The ultimate fortification thread!

Discussions on the fortifications, artillery, & rockets used by the Axis forces.
User avatar
Erik E
Member
Posts: 4517
Joined: 11 Mar 2002 22:26
Location: Stavanger, Norway

The ultimate fortification thread!

Post by Erik E » 22 Jul 2003 22:00

Hallo!

This is more like a challenge, rather than a question.

I`m now asking you to post every possible question you can ask about German ww2 fortifications. I know we have some members here which know a LOT more than most people know, so the questions is up to you guys!
If you wonder why concrete is gray, then ask!

Erik E

User avatar
Redbaron1908
Member
Posts: 2023
Joined: 31 Dec 2002 17:52
Location: Texas

Post by Redbaron1908 » 22 Jul 2003 22:15

Now youre finally thinking like I am Erik :D for someone as curious as me this should be fun. Though at the moment I don't have any questions.

User avatar
Erik E
Member
Posts: 4517
Joined: 11 Mar 2002 22:26
Location: Stavanger, Norway

Post by Erik E » 22 Jul 2003 22:37

Did you know that most large Regelbau`s had grenade traps in the smoke stack? Instead of rolling into the bunker, the grenades would simply go into a grenade trap on the outside!

User avatar
Tom Houlihan
Member
Posts: 3982
Joined: 06 Oct 2002 05:53
Location: MI, USA

Post by Tom Houlihan » 22 Jul 2003 22:42

I have a question for model builders on the forum. One of these days, I'm going to be able to be active in that, again. Is it possible to obtain plan layouts of different types of bunkers? I know that modeling just the outside is relatively easy. I've had a couple of ideas about doing inside views, but I've not seen anything that would help much.
Is that ?? good enough?? 8O

Kaan Caglar
Member
Posts: 2136
Joined: 10 Jul 2003 23:14
Location: Izmir,Turkey

Post by Kaan Caglar » 22 Jul 2003 22:43

Cool 8)
and a clever design..
Keep them coming..
I'm thinking of questions,i will choose&ask the hardest :D
Regards
Kaan

User avatar
Christian Ankerstjerne
Forum Staff
Posts: 13979
Joined: 10 Mar 2002 14:07
Location: Denmark

Post by Christian Ankerstjerne » 22 Jul 2003 22:44

When was the first German WWII era bunker constructed, and where?

Christian

User avatar
Juha Tompuri
Forum Staff
Posts: 11552
Joined: 11 Sep 2002 20:02
Location: Mylsä

Post by Juha Tompuri » 22 Jul 2003 23:08

:) Erik!

Off topic, but in Finland we also used a metal fence/net inside the smoke stack at the bunker roof level...a nasty surprise for anybody who dropped a grenede in to the stack and waited the results...

Regards, Juha

martyn powell
Member
Posts: 90
Joined: 18 Jul 2003 12:15
Location: england

Post by martyn powell » 22 Jul 2003 23:10

Tom wrote:I have a question for model builders on the forum. One of these days, I'm going to be able to be active in that, again. Is it possible to obtain plan layouts of different types of bunkers? I know that modeling just the outside is relatively easy. I've had a couple of ideas about doing inside views, but I've not seen anything that would help much.
Is that ?? good enough?? 8O
Hi Tom
Have at look at this from ww2modelmaker.com it might give you a idea

http://www.ww2modelmaker.com/modelpages/ESboxdio.htm

martyn

User avatar
Billy Bishop
Member
Posts: 736
Joined: 04 Dec 2002 15:55
Location: Near Niagara Falls, Canada

Post by Billy Bishop » 22 Jul 2003 23:41

What was a bunkers greatest weakness?

User avatar
Dan Mouritzsen
Member
Posts: 386
Joined: 19 May 2003 13:36
Location: Denmark

Post by Dan Mouritzsen » 23 Jul 2003 00:00

Hi

One of them was that it was in a fixed position if the tactical situation changed suddenly. Look at the way the Germans attacked the French bunkers in 1940.
If you get your infantry close enough to a bunker they are actually quite easy to destroy. The simplest way is to cover the bunker up with a bulldozer and just drive on, leaving the unhappy inhabitants to their own fate… :cry:

Regards

Dan Mouritzsen

User avatar
Billy Bishop
Member
Posts: 736
Joined: 04 Dec 2002 15:55
Location: Near Niagara Falls, Canada

Post by Billy Bishop » 23 Jul 2003 00:09

Dan Mouritzsen wrote:Hi


One of them was that it was in a fixed position if the tactical situation changed suddenly. Look at the way the Germans attacked the French bunkers in 1940.
If you get your infantry close enough to a bunker they are actually quite easy to destroy. The simplest way is to cover the bunker up with a bulldozer and just drive on, leaving the unhappy inhabitants to their own fate… :cry:

Regards

Dan Mouritzsen
Thanks for the answer.

Are there any examples of a force bulldozing an enemy bunker?

User avatar
Dan Mouritzsen
Member
Posts: 386
Joined: 19 May 2003 13:36
Location: Denmark

Post by Dan Mouritzsen » 23 Jul 2003 01:07

Hi

It was done one several occasions in the Pacific, but here in Europe they were a bit more polite :|

Dan Mouritzsen

User avatar
Tom Houlihan
Member
Posts: 3982
Joined: 06 Oct 2002 05:53
Location: MI, USA

Post by Tom Houlihan » 23 Jul 2003 01:56

Martyn, that was great! Unfortunately, now I have to rethink what I wanted to do!

herring
Member
Posts: 481
Joined: 18 Apr 2003 16:54
Location: Poland

weaknesses of bunkers

Post by herring » 23 Jul 2003 16:04

Hello all,

About bunker's weaknesses - I was wondering, if construction of large Panzerwerks in OWB and Westwall made any sense. A huge structure, with two or more floors, often connected with underground system. All this armed with 2 or 4 pieces of MG 34 ( max. 2 sechsschartenturms) , flamethrower, which apparently was NEVER used (I've heard, that crew was afraid of this weapon, because of some technical problems). Overall, everything was a good target for aircraft. I think that although armoured cuppola gave a good protection against artillery (some examples of it gave Erik E on this forum), I doubt if MG-s inside were still operational after heavy artillery attack. What do you think about it?

regards
Maciej

User avatar
Redbaron1908
Member
Posts: 2023
Joined: 31 Dec 2002 17:52
Location: Texas

Post by Redbaron1908 » 23 Jul 2003 16:57

I have a question does anyone know how the defensive lines were structured? For example the Maginot line what kind of bunker did the have at the front and which ones at the back.

Return to “Fortifications, Artillery, & Rockets”