Bunkers

VF fur Sechsschartenturm

This is one of nine Sechsschartenturm (six shooting turret) which was constructed in Jersey during the occupation. All except two of them were destroyed during the scrap metal drive in 1953. This one survived due to it being located on …

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Battery Molkte

This is the CIOS restored bunker, Batterie Molkte. The Batterie was equiped with four 15.5cm captured french guns dating from 1917. The guns had a range of just over 11 miles, and where in action on a number of occasions. …

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Battery Bunker

This is one of the 2 anti-aircraft batterys at Les Landes which is located to protect the nearby MP3 range finding tower. The battery consists of a circular room where the cartridges are hoisted up to the 155mm gun above …

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Generator & Personnel Bunker

This bunker used to be a combined generator & personnel bunker for the adjacent MP 3 range finding tower. Unfortunately there was no access into the range finding tower itself. For a period the bunker was used by The Islanders …

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Jäger Casemate Bunker

This is one of 13 Jäger type casemates built in Jersey during the war. This one is a right handed example, with the 2 ammunition rooms located on the right hand side of the central corridor. This bunker has been …

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L 411a Searchlight Bunker

This is unusual for a couple of reasons, the first being is that all the original doors are there intact. This is unusual because in 1953 there was a scrap metal drive where all the occupation structures were stripped of …

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