Our long-standing obsession with abandoned places was piqued when we saw this series, an artful look at the abandoned military bunkers of the second world
A replica of Adolf Hitler's bunker, where the German dictator spent his final days at the end of World War Two, has opened in central Berlin inside a former Nazi air raid shelter.
The beach of Wissant, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France, is still full of WWII obstacles en bunkers. The sea is slowly pulling them in or digging away the sand from under them so the concrete structu…
As the summer winds down to a close, there’s no need for any winter blues just yet. Autumn is a fantastic time to discover all that Guernsey has to offer,...
The world is full of hidden, forgotten treasures. Like this gigantic bunker excavated in a forest, buried in a secret location. It's full of weapons from the first World War, as well as modern military vehicles. And mushrooms.
Image 9 of 10 from gallery of The Decaying Dutch Harbor Bunkers. © Tom Doyle
Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) transformation of a former German WWII bunker into a cultural complex camouflaged among the protected dunes of Blåvand, western Denmark, has opened to the public. Conceived ...
British photographer Jonathan Andrew has taken long-exposure ghostly photos of abandoned World War II-era bunkers around Europe.
bmw e39 m paket gebraucht - www.twowheeltravelblog.com
Atlantikwall bunker, Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, France
As the summer winds down to a close, there’s no need for any winter blues just yet. Autumn is a fantastic time to discover all that Guernsey has to offer,...
The Mount Soratte tunnel complex, 27 miles north of Rome, was not only Europe's largest bunker but also one of the most mysterious - surrounded by rumours it contained 75 tonnes of Nazi gold.
YouTube Video YouTube Channel German WW2 AtlanticWall Bunker, Type Regelbau FL243 & FL249 FlaK emplacement for 8,8/10.5cm Anti Aircraft gun. Anti Aircraft Battery for heavy Anti Aircraft guns. Four modern 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 stood in Regelbau bunkers from the Regelbau FL243 (FL249 is a mirror image of the FL243). with open gun emplacements. The four 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 could fire 10 rounds a minute and with their dome like plate they sealed of the top of the circular gun position. A fan sucked out the fumes in the back of the gun emplacement after firing the gun. The reach of this gun was about 15,5 kilometres and it was used both as anti aircraft and boat targeting gun. #AtlanticWall #AtlantikWall #Bunker
German WW2 AtlanticWall Bunker, Type Regelbau FL243 & FL249 FlaK emplacement for 8,8/10.5cm Anti Aircraft gun. YouTube Video YouTube Channel Anti Aircraft Battery for heavy Anti Aircraft guns. Four modern 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 stood in Regelbau bunkers from the Regelbau FL243 (FL249 is a mirror image of the FL243). with open gun emplacements. The four 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 could fire 10 rounds a minute and with their dome like plate they sealed of the top of the circular gun position. A fan sucked out the fumes in the back of the gun emplacement after firing the gun. The reach of this gun was about 15,5 kilometres and it was used both as anti aircraft and boat targeting gun. #AtlanticWall #AtlantikWall #Bunker
Øst for Hovedvej A11, lige syd for Oddesundbroen, er der en lille bakketop med et buskads. Springer man over grøften og forcerer den høje vegetation (med hugorme?), kan man følge en lille "tyskervej" derhen. På bakketoppen, bag busken er der mærkelig nok en stor jernfidus. Banker man på den, runger det ikke, som forventet; dette monstrum er massivt! Det er faktisk et 104 tons tungt pansertårn med 6 lysninger ("Scharten" - skydeskår), monteret i en tysk bunker fra ca. 1944 model R634. Hel massiv er den altså ikke, men pansret har nok en tykkelse på op mod 20 cm. Skydeskårene kan boltes til - og det er de faktisk alle 6 på den her jernhat. Os med tendens til klaustrofobi tænker på dem nede i tønden, der under fjendtlig ild i en infernalsk, trommehindesprængende larm ville skulle kæmpe til det sidste, som de var blevet tvunget til at love. Inden jeg løfter jernhatten, og ser på, hvad den gemmer, så er der lige et fint gammelt luftfoto af Oddesund Syd fra slutningen af Krigen, hvor en del af fæstningens forposter mod syd kan ses. Deriblandt kan man skimte jerntårnet og bagsiden af bunkeren med indgangen. Tyskervejen ses lige neden for R634-bunkeren - med tårnet, der ses som en prik til højre i den røde cirkel, jeg har lavet. Foran mod syd ses en linje fra vandet til venstre (Venøsund), under jernbanen og over til hovedvej A11 til højre. det er en pansergrav. Den er tydelig i landskabet den dag i dag. Længere oppe står en række spanske ryttere (som nogen kalder tjekkiske panserspærringer). Huset i det lyse område eksisterer stadig - det er en R639 garagebunker med en panserbrydende kanon og mandskab i. Her er en tegning af 6 Schartenpanserturm. 104 tons jern monteret på en 32 tons fod. 3 etager høj, selvom etagerne var lave. I tårnet var der en skytte og en hjælper til at betjene MG34 maskingværet, der var monteret i en særlig stand, så der var panser også i skydeskåret: Her er et instruktions billede, der viser betjening og maskingeværet MG 34 monteret på en særlig fod (M.G.-Schartenlafette 34 Ks) og med den runde panser forsats låst i skydeskåret: Det passer som en knytnæve i et øje - i skydeskåret. Midt i tårnet var et periskop, så der kunne observeres i alle retninger. Jeg har fundet en tegning over bunkeren. Man ser tårnet, ammunitionsdepotet, Indgangsvagt med skydeskår bagud og opholdsrummet med 9 senge- og spisepladser. Man boede simpelthen derinde. Der er en udvendig "knast" nederst på plantegningen - en "ringstände". Her har en ydre vagt stået med sit MG34 i en roterende stander. I Danmark blev der bygget 18 af denne type bunker. Den er altså ret sjælden, men en anden findes nord for broen - en af de oprindeligt 29 bunkers i Oddesundfæstningen. Lidt ærgerligt, at der ikke er gjort noget for at fortælle publikum om, og for at give adgang til dette fortidsminde, der befinder sig på privat ejendom. Længere nede på siden ses mine billeder her fra august 2015. Bunkeren findes endnu - formentlig rimelig intakt, men jeg fik ikke lov at kravle ned ad dens nødudgang af min forsigtige hustru; men spændende, om man kan komme ind i tårnet - og hvad der er derinde. Bakketoppen, der i virkeligheden er en R634-bunker: Ringstände til maskingeværbevæbnet ydre vagt med egen indgang og afsondret fra bunkerens øvrige rum. Nødudgang fra opholdsrummet nedenunder: Indgangen til bunkeren med rundt ventilationsfilterindtag (der er altid et par, hvoraf det ene er falsk for at forvirre fjenden). Til højre for indgangen (ikke på billedet) er et skydeskår til indre vagt, der bevogter indgangen: Tyskervejen set fra bunkeren mod vest, og mod et at de små 'brobizz-huse' fra 1938 eller før, der nu bruges som sommerhuse: Oddesundbroen set mod nord:
You may think you'd have to ride out the apocalypse in a shack in the woods. But in this Kansas bunker, protecting yourself doesn't mean sacrificing comfort.
Still in the process of adding links, credits and descriptions. Check back soon!
This Flak Bunker is based on the R677 bunker template with dual purpose anti-tank and anti-aircraft capability. Commonly house either 7.5cm anti-tank guns an
Rounding out my collection of Soviet tank turrets dug in for defensive purposes, here are some designs for German attempts at the same thing. These three light tank turret designs appear mostly identical: a relatively short turret ring with a wider fighting compartment beneath it. Ammunition storage is not shown, but presumably it would be placed along the walls of the compartment.
German WW2 AtlanticWall Bunker, Type Regelbau FL243 & FL249 FlaK emplacement for 8,8/10.5cm Anti Aircraft gun. YouTube Video YouTube Channel Anti Aircraft Battery for heavy Anti Aircraft guns. Four modern 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 stood in Regelbau bunkers from the Regelbau FL243 (FL249 is a mirror image of the FL243). with open gun emplacements. The four 8,8/10,5cm SK/C 32 could fire 10 rounds a minute and with their dome like plate they sealed of the top of the circular gun position. A fan sucked out the fumes in the back of the gun emplacement after firing the gun. The reach of this gun was about 15,5 kilometres and it was used both as anti aircraft and boat targeting gun. #AtlanticWall #AtlantikWall #Bunker
