Coastal Defence and Fortifications

Atlantikwall Regelbau L487 Bertha - Commando Bunker for Luftwaffe Night-fighter From World War 2 1945. Bunker L487 is a ww2 German bunker for radio measurement device evaluation for night fighter control "Bertha" in English. The Bunker L487 communications is 22.10 meters long, 22.90 meters wide and 8.60 meters high and has two floors. The night fighter (also known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor for a period of time after World War II) is a fighter aircraft adapted for use at night or in other times of bad visibility. Night fighters began to be used in World War I and included types that were specifically modified to operate at night. During World War II, night fighters were either purpose-built night fighter designs, or more commonly, heavy fighters or light bombers adapted for the mission, often employing radar or other systems for providing some sort of detection capability in low visibility. Many WW II night fighters also included instrument la...

Atlantikwall Regelbau L487 Bertha - Commando Bunker for Luftwaffe Night-fighter From World War 2. Bunker L487 is a ww2 German bunker for radio measurement device evaluation for night fighter control "Bertha" in English. The Bunker L487 communications is 22.10 meters long, 22.90 meters wide and 8.60 meters high and has two floors. A night fighter (also known as all-weather fighter or all-weather interceptor for a period of time after World War II) is a fighter aircraft adapted for use at night or in other times of bad visibility. Night fighters began to be used in World War I and included types that were specifically modified to operate at night. During World War II, night fighters were either purpose-built night fighter designs, or more commonly, heavy fighters or light bombers adapted for the mission, often employing radar or other systems for providing some sort of detection capability in low visibility. Many WW II night fighters also included instrument landing s...

his bunker is from second world war of type Regelbau 639, it's a Large dressing station ( Medical Bunker ) also known as big Hospital Bunker, it's German standard design for Sanitary Bunkers. Regelbau 639, grosser Sanitätsunterstand, a field hospital bunker. Many of them were on the Atlantic wall in France, denmark.

Atlantikwall Regelbau M184 - Bunker With Emplacement for 15 cm SK C/28 in Drh LC/34 Naval Turret From battlecruiser "Gneisenau" in World War 2 used as coast-defense guns after the war in HAWK Battery Stevns Fort, Denmark. Artillery position m184 bunker, fitted with an armored double turret (2 x 150mm) from the cannibalized battlecruiser "Gneisenau". At operation Cerberus in 1942, The Gneisenau along with Scarnhorst and Printz Eugen, broke through the English Channel from Brest in France to German Harbours. In this operation, the Gneisenau was damaged by a mine. It was to be repaired in Kiel, but against all rules, it was not emptied for ammunition before docking. During this docking the ship was hit by an air attack, and a bomb exploded in the 280 mm front triple revolving gun turret A. The explosion destroyed the entire front of the ship and 112 men were killed. In 1943 Hitler ordered (Führerbefehl) that all heavy ships, from light cruisers and onwards, sh...

this bunker is a Regelbau Type L480 this is a Radar Bunker for FuMG Wassermann S Radar, The Wassermann S was mounted on a L 480 bunker. Regelbau L480 with Wassermann FuMG 402 type radar. The Wassermann radar is a German radar from the Second World War. It is a long-range version of a Freya radar equipped with a large vertical antenna which could direct the beam very precisely up to 300 km. This radar, which emitted in a wavelength around 2.4 meters, entered into service in 1942 and around 150 were built The standard for this type of the blockhouse construction has become known as L480. The radar antenna consisted of a 40 meters tall steel cylinder with mounted antennae. This type of radar carried the name Wassermann S for Schwer (heavy). This enabled the management of approaching airplanes in the airspace within a range of 300 kilometers The Wasserman radar was an early-warning radar built by Germany during World War II. The radar was a development of FuMG 80 Freya and was ...

this Hospital Bunker have after 75 years it still has Glow Paint on the wall, so you can see in the dark if there is a power outage power failure. this bunker is from second world war of type Regelbau 639, it's a Large dressing station (Medical) also known as big Hospital Bunker, it's German standard design for Sanitary Bunkers. luminous painting still glows in the dark - after so many years a somewhat eerie sight.