Here are a few more pics of the various bunkers etc on Jersey.
Thanks to all the guys of the CIOS who made our visits possible.
Observation cupola at the Noirmont point battery
Gun at Noirmont Point battery
Battery Moltke observation post at Les Landes
Automatic mortar bunker at Corbierre Strongpoint
The mortar was housed in a steel cupola (scrapped after the war) on the top left of the bunker. It looked like this...
..and fired these
The mortar bunker was linked by this ...
To this... a heavy machine gun bunker
- again this had a steel cupola with 6 firing slots with a ball mounting like this...
I highly recommend a visit to Jersey...
Thanks to all the guys of the CIOS who made our visits possible.
Observation cupola at the Noirmont point battery
Gun at Noirmont Point battery
Battery Moltke observation post at Les Landes
Automatic mortar bunker at Corbierre Strongpoint
The mortar was housed in a steel cupola (scrapped after the war) on the top left of the bunker. It looked like this...
..and fired these
The mortar bunker was linked by this ...
To this... a heavy machine gun bunker
- again this had a steel cupola with 6 firing slots with a ball mounting like this...
I highly recommend a visit to Jersey...