesting.

Does this specific type of emplacement have a name to describe it? Like the postazione circolare monoarma for example?

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Re: Identificattion of bunkers at Voula, Greece

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Post by Ondrej Filip » 21 May 2022, 20:38

archste wrote:
17 May 2022, 18:13
Thank you both for the rresponses! The photographs are very interesting.

Does this specific type of emplacement have a name to describe it? Like the postazione circolare monoarma for example?
Generally, those small open weapon emplacements are called Nuclei Armati Supplementari (N.A.S.). I have never heard any precise name for this round MG pit.

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