Fortifications on Kornwerderzand.

There is a second AT obstacle, just in front of the RB 612. I couldn't identify the type, this one doesn't look german to me, but the concrete seems to be the same as the one of the first obstacle, so I guess it's one more indication that the dragons teeth are of dutch origin.

 

The complex as seen from the south.

 

Kazemat I lies on the north-western corner and was a machinegun bunker with crew quarters and one inside fighting compartment. Unfortunately it is closed off, like all the bunkers that are not part of the Museum.




Outside views.

The firing port.



The entrance.





There were three outside firing positions for the heavy machine gun.




Armoured compartments for ammo storage underneath the firing position.





Some details.

 

The outside concrete trenches.

The outside toilets.

 

Kazemat II lies just about 10 meters away from the Regelbau 612. It was an AT gun casemat, but as far as I know, it had only one fighting compartment, there was a steel observation cuppola and a periscope though.
I could not find out the exact layout as the interior of the bunker was closed off and the exterior walls, with the firing ports, was invisible and inaccessible, due to the dense undergrowth and the triple concertina wire entanglement surrounding the bunkers.










The backside with the troop entrance, the larger entrance for the AT gun and the outside toilets.











The roof with the observation cuppola and the periscope.

Impenetrable concertina wire..........

....and an open door

 

Kazemat III nowadays lies in between the two double lanes of the road crossing the Afsluitdijk. It has been build over with a control tower for the sliding bridge. The german Abwehr's plan indicated that it was a first aid post combined with an electrical generator post. I have my doubts about the double use though, maybe there was a small generator for emergency use, but I don't think that combining an first aid post with a big diesel engine generator would make much sense. The more so there are some other sources that state that there is one big generator bunker on Kornwerderzand, and I think that I have identified this bunker, and there my conclusions again don't concur with the Abwehrp-), we will see more of it later.

There's not much to be seen from Kazemat III.

 

Kazemat X was another Machinegun Bunker, it is closed off, so I only have pictures from the outside.







The rear of the Kazemat with the entries.



The front with the closed firing port.

 

Another Kazemat that is hermetically closed, it was another Machinegun bunker.






The rearside with the entry.


The closed off firing port.

 

Just goes to show..we need a seperate bunkers section of the forum...Bunkers and or ww2 archeology???

 

MoD News - Lost Air Shelter Found In South London

Things like the above turn up daily. The site could use an archeology type area for sure....Including underwater finds etc....Group the lot together maybe.

 

I got some material about the Siegfriedline, the Atlantikwall and the Maginot Ligne....then Séré de Rivières Forts....ans so on

 

I talk it over with the OKF , I am quite enthousiastic about the idea, becaus ein the past I have posted pictures from the Atlantic wall too (see threads about Lorient and Quiberon for example)

 

Same old, same old....a machine gun bunker that is non-accessible!


To the left is the firing port, to the right one can see the outside toilets, the entry is hidden in a trench.


The closed firing port.

Outside view of the fighting compartment.


The periscope shaft.










The rearside with the entrances. The gap inbetween the cut off grille was to small for me

 

Another Machine Gun Bunker that is not accessible, just opposite of Kazemat XII.

 

Phenomenal thread, Skylinedrive. Thanks for sharing all of your great photos.

 

Well, thank you for the kind words TD-Tommy and all!!!! I'm pleased you find it interesting, more is to come.

 

I'd be delighted, especially as this is an area where I often have opportunities to go.

 

Zeeland is another province with a bunker-rich environnement. I will be back there in august.

 

That would be another trip. I know the Netherlands aren't that big but it would be a diagonal across the country to visit both places and I'd rather take my time. Zeeland is on my list though, but so many other places are too.

 

Kazemat XV was another shelter for AA guns and it's crew. Access is blocked.