AT obstacles

[dirk Peeters]

At home i have a report where a germantank even destroyed a tankwall. It was pushed over by the tank and one vf crumbled when the tank rode against it . It was also in the kva3 sector. I look it over and it was 1944
Dirk

[CNOCK]

Hello Dirk,

if my memory serves me well, was in April 1944

regards,

Eddy

[dirk Peeters]

I ll go searching and place it here in a few days

[peeved]

Pz. III huffing and puffing in '40; Belgian gates not budging much. Pics from http://www.ebay.de/itm/Error?item=301675867640&errid=2

Markus

[peeved]

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[Ondrej Filip]

Pz. III huffing and puffing in '40; Belgian gates not budging much. Pics from http://www.ebay.de/itm/Error?item=301675867640&errid=2
Markus

Interesting photos. It looks the Cointet obstacles are not properly instaled. They are kind of elastic obstacle, which absorbs the energy of the moving tank by its own move. But the Germans tried to fix them by metal rods.

Original plan of function.

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[jbb20p7]

wow ..... very interresting pictures
Bye
Jb

[Sander D]

I new i hade them somewhere but after a 2 day search i finaly found them .
These 2 pictures from a old E-bay sale show a panther tank crussing some anti tank obsticals.
I believe these pictures showing the same scene as the picture that Cnock posted on the previous page.
I hope these picture are of some intrest.

[jopaerya]

Top Sander

[CNOCK]

Sander,

nice pictures, I will try again to find the location!

regards,

Cnock

[jopaerya]

Could it be the Albertplein ???

[JKernwerk]

Not a good shakedown for the obstacles.
JK

[AvB]

Anti-tank obstacles were also designed to slow down an advancing tank. Normally it would be vulnerable to anti-tank fire?

[CNOCK]

Hello Jos,

yes it is the Albertplein, the most famous place in Knokke (plaçe m'as tu vu)
see buildings on foto, are the same.
the foto I posted, came from the inheritance of an officer of Gren. Rgt 732, so Knokke was first choice to be the location

I think that because the obstacles were no good, the Germans decided to dig an antitank ditch across the square.

regards,

Eddy

[forttravel]

Eastern Prussia winter/spring 1945.