Maginot Line   (translated from French)
... and of a whole a series of casemates making it possible to continue the line ... PO of Sentzich), a great number of casemates, shelter and observatory. This strengthened sector is ... stop the intervals a good number of casemates and other blocks. Hackenberg - principal Gallery Hackenberg ... Bambesch, Einseling, Laudrefang and Téting) and 13 casemates. No the artillery in this sector of ... Bitche. The device is reinforced by many casemates. The Western wing of the sector, ...
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System Séré de Rivières   (translated from French)
... First A to be installed, are the casemates in rolled iron (Mougin System). Built four ... Maginot . One can also quote the Pamard casemates, of the name of their inventor. They ... receive one or two machine-guns. These casemates were installed in 1916 mainly in the ... pieces of artillery (primarily mortars) under built casemates. Unfortunately, in much of case, masonry did ... was abandoned until the appearance of the casemates of Bourges. These concreted casemates owe ...
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Casemate   (translated from Russian)
... fire. Classification According to designation their, the casemates are divided into the guardian and the ... the known defensive purposes (cannon or mortirnye casemates and gun or rifle galleries). Requirements for the casemates of the times of Brockhaus and Yefrona ... The combat conditions of the use of casemates require that the strongest bombs, such as ... penetrate inward. Before this purpose satisfied the casemates from the brick and the cement, ...
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Fort Delimara
... with the forts main armament mounted in casemates set in the cliffs on the shoreward ... dominated by the massive stone and concrete casemates that originally sheltered the fort's 12 ... 5 inch rifled muzzle loading guns. The casemates are grouped in pairs close to the ... the fort at present. Image gallery North casemates and the end of the north ditch ... battery Centre sections of the battery South casemates and the end of the south ...
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List of one in blockhouse engineering   (translated from Dutch)
... Bunker: Duitse denomination in concrete carried out casemates. C Caponniere: Spot where flanking armses could ... as separately, independent construction work. Examples of casemates as a component of a ball work ... and visit in Naarden , Maastricht and Elburg . Casemates as loose, independent construction work are find ... especially, behind salient of bastions , built mortier -casemates. Monk: Generally placed around obstakel on bear ... built work. Can have one or more casemates. S Salient: Point where two walls, ...
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Extremely of Eben-Emael   (translated from French)
... of two guns of 75 mm. Two casemates located towards north Maastricht 1 and 2, and two casemates Aimed 1 and 2 directed towards the south. Each one of these casemates was armed with three guns with 75 ... Cupola 120, on the left behind the casemates Aimed 1 Block I like principal entry ...
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Merville Gun Battery
... steel doors that sealed each of the casemates. At 04:30, No.4 Platoon was ... Battery itself and attack each of the casemates with Sten guns and flame-throwers. At ... encountered, the paratroopers charged on towards the casemates. Initially taken by surprise, the German garrison ... who by now were pouring into the casemates and engaging their defenders hand-to-hand ...
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Fort Rinella
... above, one of the pair of iron casemates that protected the hydraulic loading and cleaning ... until it aligned with one of loading casemates, with the barrel pushing aside an iron ... the deeper magazine. The two separate loading casemates, each fed by an independant magazine, and ... The revetting was retained around the loading casemates, as can also be seen in the ...
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Operation Tonga
... steel doors that sealed each of the casemates. At 04:30, No.4 Platoon was ... Battery itself and attack each of the casemates with Sten guns and flame-throwers. At ... encountered, the paratroopers charged on towards the casemates. Initially taken by surprise, the German garrison ... who by now were pouring into the casemates and engaging their defenders hand-to-hand ...
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USS West Virginia (BB-48)
... penetrated the superstructure deck, wrecking the port casemates and causing that deck to collapse to ... level of the galley deck below. Four casemates and the galley caught fire immediately, with ... the ready-service projectiles stowed in the casemates. The second bomb hit further aft, wrecking ... 5 in (127 mm) 25s and the casemates with the single-purpose 5 in (127 ...
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