| BATTERIE SCHARNHORST. 14/HKAR 1265. 4x15cm K18. (Battery transferred to Jersey, August 1944). | |||||
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| Location plan and layout of Batterie Scharnhorst. |  | |||
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Batterie Scharnhorst | |||||
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| Situated in St. Pierre du Bois parish, the surviving gun emplacements and associated structures of Batterie Scharnhorst are almost completely obscured by encroaching undergrowth. The public and historians alike have largely forgotten this once powerful coastal artillery battery. | ||||
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Gun site before work started | |||||
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in partnership with an enthusiastic landowner, Festung Guernsey has cleared the
"Schwabenland" emplacement. The first phase entailed excavating the
partially filled in gun site, and the two adjoining ammunition bunkers. | ||||
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Excavating gun pit | |||||
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plans are to link up with the trenches to the next emplacement and associated
bunkers of “Brandenberg”. This
has great potential for visiting groups to see how an Army Coastal Battery would
have been when operational. | ||||
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Trench to ammunition bunker | |||||
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| Each emplacement has its name cast into the concrete on one of its ammunition bunkers. | ||||
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"Schwabenland" ammunition bunker | |||||
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| Original wriggly tin lining to the emplacement revetment has been renewed prior to the eventual replacement of the sandbag protection. |
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Two views of "Schwabenland" emplacement with finished camoflage paint.
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| Excavated defensive positions adjacent to "Brandenburg" emplacement. |
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| Trench from single ammunition bunker to "Brandenburg" emplacement and shell designation sign in ammunition bunker. |
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