Forts, Fortifications, Citadels etc. (1 Viewer)

[Wurger]

 

[yosimitesam]

MG Waffen in 93.ID Westwall Bunker ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939

standard M24 grenade and was referred to as a geballte Ladung (concentrated charge). This was most often done by using cord or metal wire to hold them onto the center warhead.

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1. Orig. Foto MG Waffen in 93.ID Westwall Bunker ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939 | eBay
2. Orig. Foto MG Waffen 93.ID Westwall Bunker m. Tarn ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939 | eBay
3. Orig. Foto Panzer Tür einer 93.ID Westwall Bunker ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939 | eBay
4. Orig. Foto Panzer Tür einer 83.ID Westwall Bunker ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939 | eBay
5. Orig. Foto 93.ID Soldaten in Westwall Bunker ÜBERHERRN b. Saarlouis 1939 | eBay

I'd like to see a photo of the flathead screwdriver used to remove or tighten those screws in the first pic.

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Maxrobot1]

Fort Goryokaku, Japan. Aa star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. The fortress was completed in 1866

 

[Maxrobot1]

Fort Schuyler in the Bronx, N.Y. City. the Bronx.Whitesone bridge (295) crosses over it. It always amused me to see portable air conditioning units in the gunports. It protected NYC from attacks via Long Island Sound. Across the way is Fort Totten, which was never completed.

 

[Maxrobot1]

In 1975, a buddy and I visited Fort Totten in Queens, N.Y. That's the Bronx-Witestione bridge in the distance with Fort Schuyler. As masonry forts were proven obsloete (and expensive) during the Civil War it was never finished.They did have a water battery with six-pounder rapid firing guns nearby.
I'm wearing an original dark-blue Type L2-A jacket (Superior Togs Corp) I still have it.

 

[Maxrobot1]

Fort Totten was abandoned and overgrown, but it remained a military installation until recently. A photo taken by by late buddy Bob Krause in 1975.

 

[Maxrobot1]

Camp Hero, Montauk point, Long Island N.Y. Way back in the mid-1970s My late buddy, Bob Krause took his camera and I took some WW2 uniform stuff I had. I think I was standing on an AAA gun platform.

 

[Maxrobot1]

Me peeking out from the observation bunker at Montauk Point, Long island N.Y. Photo from a mid-1970s by my late buddy Bob Krause. His dad had a B/W photo lab set up in his basement. Bob took, developed and printed the pictures in his basement.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Lucky13]

Srebrna Góra Fort in Poland. This is a national monument and historical museum, famous for its unique architecture.

Photo: bokehm0n

 

[Gnomey]

 

[Lucky13]

Carlstens Fortress....

 

[Gnomey]