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On the outside: |
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trying to brake up the distinctive shape could be done
by nailing
old newspapers/empty cement bags/small wooden beams or patches of cloth into
the sheet piling |
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fine example of the use of
carvings in the cement |
| On a R 621 Gruppenunterstand |
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photo: SBP |
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On a
gunbunker M 272, La Pointeau near St Nazaire, F, 08-2005 |
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photo:
HA |
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an other
example |
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bunkers around Brest, Brittany, F |
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photo's:
O |
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nice example, even the hooks
for netting are very well kept! |
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what
a great sight! And what a view! |
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R669
Schartenstand für Feldgeschütze (60º) ohne Nebenräume, Port
Louis,
Südwall, F |
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photo:
ER |
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R 636 command
bunker , H.K.B. 17/976, Bud, Norway |
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photo:
EE |
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fine example of the use of
carvings in the cement |
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camouflage
on the outer walls probably achieved by using the paper bags |
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VF commandbunker, H.K.B. 24/978 Loshavn, N
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photo: EE |
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'F Stand' O.K.
538, St.Pt.Gr. Blavand near Esbjerg, DK, 07-2001
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the same
effect on the standard casemate for coastal batteries |
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and
again on a gun bunker resulting in round patterns |
Gun bunker R671 SK, 'M.K.B. Vineta' 4*15 cm, 'Festung Hoek van Holland', NL, 01-2001 |
| Gunbunker
R612 of the same
battery |
| Festung
Hoek van Holland, NL, 03-2002 |
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and
resulting in straight and round patterns |
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...
and again... |
| On the same
type of bunker R 612 |
St.Pt.
XXXV H, Dintelse Sas, Dinteloord, NL, 05-2001 |
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Gunbunker
R612, Stp. V H , Festung
Hoek van Holland, NL, 11-2004 |
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an other nice example of
nailing items into the sheet piling |
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a nice pattern! |
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On a R501 Gruppenunterstand', 'W.N.' 316 LH, 'Stp.Gr.'
Schouwen near Haamstede, NL, 07-2002 |
On a gunbunker R611, St. Pt. Hötzendorf, Westkapelle, NL, 04-2002
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photo: LvdW |
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and a
combination of the last two |
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good
example of the use of wooden beams, typical this kind of camo was used in the Dieppe
region |
| On a
gunbunker R669 |
St.Pt. XXXIV H, Willemstad, NL, 05-2001 |
| On a bunker
in Die 06, Dieppe, F, 1995 |
photo: SD |
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or what
about this one? Looks like a snake to me! |
| Unfinished
gunbunker 'M.K.B. Hamburg', 4*24 cm., Les Marettes near Cherbourg, F, 08-2001 |
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or look at
this pattern, very nice! |
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On a
gunbunker 'R 680', Morsalines ('W.N' 109) near Cherbourg, F
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photo: LvdW |
| On a groupbunker,
'R 502' Batterie Auderville-Laye, 2*20.3 cm.
railway guns, Westeck Cherbourg, F, 08-2003
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photo:
LvdW
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again a nice pattern with small spots |
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or
just making scratches, the result looks like if the bunker were made of 'Formsteine' |
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On a gun bunker
'R 612', Pointe
de Saire Wn 115, east coast Cotentin Normandy, F, 08-2003 |
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photo:
LvdW
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On a
gunbunker 'R
669',
Kerchaton near Lorient, 07-2004 |
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| well
preserved! |
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likely the reason was not useless camouflage but an effort to
absorb the sound when firing the gun inside the 'Kampfraum'. |
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the
result of an empty bag of cement on the inside of the sheet piling ...
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Inside a
gunbunker 'R 612 Schartenstand für
Lande- und Sturmabwehrgeschütze ohne Nebenraum', Btte. Cannevé,
Normandy,
F |
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photo's:
PF
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a swastika pattern? |
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r and l:
Inside a gunbunker R 669, Batt. Emil, Cannevé, La Baule, Tu 47. m:
Tu 49. |
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photo's:
JFL l+m/HA r |
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nice examples! |
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l: Inside a
gunbunker R 669, Batt. Adolf, La Baule, Tu 43. r: Inside a gunbunker
R 625, Trescalan, La Baule, Tu 17, F, 08-2005 |
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photo's:
HA |
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