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Originally Posted by Joe
I am particularly interested in the R-35 turrets in the Atlantic wall. Why spend all that time building the bunkers for such an ineffective turret?
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In most cases the bunker was going to be built anyway. In a number of those positions that got the small French tank turrets these were plopped on top of a ringständ that was modified to accept the turret ring. This gave the firer the dual advantages of now having some armor around him and a bit more firepower than just an MG 34 or 42. This was the typical way these turrets found their way into the Atlantic Wall.